Poland’s constitutional court has struck down a provision of the Catholic country’s abortion legislation, allowing what is already one of Europe’s most restrictive laws to be further tightened and provoking an outcry from rights groups. Chief justice Julia Przylebska said in a ruling late Thursday
European Union negotiators headed to London on Thursday to resume Brexit trade talks after Britain called off a boycott, with both sides vowing to work round the clock to seal a deal in the time left. Led by chief negotiator Michel Barnier, the EU team
Spain has become the first European Union nation to record a million coronavirus infections, as the government mulls fresh restrictions on public life to curb the spread of the disease. The country recorded 16,973 confirmed cases of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, the health
Ireland will become the first European country to return to a national coronavirus lockdown, with everyone asked to “stay at home” for six weeks, but schools will remain open. The measures will come into effect for six weeks from midnight on Wednesday (2300 GMT) and
Fresh virus restrictions imposed in Spain’s two regional economic powerhouses, Catalonia and Madrid, have darkened the country’s already bleak growth forecasts and angered business leaders. The two regions together account for around 40 percent of Spain’s economic output and are home to most of the
Air pollution costs inhabitants of European cities more than 160 billion euros ($190 billion) each year due to long- and short-term health impacts, according to research by a group of environmental and social watchdogs. In a sweeping analysis of air quality, health and transport data
EU countries have agreed on reforms to the bloc’s common agricultural policies in the early hours of Wednesday after two days of negotiations in Luxembourg. The Agriculture and Fisheries Council, a body of the relevant ministers, agreed to push for greener policies through measures including
European Parliament has given the EU executive strong backing to draw up new rules against big tech that could become the most draconian ever against the likes of Google, Amazon or Facebook. MEPs meeting in Brussels on Tuesday weighed in on the “Digital Services Act”,
The drastic increase of lobbying expenditure by Big Tech companies is denting Europe’s traditionally strict privacy laws and shifting more power into the hands of corporations. And the COVID-19 is playing in the latter’s hand. Although Europe is known as the most rigorous watchdog of
While some of the effects of Brexit are still difficult to assess, the Erasmus+ exchange programme has already suffered the consequences. However, British universities wish to maintain their participation in the European programme. Many students have been deprived of the Erasmus+ exchange programme this year because