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In an interview with Euronews, Emily O’Reilly said citizens were “almost predestined” to distrust the EU institutions.

The new law will mean greater investments in new technologies, as well as industries that contaminate wastewater having to pay-to-pollute.

Tech companies with over 45 million active monthly users are considered “very large” by the European Commission and have to respect certain privacy and transparency obligations.

Russian forces occupy some 20 percent of Georgia’s territory, a consequence of two wars. Officially, Georgia wants to join NATO and the EU; these ambitions are even written into its constitution. But behind the scenes, the country’s de facto ruler – oligarch Bidzina Ivanizhvili – is suspected of sabotaging the reforms demanded by Brussels. This has put the ruling party at odds with the population, since the vast majority of Georgians are in favour of joining the EU. FRANCE 24’s Elena Volochine reports from Tbilisi.

Several companies have already put in bids, an EU official said in the morning, just two hours after the platform was launched. The first deliveries are now expected to be carried out in late June or beginning of July.

After Finland became NATO’s 31st member on April 4, claims started circulating online that Russian nuclear weapons were spotted at Russia’s border with Finland. We tell you where these missiles really come from in this edition of Truth or Fake.

Greenpeace Belgium said, however, that a political declaration will not be enough and that they will need to monitor investment year by year in order not to miss their objectives.

Nine European countries are holding a summit in Belgium aimed at scaling up wind-power generation in the North Sea, spurred by the fallout of the war in Ukraine and the push for renewable energy. Our science reporter Shirli Sitbon looks at why the North Sea is one of the world’s leading maritime regions for wind farms, and at the impact they have had on biodiversity.

Like many others, Rosa Gil has spent the past 15 years trying to remove the remains of her own grandfather from the same mausoleum.

Today, nine European countries are holding a summit aimed at scaling up wind-power generation in the North Sea, spurred by the fallout of the Ukraine war and the push for renewable energy. Hosted by Belgium, France’s Emmanuel Macron is among the leaders attending. France24’s Dave Keating covers the summit in Oostende.