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The Slovak government has yet to agree on where, how, and for how much it will roll-out the missing broadband networks, as the European Commission is talking about ultra-fast internet coverage in the whole of EU. But while the finance ministry suggests that the state will subsidize the tightening of optical cables at the level of municipalities, IT and telecom experts warn that the country has not invested a single euro to cover the full connectivity of households.
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Just as the other EU countries, the Visegrad states are endangered by the amplification of manipulated information and the pandemic has only contributed to the problem. Combatting disinformation is a whole society effort that requires action through various channels, states Naďa Kovalčíková from German Marshall Fund Brussels office in an interview with EURACTIV.pl.
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Elif Gündüzyeli is a Senior Coal Policy Coordinator at the Climate Action Network.
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The European Union, as the rest of the world, is facing an unprecedented healthcare challenge. The EU has been widely criticized for its slow initial reaction to the developing pandemic and, then, the slow vaccine roll-out in the bloc, seeing the Union lag behind the US, the UK or Israel in the immunization of the population.
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The Green Deal is a comprehensive plan that sets ambitious targets to transform economies towards sustainability, yet there is a long way to go to achieve these goals. Time is running out as the impact of climate change continues to worsen, and urgent action is needed. The S&Ds have already achieved significant progress in promoting sustainable policies, such as improving energy efficiency, supporting renewable energy, and reducing carbon emissions – and all of this with a red heart!
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Police close down Viktor Orbán’s Eurosceptic summit while UK’s Nigel Farage is on stage
.Hard-line National Conservatism Conference is being shut down in Brussels by police on public safety grounds - with organisers blaming 'cancel culture'.
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FDP Lindner defends Germany’s debt ceiling as ‘inflation brake’
Germany’s Finance Minister Christian Lindner has defended the country’s constitutional ‘debt brake’ against criticism from his coalition partners after a ruling by the constitutional court last year aggravated the government’s budgetary constraints.