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YouTube’s algorithm fuelling harmful content, study says
 
YouTube’s algorithm fuelling harmful content, study says
 
A crowdsourced investigation has accused YouTube’s recommendation algorithms of fuelling harmful content. France and Germany were found to be particularly affected, along with other non-English...  
 
Agri Commissioner backs call for polluter pays principle in farming
 
Agri Commissioner backs call for polluter pays principle in farming
 
The farming sector should be made financially responsible for pollution, especially water pollution, according to a new report by the European court of auditors, an idea welcomed by the EU's...  
 
Auditors: EU taxpayers, not polluters, often foot ‘hefty’ clean-up bill
 
Auditors: EU taxpayers, not polluters, often foot ‘hefty’ clean-up bill
 
Implementation of the EU's well-established polluter pays principle – which aims to hold polluters liable for clean-up – varies across sectors and countries, and has often led to taxpayers footing...  
 
 
 
 
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MEPs bemoan ‘spaghetti’ of travel rules across EU
 
 
 
MEPs bemoan ‘spaghetti’ of travel rules across EU
 
The EU is facing a patchwork across the bloc when it comes to travelling, despite...  
 
Polls show popularity boost for Tusk’s party
 
 
 
Polls show popularity boost for Tusk’s party
 
In today's edition of The Capitals, France call for massive vaccination as...  
 
 
Logar: Article 7 hearings on Slovenian EU presidency agenda
 
 
 
Logar: Article 7 hearings on Slovenian EU presidency agenda
 
On behalf of the Council of the EU, Slovenian Foreign Minister Anže Logar told the...  
 
Electricity giants call for carbon tariff on EU hydrogen imports
 
 
 
Electricity giants call for carbon tariff on EU hydrogen imports
 
A coalition of European electricity groups including EDF, Enel, Iberdrola and...  
 
 
Spanish police arrest suspects after fatal beating
 
 
 
Spanish police arrest suspects after fatal beating
 
Spanish police have arrested three people over their alleged involvement in the...  
 
Glass packaging industry goes electric, adding to growing demand for renewable power
 
 
 
Glass packaging industry goes electric, adding to growing demand ...
 
Unlike the steel and cement industry, the glass sector has a clear path towards...  
 
 
 
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Amid Delta scare, EU forecasts higher growth in eurozone
 
The eurozone economy will grow faster than previously thought both this year and next, the European Commission said on Wednesday (7 July), despite emerging concerns the fast-spreading Delta...  
 
 
Why the European Green Deal needs a 45% renewables target by 2030
 
Looking at EU member states’ National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) for 2030, the European Union is far from harvesting its full solar potential, writes Aurélie Beauvais.  
 
 
Game on for the Premier League in Serbia?
 
Luring them with football, Serbia’s leadership want to lock Balkan audiences into their favoured TV channels carrying anti-western narratives, which correspond with the country’s growing ties...  
 
 
Released Catalan leader: Catalan issue requires a ‘multilateral solution’
 
Oriol Junqueras, former Catalan vice-president and pro-independence leader who had been jailed for his role in Catalonia's failed secession attempt, visited Strasbourg and Brussels on Tuesday...  
 
 
‘Bubbles’ of contention: Dalmatian prošek irks Italy as it evokes prosecco wine
 
Italy has promised to give battle after Croatia's request to get EU protection for its sweet dessert wine, prošek, produced in the southern area of Dalmatia whose name resembles the iconic...  
 
 
North America heat wave ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change: study
 
A record-breaking heat wave that hit the western United States and Canada at the end of June would have been "virtually impossible" without human-caused climate change, according to an...  
 
 
Local and regional governments pave way for implementation of the global goals [Promot...
 
“Local and regional governments in Spain and across Europe are paving the way to the active implementation of the global goals”, writes Carlos Martínez Mínguez Mayor of Soria (Spain), CEMR...  
 
 
Advanced biofuels feedstock list should be enlarged to meet EU target: industry
 
The list of EU-approved sustainable fuel sources should be expanded to meet the higher targets for second-generation biofuels under the updated renewable energy directive, according to the...  
 
