July 2021 | International Law Alerts | European Union

Teatro Europa comes back this year with table reads running from July 16 to 30, while full video performances and re-runs will be streamed throughout August and September 2021 via European Union Delegation in Manila’s official Teatro Europa Facebook Page.

The European Union reached its target of vaccinating 70 percent of its adult population with at least one jab by July, the bloc’s top official confirmed on Tuesday.

Sixty-five Filipino scholars are set to leave for Europe this August to pursue higher education under the European Union’s (EU) Erasmus+ Programme

The European Union agreed on Wednesday, June 30, to a ceasefire with the United Kingdom in a post-Brexit dispute dubbed the “sausage war” by extending a grace period for shipments of certain meat products from Britain to Northern Ireland.

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Philippines announces its call for submission of research proposals on the impact of the European Union on the Philippines and the existing gaps and opportunities.

The European Union is set to take the lead in climate policy action among the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters this week, with a raft of ambitious plans designed to cut emissions drastically over the next decade.

Turkey on Sunday, July 18, slammed a ruling by a top European Union court allowing the banning of headscarves under certain conditions as a “clear violation of religious freedoms”, adding the move would exacerbate prejudices against Muslim women in Europe.

EU policymakers proposed a new agency on Tuesday, July 20, to stop financial firms from aiding criminals and terrorists after a scandal at a Danish bank highlighted the inadequacy of the bloc’s defenses.

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday urged the European Union to reconsider its plans for a “discriminatory” digital tax, saying the new global reform deal should make it redundant.

Meeting in Venice, G20 ministers, including Yellen, on Saturday endorsed a plan agreed by 132 countries to overhaul the way multinational companies, including US digital giants, are taxed.

The EU unveils a plan Wednesday to meet its bold green pledge of carbon neutrality by 2050, at the risk of triggering an epic political clash over electric cars and fuel prices.