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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13833
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NEWS BRIEFS / Animal health

Call for ban on commercial imports of dogs and cats from Russia

20/03/2026 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 18 March, the Latvian Minister of Agriculture, Armands Krauze, called on the European Union to introduce at least a temporary ban on commercial imports of dogs and cats from Russia and Belarus. In a letter addressed to the European Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare, Olivér Várhelyi, the Latvian minister mentions a case of rabies detected in February in Germany in a dog imported via Latvia from Russia. The Latvian authorities report...

Contents

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST
ECONOMY/TAXATION: Spanish government presents €5 billion aid plan to help households and businesses over war in Middle East
TRANSPORT: European Commission welcomes International Maritime Organization Council’s decision concerning Strait of Hormuz
NATO: NATO adjusts mission in Iraq due to Middle East conflict
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: faced with dairy sector crisis, MEPs call for EU measures
AGRICULTURE: €12 million in EU funds to support agricultural reforms in Ukraine
ENVIRONMENT: European Commission opens call for experts to strengthen water resilience in Europe
HEALTH: European Commission is counting on €10 billion to bridge investment gap in biotechnology
RESEARCH: Sophie Wilmès MEP proposes strengthening promotion of international conventions in nuclear field
ENERGY: International Energy Agency presents ten recommendations for dealing with new price crisis
ENERGY: ENTSO-E draws lessons from Iberian blackout to strengthen resilience of Europe’s interconnected electricity system
TRANSPORT: ERA identifies shortcomings in metering of rail traction energy
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
SOCIAL: Council of Europe countries reaffirm their commitment to social rights and consider them essential to democratic resilience
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
DEMOCRACY: Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob reports “grave” Israeli interference in parliamentary elections happening in his country
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: European Institute for Gender Equality shows how reporting practices shape visibility of violence
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Disability Forum condemns absence of disability rights from the EU Gender Equality Strategy (2026-2030)
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCES: MEPs approve Pereira draft report on financial influencers
FINANCE/CLIMATE: external reviewers of European green bonds to be registered with ESMA from summer 2026
EXTERNAL ACTION
SERBIA: European Commission assesses whether Belgrade still meets conditions for receiving European funds
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JUSTICE/DIGITAL: existence of plausible suspicions of a criminal offence is not sufficient to justify collecting biometric data, according to EU Court of Justice
NEWS BRIEFS
ARMENIA: European Commission and Germany announce €135 million in support to strengthen Armenia’s energy resilience
BANKS: MEPs approve agreement with EU Council on ‘CMDI’ package to strengthen banking crisis management
ECB: European Council endorses appointment of Boris Vujčić as Vice-President of monetary institute
BUDGET: MFF 2028-2034 - European Council postpones discussions on EU’s next long-term budget
GENDER EQUALITY: European Commission launches a public consultation on its fourth action plan for gender equality (2028-2034)
ANIMAL HEALTH: call for ban on commercial imports of dogs and cats from Russia
Op-Ed
SPORTS: When Football Loses Its Soul and the World Loses Its Backbone - by Kim Valentin (Danish MP member of the PACE assembly)