Glyphosate in the EU. It will likely be authorised for another 9 years

Glyphosate in the EU. It will likely be authorised for another 9 years

Glyphosate is likely to be licensed for another 9 years. The authorisation period initially suggested was 15 years, but the European Parliament recently asked for 7. So this is the compromise found by the European Commission on the new authorisation – the existing one will expire in June – for the use of glyphosate in 28

Fighting in the Caucasus. Tensions between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan resume

Fighting in the Caucasus. Tensions between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan resume

Located in the South-Caucasus, the mountainous republic of Nagorno Karabakh is a presidential democracy inhabited by ethnic Armenians. In 1923, Stalin handed the territory over to Azerbaijan following a divide and rule policy put into place to weaken the national aspirations of minority groups. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, a war broke

What happened in Brussels, the capital of Europe, on 22 March

What happened in Brussels, the capital of Europe, on 22 March

Two explosions rocked the departures area in Zavantem international airport. Then, another explosion devastated the metro station of Maelbeek, about an hour and a half later. This is how the attacks to Brussels and to the very heart of Belgium and Europe begun on 22 March, just a few steps from the main communitarian institutions.

Brussels attacks. Explosions in the airport and the metro

Brussels attacks. Explosions in the airport and the metro

16:54 – Tributes to the victims of the Brussels attacks (via Alice Dulczewski)         16:32 – Director of Site Rita Katz tweets that ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks through Amaq, the press agency of the Islamic State.   Breaking:#ISIS –#Amaq claims #Brusselsattacks as carried out with “a series of bombings w/explosive belts& devices” pic.twitter.com/wExeGqaaAr —

The much awaited European plan on refugees

The much awaited European plan on refugees

The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, held his first speech on the State of the Union the 8th of September. He spoke to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, tackling the humanitarian crisis which sees hundreds of thousands of refugees crowding Europe’s southern borders.   In his speech he outlined the Commission’s plan