FRANCE

EU fails to agree licence for controversial glyphosate weedkiller

The European Commission said it fell short of the majority needed to renew the license when it expires December 15 as only half of the 28 member states voted for its proposal.

GERMANY

Coalition talks stall over climate change targets

Germany is way behind on its emissions reduction goals, but coalition talks currently underway in Berlin aren’t likely to help. Instead of embracing the shift to renewables as an economic opportunity, wariness of future technologies remains.

ITALY

26 bodies of girls and young women found in the Mediterranean

Investigators will try to discover whether they were tortured or sexually abused, Lorena Ciccotti, the police chief in the city of Salerno said.

POLAND

NATO has to respond quickly to all types of threats says Minister Karoblis

‘The revised NAT Command Structure has to reflect the changed security situation in Europe: the Alliance has to be capable of a swift and robust response and of countering both, conventional and hybrid threats,’ Minister of Defence Raimundas Karoblis said on 08/11 at the NATO Defence ministers meeting in Brussels.

SPAIN

EU to fight Russian propaganda machine

Team that detects and fights Russian cyber-attacks and disinformation on social media warns of campaign to aggravate the Catalan crisis.  They attack Juncker and Tajani for

BELGIUM

Glyphosate: EU member states fail to agree licence renewal

There was not the necessary majority to renew the licence for another 5 years. A simple majority of Member states voted in favour, but there was not enough for the necessary qualified majority

BULGARIA

European Commission revises Bulgarian GDP growth figures to 3.9% for 2017.

TThe European Commission released Thursday its Autumn Forecast which showed that the euro area economy is on track to grow at its fastest pace in a decade this year, with real GDP growth forecast at 2.2 per cent, which is substantially higher than the forecast made in the spring (1.7 per cent). The EU economy as a whole is also set to beat expectations with robust growth of 2.3 per cent this year (up from 1.9 per cent in spring)..

DENMARK

Danes going for smaller homes due to price spike

A decade of rising property prices have prompted the Danes into taking a more reserved approach when hunting for a new house. A new survey from property portal Boligsiden.dk showed that Danes are increasingly opting for smaller homes compared to what they preferred in recent years.