Charles Michel, President of the EU Council informed on Thursday that the bloc has opened membership negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. Published: December 15, 2023 6:56 AM IST By Joy Pillai EU Agrees To Open Membership Talks With Ukraine; Zelenskyy Terms It ‘Victory’ For Country Brussels: Good news has come for Ukraine amid the ongoing … Read more
Rows of twinkling lights and the sweet aroma of mulled wine — ’tis the season that Christmas markets come alive. But if visiting one Christmas market isn’t enough, a new cruise explores 20 markets in a single trip. Luxury river cruising company European Waterways‘ new “Christmas Markets Cruise” departs from Strasbourg, France and sails through … Read more
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy Viktor Kovalchuk | Getty Images Ukraine has moved one step closer to European Union membership after leaders in Brussels agreed to open negotiations with the war-torn nation. In a surprise announcement late Thursday, EU summit chair Charles Michel, who is the European Council president, said leaders had decided to start … Read more
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy Viktor Kovalchuk | Getty Images BRUSSELS — European heads of state are gearing up for a difficult two-day gathering where support for Ukraine is at the top of the agenda, but internal divisions threaten any significant action toward Kyiv. The meeting comes at a crunch time for Ukraine, as President … Read more
Platform workers can no longer be fired automatically by algorithms, according to new European Union rules agreed today in a sweeping reform of the gig economy that will affect Uber drivers and Deliveroo couriers. “Now we have a proper system, which is something that doesn’t exist anywhere else around the world,” said Elisabetta Gualmini, an … Read more
The European Union reached a deal Friday on the world’s first regulations for artificial intelligence (AI), paving the way for legal oversight of the popular technology used in services like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The European Parliament and its 27 member countries had to overcome major differences on a number of sticking points, including generative AI and … Read more
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday voiced concerns against the “one-sided” move by advanced jurisdictions like the EU to impose tariffs on high-carbon goods coming from other sources, saying it goes against the interests of the Global South and that the green agenda shouldn’t be pursued by some at the expense of others. Speaking at … Read more
Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, speaks during the Singapore FinTech Festival in Singapore, on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — The head of the International Monetary Fund on Sunday underlined the case for carbon pricing at the COP28 climate summit, saying that … Read more
