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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12543

6 August 2020
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NEWS BRIEFS / Democracy
Media Freedom Rapid Response consortium records 120 alerts between March and June 2020

05/08/2020 (Agence Europe) – A worrying new report (see EUROPE B12535A23) on media freedom was published (https://bit.ly/3icisC8) on Thursday 30 July by the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium. During the monitored period, from March to June 2020, a total of 120 alerts were registered on the mappingmediafreedom.org platform, coming from two thirds of the 33 countries covered by the MFRR (the EU, UK, Turkey and candidate countries). “One key trend observed is the negative...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
LEBANON: in solidarity with grieving Lebanon, EU providing assistance after double explosion in Beirut
TRADE: Commission extends its anti-dumping measures for Chinese corrosion-resistant steel
SECTORAL POLICIES
HEALTH: stakeholders in favour of “fair price” for medicines at European level
MIGRATION: with its new budget, European Border and Coast Guard Agency risk no longer being able to acquire certain equipment
FISHERIES: Commission extends derogations on ending discards of small pelagic species in Mediterranean Sea
CLIMATE: emissions from maritime transport increased by 9.6% between 2012 and 2018, according to IMO
TRANSPORT: Commission consults citizens and stakeholders on a new regulation on sustainable aviation fuels
RESEARCH: Twelve cities in final phase of selection for European Capital of Innovation 2020
RESEARCH: MEPs call for research and innovation to be given prominent place in national recovery plans
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
BIODIVERSITY: EU, OACPS and IUCN mobilise €6 million to support conservation of endangered species threatened by pandemic
HOME AFFAIRS: Commission and Germany promise to do everything in their power to enable separated couples to be reunited
LIBYA: EU mobilises €20 million to tackle Covid-19
CIVIL PROTECTION: Covid-19, with EU assistance, Italy sends medical experts to Azerbaijan
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Commission approves new geographical indication for Poland
CLIMATE: EIB lends €150 million to Dutch water company Vitens
DEMOCRACY: Media Freedom Rapid Response consortium records 120 alerts between March and June 2020
SPACE: Copernicus helps discover new colonies of emperor penguins in Antarctica
INDUSTRY: ACEA believes that a collection target should not be added for batteries
INDUSTRY: wholesale and retail trade, first sector to be hit by pandemic crisis
CSDP: German frigate Hamburg to join Operation Irini
TRANSPORT: three associations call on EU to make “major modal shift” to cycling