Russian diamonds ban ‘would cost 10,000 jobs’, Antwerp claims
EU majority building for near-total ban on Russian diamonds, as Belgium says it won’t veto sanctions, which could cost 10,000 jobs in Antwerp.
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Month: September 2022
[Ticker] France aims to start building new nuclear reactors by 2027
France wants to start building its first new-generation ‘European Pressurised Reactors’ nuclear reactor before May 2027, Reuters reported on Tuesday. French president Emmanuel Macron plans to build at least six new reactors as part of efforts to put his country on the path toward climate-neutrality. The reactors, which will replace current sites reaching the end of […]
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[Opinion] The UN’s Uyghur report must push EU into China sanctions
The UN report’s findings should be met by the EU with a more principled and human rights-centred approach to China — urging the UN Office on Genocide Prevention to conduct an assessment of atrocities.
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[Ticker] Hungary says sanctions ‘harming Europe more than Russia’
EU sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine and plans for further energy sanctions have prompted skyrocketing energy prices, Hungarian government spokesman Zoltán Kovács tweeted on Tuesday. “It has become clear that the sanctions which have been introduced are doing more harm to Europe than to Russia,” he said, arguing if sanctions were lifted, prices would […]
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Europe suspects sabotage as mystery leaks hit Russian gas pipelines
Europe was racing on Tuesday to investigate possible sabotage behind sudden and unexplained leaks in two Russian gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea, infrastructure at the heart of an energy crisis since Russia invaded Ukraine.
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Ciros Gomes and the path to a brighter Brazil
Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) Brazil, a country with more than 214 million citizens, home to several natural wonders like the Amazon rain forest, the Pantanal region, the peninsular region of Fernando de Noronha, and so many other places, the birthplace of amazing cultural heritages like samba, capoeira, funk, bossa nova, is currently in the final […]
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Raise a glass of plant milk on World School Milk Day!
Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) This Wednesday is World School Milk Day, a day to celebrate and raise awareness of free and subsidized school milk programs, which exist in over 34 countries across the world. Unsurprisingly, none of these schemes include alternatives to dairy milk. This was quite understandable, launched 22 years ago, the day is […]
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Thousands of wild boars are besieging Thessaloniki, the authorities are worried
Immediate measures must be taken, radical and effective, the mayor of the municipality of Neapoli-Sikies, Simos Daniilidis, is concerned Greece’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki, is under “siege” by at least 9,000 wild boars, and authorities are on high alert, Greek TV station Sky reports. The forestry and veterinary services estimate that there are currently between 9,000 […]
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Russia: Alarm over arrests of military mobilization protesters
In Russia, nearly 2,400 people have reportedly been arrested for protesting against the Kremlin’s mobilisation call-up to fight in Ukraine, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.
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