Many countries of the European Union (EU) will take a hundred years to ensure that women are adequately represented in Parliament, unless they take more steps and faster, denounced the European Commissioner for Equality, Helena Dalli, this Wednesday in Bucharest. “If the countries that are behind do not introduce corrections, it is estimated that it […]
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GDP slows down in the euro area and falls in the EU in the fourth quarter of 2022
He GDP of the countries in the area euro remained stable and that of the whole of the European Union it fell 0.1% in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to the third, the European statistical office, Eurostat, reported on Wednesday. Both rates are one tenth of a percentage lower than what this body had […]
Institutions and governments put TikTok in the crosshairs for security
International institutions and governments have put TikTok in their sights due to the security doubts generated by this Chinese application and they recommend or directly ask to remove it from their official devices. Community sources confirmed to EFE today that the European Parliament has decided, like other European Union institutions, to ban the Chinese application […]
The European Parliament also vetoes TikTok for security reasons
The eurochamber has also decided, like other institutions of the European Union (EU), ban Chinese app TikTok on the corporate phones of its workers and MEPs, in addition to recommending that it not be installed on personal devices, community sources confirmed to Efe today. The suspension of this application on smartphones and tablets of the […]
Russia cuts off oil supplies to Poland through Druzhba pipeline
the oil giant Polish PKN Orlen announced this Saturday that Russia stopped supplying it with oil through the Druzhba pipeline, which accounted for about 10% of its crude needs. “Deliveries through the Druzhba pipeline to Poland were interrupted by the Russian side,” the Polish group said in a statement transmitted to AFP. Orlen said the […]
China asks the EU for more cooperation to inject “stability” into the world
Wang Yi, head of foreign policy Chinapointed out in a meeting with the high representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, that China and the EU must cooperate more to “inject stability into the world”. Wang, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China […]
Von der Leyen estimates the sanctions he is preparing against Russia at US$ 11.7 billion
The president of the European Comission (EC), Ursula von der Leyensaid this Wednesday that the tenth package of sanctions against Russia that European Union (EU) wants to approve coinciding with the first anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine will be worth 11 billion euros (US$11.7 billion). The sanctions that the EU is discussing include restrictions […]
The City of London bets on cryptocurrencies after Brexit
Despite the fact that the cryptocurrency market is going through a cold winter after the collapse of the last few months, the United Kingdom accelerates plans to take advantage of its regulatory independence after the Brexit and convert to City of London into a global hub of crypto assets. The so-called Edinburgh Reform, the British […]
Russia “voluntarily” reduces its crude production by 500,000 bd in March
Russia will reduce “voluntarily” oil production at 500,000 barrels per day (bd) in March after the cap imposed by the G7, Australia and the European Union (EU) to Russian crude oil and derivatives for its “military campaign” in Ukraine. “Today we are fully selling the entire volume of oil produced, however, as stated above, we […]
A record is established when more than 12% of electric cars are sold in the European Union
The electric vehicles represented 12.1% of new car sales in the European Union (EU) in 2022, a record proportion in the bloc, which in 2035 will ban the sale of new cars from gasoline Y diesel. In a sector slowed down since the pandemic and still suffering from supply problems, sales of electric cars rose […]