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[Ticker] Hungary blocks Ukraine in Nato over language rights

Wed, 04/12/2019 - 17:32
Hungarian foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, pledged on Wednesday that his country would block Ukraine's membership in Nato unless Kiev restores the rights that about 150,000 ethnic Hungarians had before a language law from 2017 put a curb on minorities' access to education in their mother tongues, Reuters writes. "We ask for no extra rights to Hungarians in Transcarpathia [Ukraine], only those rights they had before," said Szijjártó.
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Von der Leyen warns on EU budget cuts

Wed, 04/12/2019 - 17:10
The new EU Commission president will tell EU leaders next week that they need to put money behind their pledges for border protection, defence policy and fighting climate change.
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[Ticker] Lawyer: Czech PM Babis fraud investigation to continue

Wed, 04/12/2019 - 17:03
Czech prime Minister Andrej Babis will be investigated further for fraud in a case involving EU funds, reversing an earlier decision, the top Czech state attorney said Wednesday. Babis, a billionaire businessman, had been investigated on suspicion of illegally tapping €2m in EU subsidies before he entered politics. He has denied wrongdoing. The EU Commission had also found in an audit a conflict of interest on Babis, Czech media reported.
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[Ticker] Commissioners to get weekly geopolitical debrief

Wed, 04/12/2019 - 16:49
According to the new working methods of the EU Commission, Joseph Borrell, the EU's new foreign policy chief will brief fellow commissioners weekly, as part of commission president Ursula von der Leyen's efforts to make the executive more geopolitically aware. The new commission will also create a new preparatory body, which will coordinate between commissioners tasked with external affairs and internal matters.
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[Ticker] Von der Leyen: Malta probe must be independent

Wed, 04/12/2019 - 16:44
The new EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday she is "concerned" about recent developments in Malta, where investigations into the 2017 murder of a journalist have shaken the government, prompting prime minister Joseph Muscat to announce that he would resign in January. "I expect thorough and independent investigation, free from any political interference. It is crucial that all those responsible are brought to justice," she said.
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[Ticker] Commission president revamps executive think tank

Wed, 04/12/2019 - 16:42
The EU Commission's in-house think tank, the European, will be renamed, IDEA (Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action), the commission president Ursula von der Leyen told journalists on Wednesday. The research centre will be restructured, based on the new commission's policy guidelines, and will be used to address geopolitical challenges, the commission chief added.
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[Ticker] Germany expels two Russian diplomats over murder

Wed, 04/12/2019 - 16:06
Two Russian diplomats were expelled from Germany on Wednesday after the murder of a Georgian asylum seeker in Berlin, Deutsche Welle reports. German federal prosecutors say there is enough evidence that murder was ordered by either Russia or Chechnya. In August the Georgian man was shot in "an execution style" killing in Kleiner Tiergarten park. Russia called the move "unfriendly".
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[Letter] 'Every second Muscat refuses to resign is too long'

Wed, 04/12/2019 - 15:30
An open letter to EU leaders from Maltese MEP David Casa on the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder case and prime minister Joseph Muscat.
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[Ticker] Report calls on the EU to strengthen fiscal governance

Wed, 04/12/2019 - 11:56
A report of the European Court of Auditors published on Wednesday concludes that the EU needs to strengthen and better monitor its legal requirements for national budgetary frameworks. It highlights the risk of inconsistency between the European Commission's and independent bodies' assessment of member states compliance with EU fiscal rules. "The EU legal framework governing national budgetary frameworks leaves room for improvement," said Mihails Kozlovs, responsible of the report.
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