Published on 03/06/2026 – 15:30 GMT+2•Updated 3:36 p.m The European Commission said on Wednesday that new US tariff threats linked to forced labor were “unjustified”, arguing that EU legislation is already robust enough to ban such products. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The move comes as the EU prepares to implement a contentious trade deal struck last summer […]
Continue ReadingThe European Commission has presented a sweeping package to boost homegrown technologies and reduce dependency on American and Chinese companies. Whether it will make a meaningful difference — and how the two superpowers will react — remain open questions. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The EU imports most of its tech services and products from abroad. The digital […]
Continue ReadingThe European Commission is set to allow limited energy-related spending from fiscal rules to give EU countries more leeway to address soaring prices. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The measures announced by the EU executive on Wednesday are an attempt to reassure fiscally conservative capitals struggling with skyrocketing energy bills that are threatening industrial production. In particular, the […]
Continue ReadingChina remains a “very big problem” because of the way it helps circumvent EU sanctions against Russia, with no signs that the practice is abating, the EU’s chief sanctions envoy, David O’Sullivan, said in exclusive comments to Euronews. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “We raise it regularly at the highest level with the Chinese authorities but you know […]
Continue ReadingThe government has already responded to Wednesday’s general strike, downplaying its overall impact. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING At a press conference at 11.30 am, the Minister for Labor, Maria Rosário da Palma Ramalho, said that “the overwhelming majority of workers are at work” and therefore “The country is functioning normally.” According to the minister, provisional data from […]
Continue ReadingThe government has already responded to Wednesday’s general stoppage, playing down its overall impact. Even so, the late afternoon was marked by scuffles outside the Assembly of the Republic, where one of several demonstrations against the labor law was taking place on this day of general strike. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING According to the newspaper Observador, five […]
Continue ReadingThe government has already responded to Wednesday’s general strike, downplaying its overall impact. Despite this, the late afternoon was marked by disturbances outside the Assembly of the Republicwhere one of several demonstrations against the labor law was taking place on this day of general strike. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING There are records of six people being detained […]
Continue ReadingAccording to Germany’s Federal Statistical Office, the fertility rate in Germany in 2024 was 1.35 children per woman, two percent fewer than in the previous year. Provisional figures for 2025 point to a further decline, to around 654,300 births. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING But the desire to have children is still there. To analysis by the Federal […]
Continue ReadingAs Europe tries to stabilize turbulent trade relations with China, Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell recommends that Brussels hold its nerve.
Continue ReadingPublished on 03/06/2026 – 10:45 GMT+2 NATO chief Mark Rutte arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday for an unannounced trip, Ukraine’s national railway operator said in a later deleted social media post. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING It comes after a series of large-scale fatal Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital in recent weeks. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who […]
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