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Farmers protest in Brussels against EU-Mercosur trade deal
Africanews
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Last updated: 20 minutes ago The deal, agreed in December 2024, lowers tariffs and strengthens trade ties with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Opponents warn it will flood the EU market with cheaper imports, undermining European...
EU backs €4M wave energy research with Carnegie as tech partner
Offshore Energy
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September 5, 2025
Australian wave energy developer Carnegie Clean Energy has been named the key technology partner in the COIN (Control-Oriented Innovations for future wave energy farms) project, funded under the Horizon Europe Program with a total budget of €4...
EU grants $755m for Bornholm offshore energy hub
Splash 247
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September 5, 2025
The European Commission has provided a grant of €645m ($755.1m) for the Bornholm renewable energy cluster in the Baltic Sea. The hybrid offshore project, led by Denmark’s Energinet and Germany’s 50Hertz, will link a 3GW offshore wind farm in the...
EU gives 10 GW solar, wind project priority status
pv-magazine
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September 5, 2025
The Medlink Renewable Generation project, a collaboration between Italy, Algeria and Tunisia, will deploy 10 GW of renewables in the two north African countries for both local use and export. September 5, 2025 Patrick Jowett A project aiming to...
Europe stocks higher as investors assess weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report
CNBC
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September 5, 2025
LONDON — European stock markets were higher Friday, as investors assessed a key U.S. jobs report showing greater-than-expected softness in the labor market. The regional Stoxx 600 index was up 0.3% at 13:36 p.m. in London (8:36 a.m. ET), holding...
Is AI a canary in the coal mine and should we really fear AI taking jobs in Europe?
Euronews
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September 6, 2025
There are already fewer younger workers aged between 22 and 25 being hired in AI-vulnerable jobs, such as software engineering, customer service, and marketing in the United States, according to a study. Young people are more likely to see...
Fancy relocating to Italy? Here are five properties to buy in Turin, from £69,000
Daily Mail
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September 6, 2025
Choosing an area The quiet region around Turin, Northern Italy, is having a moment as buyers realise that Milan is expensive, Tuscany is crowded and Puglia is too hot. A former industrial powerhouse – home to Fiat, Cinzano, Lavazza, Ferrero Rocher...
Việt Nam pavilion opens at Maison&Objet int’l exhibition in France
Vietnam News Agency
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PARIS — The Vietnam Handicraft Exporters Association (VIETCRAFT) and Ho Chi Minh City Investment and Trade Promotion Centre (ITPC), in co-ordination with the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Việt Nam (CCIFV), inaugurated the Việt Nam...
EU engaging with markets of the future reflects the changing times
China Daily Global
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This file photo taken on March 1, 2023 shows European Union flags flying outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. [Photo/Agencies] For Mercosur, the Southern Common Market, the European Union is its second-largest trading...
End-of-summer party coming to farm in Witney
This is Oxfordshire
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September 6, 2025
Boogie in the Barn at Cogges Manor Farm promises an evening with a carnival spirit, featuring The Nine Ton Peanut Smugglers, The Spiralites, and the Witney Soul Club DJs. Visitors can expect a menu of carnival-style food and cocktails, with a BBQ...
‘How AI can boost livestock farmers’ income’
Daily Trust
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Mr. Emmanuel Nnoko is the Managing Director of Livestock Genetics Africa. He has spent nearly three decades in Europe, particularly in Sweden, where he gained invaluable experience and expertise in the field of livestock genetics. This extensive...
Aura farming & the attention economy
The Express Tribune
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September 6, 2025
PUBLISHED September 06, 2025 KARACHI: It began with a boy on a boat. A grainy video, barely thirty seconds long, posted by a festival-goer in a small Indonesian fishing village, showed a boy, 11 years old, dancing as if possessed by something both...
Europe power guru Wang Xiongfei brings grid stability expertise home to China
South China Morning Post
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September 5, 2025
One of the European Union’s top power systems experts, Wang Xiongfei, has come full circle after returning to China to take a leading academic role at Tsinghua University. As the newly appointed Xinghua chair professor and doctoral supervisor,...
INHFA renews calls to halt Nature Restoration Law
Agriland.ie
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September 8, 2025
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers' Association (INHFA) has renewed its calls for the Nature Restoration Law to be halted. The farm organisation said it is now calling for the law to be put on hold after what it called "evidence" on peatland...
Australian siblings take on 'brutal' alpine enduro race through Europe
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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September 6, 2025
Running hundreds of kilometres in mountainous terrain three months after breaking your leg is not how most people would choose to spend summer in France, but West Australian-raised Milly Young is not anyone. Encompassing alpine passes, granite,...
Exchanging ideas, learning in Germany
The Journal - Minnesota
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Pictured from left, New Ulmites Dave Borchert, Andrea Boettger and Derek Nelson take a break outside the District Capitol in the State of North Rhein-Westphalia in Dusseldorf, Germany.A June visit to Aachen, Germany with the Region Nine...
A place at the farmer’s table on a foodie trip to Trieste
Yahoo Sports - Canada
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September 6, 2025
In Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere, travel writer Jan Morris described the city’s many faces and “ambivalence”, maintaining that, unlike most other Italian cities, it has “no unmistakable cuisine”. But I had come to Trieste to experience, if...
Italy cipher sparks Senate scrutiny of Pakistan’s agri exports
The News International
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September 5, 2025
ISLAMABAD: Italy has sent a cipher to Pakistan raising concerns over the country’s agricultural exports, prompting the Senate Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research on Thursday to demand five years of export records. Lawmakers...
Big CAP changes loom...but EU farmers will still be ahead
The Scottish Farmer
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September 4, 2025
All the issues swept under the carpet and the decisions ducked are back with a vengeance and, when it comes to agriculture, there are some historically big issues to be tackled. Since Brexit and the failure of both the Conservatives, who wanted...
Germany’s trade unions use “Anti-War Day” to spread war propaganda
World Socialist Web Site
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September 5, 2025
It is nothing new that the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) and its member unions support the government’s pro-war policies. Their leading functionaries have already repeatedly taken part in meetings of the corporatist “Concerted Action” at...