Tag: European Union

• Wednesday, May 29th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

  Venezuela withdraws invitation to EU as election observers

  

  Venezuelan authorities announced Tuesday they were withdrawing the invitation previously extended to the European Union (RU) to monitor the July 28 elections in a move that cast additional doubts over a process that has for long looked fudgy following the disenfranchisement of opposition leader María Corina Machado.

• Tuesday, May 21st 2024 - 12:25 UTC

  Brexit and UK's rising costs of implementing customs to EU imports

  

  The UK voted to leave the European Union in 2016 but remained in the bloc's single market and customs union until 2021. When UK withdrew from the EU customs union a new RU/UK Trade Cooperation Agreement (TCA) went into effect.

• Monday, May 20th 2024 - 10:36 UTC

  Milei's deficient diplomacy triggers concurring responses

  

  The European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell criticized Argentine President Javier Milei for his derogatory remarks in Madrid targetting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's wife Begoña Gómez and insisted that “attacks against relatives of political leaders have no place in our culture.” Borrell thus became just another voice condemning the South American leader's attitude.

• Monday, May 6th 2024 - 20:34 UTC

  After EU June elections, agreement with Mercosur can be reached: “A matter of time and timing”, EU negotiator

  

  The Mercosur/European Union trade and cooperation agreement, “is a complicated process but it is also a matter of time and timing”, according to Rupert Schlegelmilch, chief EU negotiator of the accord who recently visited Mercosur country and associate members to meet government officials and business groups to confirm EU's determination to finish the deal.

• Friday, March 8th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

  No backtracking on Rule 1115, EU envoy tells Paraguayan producers

  

  European Union (EU) Environment Commission envoy Emanuele Pitto told Paraguayan exporters Thursday in Asunción that there would be no turning back from Rule 1115 banning raw materials and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation. The measure not allowing imports nor exports of these goods has been in force since June 29 last year.

• Tuesday, March 5th 2024 - 02:08 UTC

  Argentina leads in complying with EU deforestation legislation

  

  Deforestation-free soybeans to the European Union, guess who is taking the lead? Believe it or not Argentina have sent three soy-meal shipments via the Visec platform, each with fully traceable data. By the second semester, the entire soybean chain in the country will utilize the platform making Argentina the first country to fully comply with deforestation legislation implemented by the European Parliament.

• Thursday, February 29th 2024 - 11:40 UTC

  EU-Mercosur deal not this year, Peña says

  

  Paraguayan President Santiago Peña, who holds the pro-tempore presidency of the South American Common Market (Mercosur), ruled out Wednesday in Madrid an agreement with the European Union (EU) this year while insisting that his trip to Spain was more to offer than to ask.

• Tuesday, February 20th 2024 - 07:29 UTC

  EU sending naval mission to protect international shipping in the Red Sea

  

  The European Union will be sending three European warships and airborne early warning systems to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, to protect international shipping, following a meeting of EU foreign ministers

• Tuesday, February 13th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

  Germany size algae bloom around Falklands caught by Copernicus sentinel satellite

  

  The European Union Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission back in November 2023 documented a vast algae bloom around the Falkland Islands, highlighting the interplay with oceanic currents, points out a report from SciTechDaily.

• Monday, February 5th 2024 - 10:35 UTC

  EU promoting consumers' “right to repair” by fostering the repair industry and extending products' life

  

  With environmental protection and waste reduction in mind, European Union members are working to establish a “right to repair” for consumers to encourage more sustainable consumption and boost the repair industry by making repairs more accessible and cost-effective.