Now playing Next Europe Decoded What was the Yugoslav secret police tied to Slovenia Commission pick? What would Marta Kos' Yugoslav secret service past imply, and what kind of a role did the socialist republic's spy agency play in Europe's past? 13/09/2024
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Now playing Next Green News Von der Leyen moots market-based system to avert ecosystem collapse The European Commission is considering a market-based system to encourage farmers and industry to conserve nature and restore lost biodiversity by putting a price on ecosystems. 13/09/2024
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Now playing Next Europe News Erasmus+ and research funding slashed in EU’s 2025 budget plans MEPs and pressure groups have decried a €295m planned cut to the Erasmus+ student exchange programme, formalised by EU member states on Friday. 13/09/2024
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Now playing Next Radio Schuman Will Slovenia's political bickering at home delay the new Commission? Opposition efforts to delay formal adoption of Slovenia's Marta Kos as Commission nominee could impede the timing on the formation of the next EU executive. But the head of the Slovene EPP delegation has told Euronews that she's an unacceptable choice. 13/09/2024
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Now playing Next Europe News Commissioner pick unacceptable due to secret police links: Slovene EPP Head of Slovenia's European People’s Party (EPP) delegation told Euronews that the choice of Marta Kos is totally unacceptable to the European People's Party to which she belongs, citing experience and alleged links to the former Yugoslav secret police. 13/09/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Dutch royals mark 80th anniversary of Netherlands' liberation American troops from the 30th Infantry Division, known as Old Hickory, were among Allied forces that liberated parts of Belgium and the southern Netherlands from German Nazi occupation in September 1944. 13/09/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Austrian security forces raid 72 alleged Islamic extremists Tuesday's raids came a month after authorities foiled a plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna which were subsequently cancelled. 12/09/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Paris Olympics: Will the Games boost the French economy? With the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games now concluded, France is left with a bill exceeding €8 billion for hosting the world’s biggest sporting event. The question remains: will the Games stimulate the French economy, or will the expenses outweigh the potential gains? 12/09/2024
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Now playing Next Europe News EU Parliament set for showdown between Orbán and opposition leader Buoyed by a bombshell opinion poll result showing his six-month old party has almost closed the gap on Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz, which has ruled Hungary since 2010, the insurgent opposition leader Péter Magyar plans to put the nationalist premier on the spot in the European Parliament next week. 12/09/2024
Now playing Next Healthcare Doctor shortages and low pay: Europe's hospitals are under the weather Europe is suffering from a healthcare crisis, with chronic staff shortages, low pay and overtime prompting strikes in Germany, Slovenia, and Sweden. In France meanwhile, a controversial medicine education reform has students and doctors up in arms. 12/09/2024