CHINA AND EU COMPLETES INVESTMENT AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS

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• China and the EU complete investment agreement negotiations.
• The investment deal is said to have been announced after seven years of negotiations.
• The deal is said to stabilize and smoothen global industrial and supply ch...

SHANGHAI CUSTOMS REPORTS RISE IN TOTAL FOREIGN TRADE BY 2.2 PERCENT

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• Shanghai customs reports rise in total foreign trade by 2.2 percent.
• From January to November, the total exports rose by 0.5 percent to 1.25 trillion yuan.
• Shanghai’s total foreign trade rose to 3.15 trillion yuan (...

CHINA INVESTMENTS WITH EU STATES UNDER THREAT OVER EP RESOLUTION ON UYGHURS

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• China investments with EU states under threat over EP resolution on Uyghurs.
• The EP passed a resolution on Dec. 18 on forced labour and conditions of Uyghurs.
• Uyghurs and other primarily Muslim ethnic minorities live in X...

PORTUGAL TO RECEIVE 3 BILLION EUROS OF EUROPEAN UNION FUNDS TO PROTECT BUSINESSES AND JOBS

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• Portugal receives 3 billion euros of the European Union Funds for protecting the businesses and jobs in the country
• The prime minister of Portugal said that, they have received the first tranche of the loan that has been allocated to Portu...

ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO AND HIS SON PUT ON THE SANCTIONS LIST OF EUROPEAN UNION

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• Alexander Lukashenko and his son have been officially put on the European Union sanctions blacklist
• This move came after the European Union member state’s decision was published in the official journal of the European Union

ASTON VILLA AND MILAN STAND ALONE IN THE TOP FIVE LEAGUES IN EUROPE

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• The football clubs Aston Villa and Milan are standing alone in the top five leagues of Europe with perfect records
• For the first time since the 1995-1996, Milan have been winning first four matches of the Serie A seasons

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EUROPEAN STOCK MARKETS INCREASED ON THE HOPES OF COVID-19 VACCINE AND U.S. STIMULUS DEAL

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• The European stocks have been increased on the novel corona virus vaccine returns by the end of the year 2020
• The shares of the company Saab, have been decreased by 12 percent after it posted a disappointing set of the results of the third...

TONNES OF BANNED PESTICIDES SHIPPED TO POORER COUNTRIES FROM EUROPEAN FACTORIES

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• Year-long investigation has revealed that on full scale, pesticides banned from European farms are being shipped to poorer countries.
• UK leads in the act of polluting poor countries by dumping pesticides.

A year-long inves...

EU OBJECTS TO HUNGARY’S TRAVEL BAN

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• EU is against the travel ban of Hungary.
• Hungary has imposed a ban on entry of foreigners to prevent coronavirus spread.
• EU calls travel ban a clear discrimination between EU citizens that European free movement rules do not allo...

BELGIUM CAUTIOUSLY LIFTING ITS TRAVEL BAN FOR RED ZONE TRAVELERS

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• From Friday, travel to red zones from Belgium is allowed.
• Belgium government still discourages non-essential travel.

Starting Friday, 25 SEP 2020, travelling from Belgium to destinations marked as red zones by Belgian gove...

CHEMICALS REGISTRATION DEADLINE UNDER UK REACH EXTENDED

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• Due to Brexit, UK REACH is replacing EU REACH in UK.
• The deadline to register chemicals has been extended.

With United Kingdom (UK) no longer a part of European Union (EU), UK REACH is set to replace EU REACH in UK. The fu...

NORWAY TO PURSUE COLLABORATION WITH EUROPEAN UNION ON OFFSHORE RENEWABLE AND FLOATING WIND

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• Norway is seeking for the collaboration with the European Union on the Offshore renewable energy and floating wind
• The floating technology will allow for the power production in the deep waters

Ms. Tina Bru, who is the Mi...

EUROPE: CREATIVE INDUSTRY CRITICIZE EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR REWRITING COPYRIGHT RULES

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• A creative industry of Europe has criticised the European Commission’s consultation on the new European Union Copyright rules
• The industry complained that the proposals were incompatible with the original directives

JAPAN AND BRITAIN CREATED A HISTORIC MOMENT WITH A POST-BREXIT FREE TRADE DEAL

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• Japan and Britain created a historic moment with a post-BREXIT free trade deal.
• The two sides plan to speed up work for signing the deal and ratifying it.
• The EU will phase out 10% tariffs on Japanese auto imports by 202...

CORONA VIRUS CASES INCREASE AGAIN IN EUROPE

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• United Kingdom has recorded Highest cases of corona virus in a day since May 2020
• The country recorded 2,988 cases of corona virus on Sunday

The United Kingdom has registered its highest cases of the novel corona virus si...

ENTRY FOR SOME BELARUSIAN OFFICIALS BANNED BY LATVIAN GOVERNMENT

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• The Latvian government has restricted the entry of some Belarusian officials to Latvia.
• The Latvian government believes that Belarusian officials might have falsified the elections and used force against activists to favor the victory of Al...

ITALY: PM GIUSEPPE CONTE TO VISIT LEBANON IN THE COMING DAYS

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• The prime minister of Italy will be visiting Lebanon in the coming days
• He will be visiting the country as a sign of brotherhood between the two countries

On Monday, Lorenzo Guerini, who is the defence Minister of Italy s...

COVID-19 INFECTIONS IN PORTUGAL BELOW EU AVERAGE

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• Among the countries blacklisted by UK, Portugal does feature due to high number of COVID-19 infections.
• However, the number of Portugal is lesser than EU average.
• British holidaymakers in Portugal have to go into self-isolation f...

THE U.S AND EUROPEAN UNION HAVE AGREED ON THEIR FIRST EVER TARIFF REDUCTION DEAL

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• The U.S and European Union have agreed on their first ever tariff reduction deal.
• EU has agreed to eliminate tariffs on US lobsters.
• The U.S in exchange has agreed to halve import taxes on $160 million worth European goo...

BELGIUM RESTRICTS TRAVEL TO SEVERAL EU REGIONS

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• Based on the density of COVID-19 spread, the National Crisis Centre of Belgium has introduced color codes to rate all regions of EU.
• Based on rating via color codes, Belgian government has imposed travel restrictions on Belgian citizens.