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The European Commission warned last year that its aim to connect all EU households to 5G by 2030 are off target. Europe’s 5G standalone coverage is significantly lagging behind the US and Asia, according to a report published on Tuesdayby telecom lobby Connect Europe. In Europe, the coverage of standalone 5G – which operates independently from existing 4G infrastructure and is used for industrial purposes – is at 40%, while it reaches 91% of the population in North America, and 45% in Asia Pacific, the report finds on the basis of research conducted by consulting firm Analysys Mason.Meanwhile non-standalone 5G networks…

Kurzfristig angesetztes Treffen: Dänemarks Ministerpräsidentin Mette Frederiksen im Kanzleramt. Was Scholz in der Migration von den dänischen Sozialdemokraten mitnehmen kann. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: SPD-Fraktionsvize Dirk Wiese über die polarisierten Wahlkampfdebatten zur Verschärfung der Migrationspolitik. Chefkorrespondent Rasmus Buchsteiner über die Zeitpläne für die Abstimmungen zur Migrationspolitik im Bundestag. Geplantes Gruppenfoto: Die AfD plant ein Bild an einem historisch heiklen Ort. Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es morgens um 5 Uhr. Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team bringen euch jeden Morgen auf den neuesten Stand in Sachen Politik — kompakt, europäisch, hintergründig. Und für alle Hauptstadt-Profis:Unser Berlin Playbook-Newsletter liefert jeden Morgen die wichtigsten…

“The first thing we’ve noticed after Zuckerberg’s statement … was a huge spread of harassment toward fact-checkers,” said Aistė Meidutė, editor of the fact-checking project Lie Detector at Lithuanian news outlet Delfi. “It was a huge beat to our credibility. We see the after-effects right now,” she said, including death threats as part of the online blowback. “We are very worried,” she added, especially as Lithuania “is a particularly vulnerable region.” Although Meta’s January announcement won’t immediately apply in the rest of the world, it will affect the work of dozens of civil society groups and media firms that have…

Finding more money  Last week, the Lithuanian government announced Vilnius will spend between 5 percent and 6 percent of GDP on defense from next year to 2030 — earning praise from the European Commissioner for Defense Andrius Kubilius, a former Lithuanian PM.  The spending announcement “is not specifically tailored” to U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated calls for 5 percent of GDP to become NATO’s new target, Šakalienė said, calling it “just a lucky coincidence.” One key question, however, is where the money will come from. This week, President Gitanas Nausėda said Lithuania would need to spend an additional €12 billion to €13…

Décrivant le Pacte vert — un ensemble de mesures visant à rendre l’UE climatiquement neutre d’ici 2050 — comme une contrainte pour la croissance économique, il a également cité le retour du président américain Donald Trump comme une raison de mettre en attente la législation environnementale. Jordan Bardella a déclaré qu’il écrirait à Manfred Weber ainsi qu’aux dirigeants de l’Europe des nations souveraines (extrême droite) et des conservateurs et réformistes européens (droite) pour “proposer de mutualiser nos forces pour proposer ensemble la suspension du Pacte vert en réponse aux mesures extrêmement attractives pour l’économie et pour les entreprises (…) que va mettre…

PFAS is a broad non-specific term relating to thousands of molecules. Not all PFAS present the same risks to the environment or health. The industry relies on certain PFAS for safe manufacturing, distribution and use of medicinal products. Packaging, drug application devices and processing machinery, or items to extend a medicine’s shelf life or protect sterility, are just a few examples of what would fall under a blanket ban. For example, high-performance fluoropolymers — especially polychlorotrifluoroethylene and ethylene tetrafluoroethylene — are vital to the containment, storage and delivery of injectable medicinal products. They help to form protective barriers, ensuring quality…

Updated: 27/01/2025 – 20:28 GMT+1A fire broke out in the roof of the town hall in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, damaging the bell tower. 150 firefighters brought the flames under control. … More Early this morning, Monday 27 January, a fire broke out on the roof of the Town Hall in the 12th arrondissement of Paris.Its emblematic 36-metre bell tower was badly damaged.About 150 firefighters extinguished the flames and no injuries were reported.Authorities warned that the upper bell tower was at risk of collapse. A security perimeter has been set up and an investigation into the cause of the…

“The risk of avian flu to the general public remains very low despite this confirmed case,” Susan Hopkins, chief medical adviser at UKHSA, said. “We have robust systems in place to detect cases early and take necessary action, as we know that spillover infections from birds to humans may occur.” Bird-to-human transmission of H5N1 avian influenza is rare, but it has happened a few times before in the U.K., the agency said. In recent months, the country has stepped up its surveillance and control measures to contain the spread of bird flu after seeing a rise of cases in wild…

Le chrétien-démocrate Friedrich Merz, qui pourrait devenir le prochain chancelier allemand à l’issue des élections qui se tiendront en février, défend les intérêts des exportateurs de son pays et souhaite que l’Union européenne aille plus vite pour booster le commerce. Dans un discours de campagne jeudi, il a appelé Bruxelles à conclure des deals uniquement de l’UE, qui pourraient être accélérés et ne passeraient pas par une ratification des 27 Etats membres. Merz s’est aussi ouvertement exprimé sur la meilleure façon d’éviter une guerre commerciale avec les Etats-Unis. Il appelle à la reprise des négociations sur un accord de libre-échange…

“Of course a businessman turned president would be interested. But Greenland is not for sale,” Murkowski and Chemnitz said in a statement obtained by POLITICO. “As legislators representing Greenland in Denmark and the United States, we see a better path forward. The United States, like Denmark, should recognize that the future will be defined by partnership, not ownership,” they added. Trump has insisted that the U.S. should take ownership of Greenland — a Danish territory since 1953 and a colony before that — and refused to rule out using military force or economic coercion to seize it. “Greenland is a…