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Businesses urge EU not to weaken sustainability rules
ETLegalWorld.com
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July 1, 2025
More than 100 companies and investors on Tuesday warned against rolling back European sustainability rules that they said support economic growth, as the EU negotiates cuts to the rules to reduce costs for local industries. A group of 29...
EU Council Turning Supply Chain Law into Window Dressing
Human Rights Watch
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July 1, 2025
(Brussels) – European Union member states led by France and Germany are walking back on their commitment to protect human rights and the environment in global supply chains, Human Rights Watch said today. On June 23, 2025, member states agreed on...
EU, Ukraine Reach Trade Deal, But 3 Key Issues Remain
Kyiv Post
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June 30, 2025
The European Union (EU) and Ukraine concluded negotiations on an updated trade agreement today, after a long-awaited decision following the EU’s move to end its tariff-free trade regime with Ukraine to protect European farmers. The announcement...
European businesses remain optimist about Vietnam’s long-term growth potential
VietnamPlus
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June 30, 2025
HCM City (VNA) – Despite global market turbulence and some delays in domestic reforms, European businesses continue to express strong confidence in Vietnam’s long-term economic prospects, according to the latest Business Confidence Index (BCI)...
Europe stifles as heatwave grips, and higher temperatures are on the way
The Sydney Morning Herald
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July 1, 2025
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size A heatwave covered much of Europe on Monday, with a record-hot first day of play at Wimbledon...
EU Omnibus: Big businesses and investors urge Commission not to ‘gut’ CSRD and CSDDD
Edie
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In an open letter, dozens of businesses, investors and industry bodies are calling on EU policymakers to preserve critical parts of the green finance taxonomy and sustainability reporting rules as they push forward with simplification plans known...
Europe close: Stocks give up early gains to finish mixed
ShareCast
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The Stoxx Europe 600 fell 0.4% to 541.37, with losses of between 0.3% and 0.5% registered in London, Frankfurt, Paris and Zurich. However, markets in Madrid and Milan edged high on reports that Santander is among the bidders that have submitted a...
European Commission Reports ‘Very High Momentum and Interest’ in AI Infrastructure
PYMNTS.com - Massachusetts
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June 30, 2025
Seventy-six companies have expressed interest in setting up artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in Europe, the European Commission said Monday (June 30). The companies that responded to the commission’s call for expression of interest...
Business News | FM Sitharaman Highlights India's Reforms, Investment Opportunities in Her Address at FFD4 Summit in Spain
Latestly
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July 1, 2025
Seville [Spain], July 1 (ANI): Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman, currently on an official visit to Spain, Portugal, and Brazil, delivered a strong pitch for mobilising private capital for sustainable development...
Germany’s military reawakening and the balance of power in Europe
Weekly Blitz
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June 30, 2025
The 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague marked a critical juncture for the Western alliance and, more significantly, for Germany’s evolving role in Europe’s security architecture. Among the key takeaways was the adoption of a new target: each member...
EU-Streit helping small-scale Sepik fisheries
The National
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THE EU-Streit PNG (Support to Rural Entrepreneurship, Investment and Trade in Papua New Guinea) programme is transforming small-scale fisheries in the Sepik region through a full value chain approach that supports fishing communities from...
France: Economic sentiment deteriorates in June
FocusEconomics
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June 30, 2025
Latest reading: Economic sentiment fell to 89.6 in June from May’s 93.0. June’s result marked the weakest sentiment since November 2020. Consequently, the index moved further below the long-term average of 100, pointing to a muted near-term...
Spain Makes Booking Scrap 4,000 Tourist Rental Ads
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN- The Peninsula) AFP Madrid: Online hotel booking giant Booking on Friday said it had taken down thousands of advertisements in Spain in the leftist government's latest crackdown on illegal short-term tourist rentals. A tourism boom has...
France's BNP Paribas acquires HSBC's custody business in Germany
AK&M
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AK&M 30 June 2025 17:43 BNP Paribas, through its Securities Services division, has entered into an agreement to acquire the depository operations division of HSBC Continental Europe S.A. in Germany. This is reported in a press release from BNP...
European Union Deepens Strategic Partnership at the Caribbean Investment Forum 2025
I News Cayman
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June 30, 2025
From Caribbean Export Dr. Damie Sinanan Montego Bay will take centre stage as a hub of opportunity and innovation when the Caribbean Investment Forum (CIF) 2025, opens its doors from 29 to 31 July, 2025 at the Montego Bay Convention Center. Under...
Poland bickers over poll result – sound familiar?
The Conservative Woman
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July 1, 2025
HISTORY repeats itself, and the punchline never changes: new country, same plot, which is rather simple – the global elites lose an election or fear losing an impending one; then lawfare ensues; opponents are banned; fake accusations hurled;...
Germany: Protest and tribunal oppose Gaza genocide, state repression
World Socialist Web Site
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July 1, 2025
On Saturday, around 500 people demonstrated in Duisburg against the genocide in Gaza and the repression directed at those who express solidarity with the Palestinians. Following the demonstration, those affected gave testimony at a public...
EU accessibility act into force for key digital products
EUBusiness
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June 30, 2025
Phones, computers, e-books, banking services and electronic communications must be accessible in the EU for people with disabilities from 28 June, when the European Accessibility Act came into force. The post EU accessibility act into force for...
EU extends anti-Russia sanctions for six months
TASS
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June 30, 2025
BRUSSELS, June 30. /TASS/. The European Union has extended all anti-Russia sanctions for another six months, with a respective decision taken at a summit in Brussels on June 26, the Council of the European Union said in its statement. "The Council...
EU allocates 270 mln euros to Armenia — Kallas
TASS
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June 30, 2025
BRUSSELS, June 30. /TASS/. The European Union has allocated 270 mln euros to Armenia within the so-called ‘Resilience and Growth Plan’, with a portion of those funds to be spent on financing Armenian "independent" media outlets as part of the...