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EU will push healthcare in African diplomacy

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EU/AFRICA

This has sought to guard against negative perceptions of the bloc and counteract China’s competitive ‘mask diplomacy’. The importance of EU-African health partnerships is set to…

EU's Africa framework will focus on global competition

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AFRICA/EU

EU-Africa development framework.

Western Balkans will be laggards in coal phase-out

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BALKANS

Even though the region is heavily dependent on highly polluting fossil fuel installations, coal phase-out plans in the region are weak or non-existent. What is more, declarative…

EU green ambitions are strongly reflected in budget

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EU

Overall, some 30% of the budget will involve climate-related spending. One of the key reforms concerns the EU’s own resources mechanism to finance spending, with plans to…

North Macedonian crisis spurs move to renewable energy

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NORTH MACEDONIA

Electricity companies wanted a near-38% rise amid soaring international market prices, but the ERC wanted to avoid a price shock. In November, the government declared an ‘energy…

Investment would flood into Libya if politics settled

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LIBYA

Moscow's straitened circumstances, and the increased Western interest in Libya as an oil and gas supplier, created incentives for Libyans and Westerners alike to explore increased…

Diet-related health risks are set to rise globally

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INTERNATIONAL

One contributory factor to rising obesity and non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as diabetes, has been the rising cost of a healthy diet. Over the past 20 years, the average…

Swedish policies will be influenced by far-right party

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SWEDEN

SD, previously a pariah, increased its vote share to 20.5%, from 17.5% in 2018. It is the largest rightist party in a bloc that has a three-seat majority. The centre-right parties…

Russia threat exposes Europe’s infrastructure risks

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EU

Critical infrastructure is an attractive target, given the difficulty of attributing such attacks and the lack of immediate fatalities, which reduces the likelihood of escalation…

Paris climate summit aims to avoid Copenhagen mistakes

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INTERNATIONAL

Climate policy will be of high international attention in the lead up to the UN's climate change summit in Paris in December (COP 21). The political and economic climate makes it…