During the October II plenary session, Parliament is expected to amend the Council's position on the draft EU budget for 2025. The Committee on Budgets (BUDG) voted to reverse all of the reductions the Council has made to the Commission's draft and proposes considerable increases in the 2025 budget for Parliament's priorities: investments tailored to improving people's lives, and boosting the Union's competitiveness and sustainability. It would set 2025 commitments at almost €201 billion and payments at €153.5 billion, and proposes to finance the NGEU borrowing costs without cutting into expenditure on flagship programmes. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

This compendium brings together a set of briefings prepared by the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) to guide Members of the European Parliament through the parliamentary hearings of Commissioners-designate in early November 2024. These public confirmation hearings form the backdrop to Parliament's confirmation vote on the College of Commissioners put forward by Ursula von der Leyen, following her re-election as Commission President by the European Parliament in July 2024. In addition to an overview of the process, setting its historical and political context, this volume contains a briefing on each of the Commissioners-designate and their portfolios. Each of these briefings highlights some of the key issues and recent developments in the portfolio, as well as looking back on Parliament's activity in the area in the last parliamentary term. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

On October 16, Zelensky presented his plan for ending the conflict, in which he ruled out territorial concessions

«This would be a catastrophic development and a complete rejection of the existing postulates in the sphere of nuclear security,» Sergey Ryabkov stressed

Sergey Ryabkov emphasized that, given the current developments, there is an increased need for dialogue

The contribution to the budget during sales of Russian businesses by foreigners will grow from 15% at present to 35%, Anton Siluanov noted

Mikhail Bogdanov said that Moscow always supports the discussion of such pressing international problems, responding to a question about Russia’s readiness to organize an extraordinary UNSC meeting on the topic

[Greenpeace] Kinshasa -- Greenpeace Africa welcomes the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government's decision to halt the bidding process for 27 oil blocks. This move is a crucial advancement for environmental protection and climate justice throughout Africa. Nevertheless, this reprieve may be short-lived, as the Ministry of Hydrocarbons has hinted in a press release that it plans to resume the process «without delay». Greenpeace Africa remains committed to continuing its advocacy efforts while maintaining a constructive

[allAfrica] Rwanda has had 62 cases and 15 deaths from its Marburg outbreak since its declaration three weeks ago, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, said during a media briefing.

La société forestière Rougier-Gabon a officiellement lancé ses activités, par le biais de son Directeur Général, Stéphane Jaffret, ce mardi 15 octobre 2024 dans la zone industrielle spéciale de Mounana dans la province du Haut-Ogooué, avec en prime, 500 emplois disponibles dans la transformation du bois. Une activité qui vient à point nommé pour réduire le taux de chômage des jeunes du Gabon. Une promesse du Chef de l'Etat Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema dont le message a été porté par son (...) - SOCIETE / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

Ashima Sharma, a student in the honours philosophy program at Hamilton's McMaster University, decided to go above and beyond for just a one per cent bonus on an assignment. She found a way to catch the attention of Iceland's former prime minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir.

In October of 2013, an Ottawa police intimate partner violence detective told Hanadi Mohammed she was going to charge her abuser, find people to help her and call back the next day. None of it happened, and Mohammed wound up back with her husband days later. He murdered her and tried to murder their daughter in 2021.

Rising temperatures are set to elevate heat stress levels in several countries in the Horn of Africa, the Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC) of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), a regional bloc, said on Wednesday.

The United Nations agencies on Wednesday expressed commitment to helping Somalia increase investments to boost food production as the country marked World Food Day.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia's Foreign Affairs Minister, Ahmed Moalim Fiqi, announced that the Ethiopian Embassy, located inside the Somali Presidential Palace since 2007, will remain there for the time being, despite growing concerns from the Somali government.

The GOP nominee and his party have struggled with reproductive issues since Roe v. Wade was overturned. Vice President Kamala Harris called his remark “bizarre.”

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Finance Minister Simplex Chithyola is receiving accolades for his pivotal role in the resumption of budget support from the European Union (EU) after a 12-year hiatus. The EU’s renewed commitment, announced this week, includes a €55 million programme aimed at enhancing secondary education services in Malawi. The EU suspended its budget support in 2012 due […] The post Finance Minister Simplex Chithyola praised for restoring EU budget support to Malawi appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

The import duty on spirits has been cut from 100% to 10% in an attempt to boost the economy of China’s special administrative region Read Full Article at RT.com

A significant bridge under construction in the Lonorore area of South Pentecost is expected to be completed within the next ten days.

The Fest'Napuan Committee confirmed that there are a total of 30 stalls at the event. Ten stalls, costing VT25,000 each will sell food only and will be located on the main road opposite Parliament House.

Vanuatu has joined the One Country, One Priority Product (OCOP) initiative, an international agricultural development program led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

SEVEN VOLATILE communities across Jamaica are set to benefit from a six-year United Kingdom (UK)-Jamaica Violence Prevention Partnership Programme. Grant funding from the UK government to the tune of £15 million will be used to support the...

AINSWORTH HIGGINS, better known as ‘Big A’, has been a fixture on Jamaica’s airwaves for close to three and half decades, serving as a broadcaster at IRIE FM in Ocho Rios, St Ann. For his lifelong commitment to the Jamaican music scene, the...

TAVIA SUTHERLAND wanted to become a geoscience engineer. While attending high school, she started an engineering club, but God seemingly had different plans for her life. She always knew that she had the ability to teach and her friends would often...

WHEN JAMAICAN police personnel and members of the Royal Hampshire Regiment (RHR) went to raid a Rasta Camp at Red Hills in St Andrew on Tuesday, June 21, 1960, they did not go on a whim. The operation took place after a weekend of planning because...

Western Bureau: A motorist was shot and killed gangland-style in front of the police’s control centre, formerly the Church Street Police Station, in downtown Montego Bay, St James, early Monday night by gunmen who reportedly chased his vehicle...

The Pentagon has conducted airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has reported Read Full Article at RT.com

The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Michael Mainelli, has told Reuters the financial district has bled around 40,000 jobs since 2016 Read Full Article at RT.com

Japanese car exports to Russia surged in September amid an overall growth in trade turnover between the countries Read Full Article at RT.com

India has refurbished its fleet of Russian-made tanks to ensure operational readiness, defence officials have said Read Full Article at RT.com

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