Omnibus – In a bid to boost European competitiveness, the Commission is scaling down green reporting requirements in a package of legislative proposals unveiled today.
Clean Industrial Deal – The EU Clean Industrial Deal is here, pitching a €100 billion decarbonisation bank and European preference criteria in public procurement.
Tech – The European Commission has approved the acquisition of US-based Infinera for €2.19 billion by Finland's Nokia on 26 February, without imposing remedies.
Across Europe
Ukraine – Ukraine holds about 5% of the world’s mineral deposits and has other potentially valuable natural resources, but exploiting them could prove to be much harder than simply staking claim to it.
Bosnia-Herzegovina – Bosnia's Serb political leader Milorad Dodik was sentenced to one year in prison and banned from holding public office by a Bosnian court on Wednesday. In defiant remarks to supporters, Dodik responded by vowing to ignore the rulings of the judiciary in Sarajevo – and urging them to do the same.
Romania – In a dramatic escalation of Romania’s ongoing political crisis, police have detained Călin Georgescu, the ultranationalist and pro-Russia candidate who stunned the nation by winning the first round of last year’s presidential election, according to a report from television station Antena 3, which cited judicial sources.
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