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Deal on new rules to boost data sharing across the EU
Rules to make more data available to start-ups and businesses to stimulate innovation were informally agreed by MEPs and the Council Presidency. The Data Governance Act (DGA) aims to increase…
EU strengthens its disease prevention and control capacity
Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on extending the mandate of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). To generate timely and comparable data, the ECDC will…
MEP Roberta Metsola chosen as EPP candidate for EP Presidency
PN MEP Robert Metsola has been chosen as the European People’s Party candidate for the European Parliament President election scheduled for January. The EPP chose Metsola through a vote, putting…
New rules for fair minimum wages in the EU
A new draft EU law will ensure a minimum level of wage protection in all member states, to guarantee decent living standards for workers and their families. MEPs on the…
Poland-Belarus border: MEPs alarmed by humanitarian and political crisis
The EU must stand united in its response to the Belarusian regime’s inhuman instrumentalisation of migrants, MEPs said in a debate on Wednesday. In a plenary debate with EU Foreign…
Id-Dar tal-Providenza honoured awarded the 2021 European Citizen’s Prize for Malta
“Id-Dar tal-Providenza and its project ‘Monument of Mercy’ proved to all the European Institutions what we Maltese were already privileged to know,” said MEP Alex Agius Saliba (S&D, MT) who…
MEPs oppose “breakaway competitions” and call for values-based EU sports model
The EU should become more involved with Europe’s sporting landscape to encourage a fairer model that aligns with EU values of inclusiveness and fairness. In a report adopted by the…
Alexei Navalny awarded the European Parliament’s 2021 Sakharov Prize
MEPs have awarded Russian opposition politician and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny the European Parliament’s 2021 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Parliament Vice-President Heidi Hautala announced the 2021 laureate in the Strasbourg…
European Youth Event 2021: proposals for the future of Europe
Recycling, multilingualism, the rule of law and a push for a Federal Europe were among the main ideas by the 10,000 young participants. The European Youth Event (EYE2021) took place…
Recycled bottles are now a work of art at Ta’ Pinu
4,000 single-use plastic drinks bottles have been remolded into a massive art installation on the Ta’ Pinu Sanctuary grounds in Għarb, Gozo. The installation depicting Christ was created by Maltese…