Part of me still doesn’t believe it, though it’s been an entire year. Need I say it? I guess I do: Evan Gershkovich is not a spy. Trust me, I recruited him politico.eu/article/evan-g… #FreeEvan

🍏 This deal creates a healthy space for your data!

EU Council & European Parliament provisionally agree on the regulation for a European Health Data Space ( #EHDS ).

🩺 Aiming to improve access to your personal electronic #health data, it'll strengthen #health care & rights of patients.

And... we have a breakdown of the compromise amendments here: including orphan drugs, launch mechanism, transferable exclusivity voucher and HERA in the ECDC (!?)

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scoop! from top colleague Federica Di Sario and me

EU anti-fraud investigators quizzed an ex-EIB vice president in Brussels last month over his role in signing off a €200 million loan to Budapest airport, before he left his job at the EIB and joined the airport’s executive board.

EPP wants European plan on Alzheimer’s, dementia

Scoop from Mari Eccles

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Hydroxychloroquine could have caused 17,000 deaths during COVID, a study has found.
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Scoop: Document: Council pushes for greater patient access to data in EHDS position, w/ Mari Eccles for Pros pro.politico.eu/news/172626

If there hadn’t been a World Cup going on, the scandal rocking the EU might have carried a very different name.

The probe that would become Qatargate began after Belgium foun out that MEPs had been bribed by Moroccan spies.

w/ Barbara Moens

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1/ EXC: Last year, the EU gave Bulgaria a unique exemption from its Russia oil sanctions to protect its citizens from energy shortages.

Instead, Moscow has profited and gained €1bn for its war effort from the measure — with Sofia’s help, our investigation shows.

Dreadful news as Reach announces a third round of job cuts in 2023. Thoughts with the hundreds of people affected by this decision.

Local journalism is essential. Urgent action is needed to protect it

🛬Spain says adios to short-haul flights. But that's easier said than done

#aviation

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🚨ANNOUNCEMENT TIME: This week I joined POLITICOEurope as a mobility reporter. Feel free to send me aviation✈️ tips/suggestions/invitations to my brand new email address: [email protected]

Politico is looking for a new sustainability reporter. 🌱Come join the best green team in town Esther King Leonie Cater Louise Guillot / @l-guillot.bsky.social

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Very proud to have put together a POLITICOEurope guide to Brussels. Thanks to Tim Ball for making it look amazing and thanks to Barbara Moens Sarah Anne Aarup Hanne Cokelaere Josh Posaner Giulia Polini Ketrin Eddy Wax ✍️ Leyla Aksu Ali Walker Mari Eccles
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We're looking for a new colleague to cover all things trade!

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Disabled passengers told POLITICO of the endless challenges they face when flying in the EU — from damaged wheelchairs to demeaning treatment. Meanwhile, the EU isn't interested in reforming its legislation on the issie. From Mari Eccles and me: politico.eu/article/disabl…

A year ago, I started following how the cost of living crisis was playing out at an Oldham school, checking in with the fantastic Mr G R Potts MBE DL every few weeks. I ended up learning a lot about the British state, and its education system, to boot.
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Russia has expelled POLITICOEurope reporter Eva Hartog.

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