The end of CAP quotas has forced European farmers to compete with each other. The result: lower incomes, greater uncertainty and less bargaining power with distributors.
The recent surge of plant-based food consumers in Europe, particularly the Netherlands, can be a promosing further Indonesia’s gastrodiplomacy strategy of Indonesia Spice Up the World (ISUTW).
Could this heap of junk prevent us from having to open a new mine?
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Mining precious metals is expensive and environmentally destructive. As an alternative, researchers are increasingly eyeing recycling old smartphones, computers and other electronics.
The find represents Europe’s largest human-made megastructure.
In 2015, BNP Paribas was required to forfeit t $8.83 billion and pay a $140 million fine after failing to comply with sanctions against Sudan, Cuba and Iran.
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German banks located outside of areas regulated by a key financial watchdog sharply increased business with sanctioned countries.
European farmers took various demands to Brussels on February 1, 2024, clogging the streets with 1,300 tractors as EU leaders met for a summit.
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At the farmers’ protests in Brussels in February, there were some who demanded for authorities to cut back red tape, while others rallied against market concentration. But such a polarisation isn’t insurmountable.
Michelle O'Neill, first minister of Northern Ireland, pictured in front of Stormont.
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O'Neill has pledged to represent ‘Catholics, Protestants and dissenters’ but has made plain that she sees that as compatible with a referendum on Irish unity within a decade.
View of the new excavations in front of what is currently left of the Ilsenhoehle under the Ranis castle. Photo by Karen Ruebens. This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
New discoveries of bone fragments at Ranis cave in Germany prove the early presence of cold-adapted Homo sapiens in northern Europe
A mannequin in a coffin illustrates the distress of many farmers who have been demonstrating for several days on the A7. Photo taken on 24 January near Montélimar.
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Climate change is causing dengue-carrying mosquitoes to spread. Could the disease become endemic in Europe?
France’s new Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, greets his predecessor Elisabeth Borne during the handover ceremony at Matignon on 9 January 2024.
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Four different prime minister in six years is unusual under France’s Fifth Republic. Managerial mechanics, absence of a majority and hyper-presidency: focus on the appointment of Gabriel Attal.
Enacting a coercive control offence in France would be a significant advance in the equality agenda, would help protect 213 000 women, 82 % of whom are mothers, and their 398 310 children co-victims of domestic violence.
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