 
Hungary rejects EU demand to ditch ‘shameful’ anti-LGBT law
 
Hungary on Wednesday (7 July) rejected a demand from the European Commission and many EU lawmakers to repeal new legislation banning schools from using materials deemed to promote homosexuality.  
 
 
EU to propose Anti-Money Laundering Authority
 
The European Union will propose a new agency to crack down on money laundering and new transparency rules for transfers of crypto-assets, EU documents showed as the bloc responds to calls for...  
 
 
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Sweden’s Löfven re-elected PM in narrow parliament vote
 
Swedish Social Democrat leader Stefan Löfven was re-elected as prime minister by parliament on Wednesday (7 July), ending weeks of political turmoil since his resignation last month.  
 
 
The Brief, powered by UNESDA – Everything but content
 
Two and a half months before the German parliamentary election, the campaign is stuck in a maze of political misgivings, ranging between bad taste and mud-fight, abounding in everything but...  
 
 
Haitian president assassinated at home, sparking fears of widespread turmoil
 
Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead by unidentified attackers in his private residence overnight in a "barbaric act", the government said on Wednesday (7 July), stirring fears of...  
 
 
Infographic: a health-economic assessment on immunoglobulin replacement therapy [Promo...
 
This paper offers a health economic model to estimate the value of treatment with immunoglobulin replacement therapy (IgGRT) for CVID patients.  
 
 
Italy prosecutors to probe Libya coastguards firing at migrants
 
Italian prosecutors said on Wednesday (7 July) they are seeking permission from the foreign ministry to launch a probe into footage purportedly showing the Libyan coastguard firing at a...  
 
 
NGOs slam UK plans to copy Danish offshore asylum centres
 
UK plans to follow the lead of Denmark in seeking to establish offshore asylum processing centres have been met with swift condemnation from civil society groups and lawyers who argue that it...  
 
 
EU warns Hungary to fix anti-LGBTQ law or face action
 
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday (7 July) warned Hungary to reverse course on its controversial LGBTQ law, as pressure mounts on Brussels to cut EU funding to Budapest.  
 
 
Heavy use of antibiotics in COVID-19 treatment likely to increase AMR
 
COVID-19 pandemic has helped raise political awareness of health issues but the widespread misuse of antibiotics in COVID patient treatment is likely to result in increased antimicrobial...  
 
 
How Spain risks slowing down the energy transition [Promoted content]
 
The Spanish Government is planning to impose a new financial measure on certain wind farms and other power generation assets. It says these assets are earning “windfall profits” as a result of...  
 
 
The Green Brief: The die is cast for ETS reform
 
The EU’s emissions trading scheme – which establishes the world’s largest carbon market – is often described as the crown jewel of EU climate policy. Now it is up for revision and all eyes are...  
 
 
 
Global tax reform plan goes to the G20
 
G20 finance ministers meeting in Venice on Friday and Saturday (9-10 July) could rally the world's top economies behind a global plan to tax multinationals more fairly, already hashed out...  
 
 
EU turns to finance to achieve ‘climate neutral continent’
 
Europe plans to funnel hundreds of billions of euros into sustainable investments each year through EU banks and markets to create the first "climate-neutral continent" by 2050.  
 
 
Serbia ignores West’s concerns, praises China’s Marxism
 
In today's edition of The Capitals, find out more about Slovakia imposing stricter border controls for the unvaccinated, the COVID-19 Delta variant becoming dominant in Portugal, and so much...  
 
 
Slovenian PM refuses to comment on party’s European political future
 
Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša did not wish to comment on the European political future of his Democrats (SDS) party during a visit to Strasbourg to address the European Parliament....  
 
 
French gas storage mechanism seen paving way for 100% renewable gas
 
The European Commission's green light for a natural gas storage aid scheme in France was welcomed by infrastructure operator Storengy, which says it will allow the transition to 100% renewable...  
 
 
 
 

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