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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12998

23 July 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 26
NEWS BRIEFS / Singapore
EEAS condemns new execution of prisoner and calls on Singapore to commute prisoners’ sentences to non-capital punishments

22/07/2022 (Agence Europe) – The European External Action Service (EEAS) condemned, on Friday 22 July, the execution in Singapore of Nazeri bin Lajim for a drug-related offence. “The European Union strongly opposes the death penalty at all times and in all circumstances. It is a cruel and inhumane punishment, which fails to act as a deterrent to crime and represents an unacceptable denial of human dignity and integrity”, the EEAS said in a statement. Nazeri bin Lajim’s execution is...

Contents

Russian invasion of Ukraine
RUSSIA: EU adopts its seventh package of sanctions against Kremlin
FOOD SECURITY: EU calls for rapid implementation of Istanbul agreement on unblocking Ukrainian grain
FOOD SECURITY: European Commission proposes temporary derogation from certain CAP rules to boost cereal production
TRADE: European Commission proposes temporarily abolishing customs duties on products used to make fertilisers
UKRAINE: EU military assistance officially increased to €2.5 billion
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: Northern Ireland Protocol, Commission launches four new infringement procedures against UK government
SECTORAL POLICIES
RESEARCH: EU ministers discuss synergies in R&I funding and support for Ukrainian researchers
INTERNAL MARKET: EU Council makes progress on geographical indications for craft and industrial products
INDUSTRY: European Commission and US to strengthen supply chain cooperation
MIGRATION: European Parliament and various rotating EU Council Presidencies commit themselves to doing everything possible to adopt texts of 'Pact on Migration and Asylum' during current legislature
HEALTH: consortium including ECDC and EMA will set up European Health Data Space pilot project
DIGITAL: European Audiovisual Observatory concerned about “inconsistent application” of different texts in field of online advertising
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: new ‘anti-fragmentation’ tool to avoid new debt crisis in euro area
FINANCE: remote access business continuity for clearing houses could be improved, says ESMA
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
COHESION: 400 million awarded to four EU countries under REACT-EU initiative
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Irish support for fisheries cooperatives given green light in context of Brexit
STATE AID: European Commission approves €2.1 million of Slovenian aid for agricultural sector
BELARUS: EU lifts sanctions on Syrian airline Cham Wings, which it accused of involvement in Lukashenko regime
MONEY LAUNDERING: European Commission should add United Arab Emirates to ‘blacklist’ of high-risk states
COURT OF JUSTICE: four judges appointed to EU General Court
SPACE: Parliament negotiations on ‘secure connectivity’ constellation project progressing smoothly
IRAQ: EU condemns attack in Dohuk province
FISHERIES: European Commission adopts Austrian implementation programme for EMFAF
HEALTH: EMA recommends extending indication of Imvanex vaccine to include protecting adults from monkeypox
SINGAPORE: EEAS condemns new execution of prisoner and calls on Singapore to commute prisoners’ sentences to non-capital punishments
SYRIA: EU sanctions additional four persons and one entity