Spain has collected €26 million for the financial transactions tax known as the “Spanish Tobin Tax” in the first ten months of this year, falling far short of the €372 million forecast for the whole year, an official report has...
Italy can lead the say in countering extremist radicalism and promoting collaboration and growth between the European Union and African nations, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said in Rome over the weekend. During the two-day (Med)iterranean Dialogues in Rome, Meloni presented...
Energy companies are worried about the government’s recently announced windfall tax proposal, which plans to tax 33% of excess profits from power companies in 2023, a more ambitious proposal than the baseline bloc ministers agreed to in September.
A Dutch forensic and investigation team of 40 people that investigated war crimes committed in Ukraine over the past few weeks returned to the Netherlands with evidence that will be submitted to the International Criminal Court’s Prosecution. The team conducted...
Vienna Mayor Michael Ludwig has made a push to make it easier for asylum seekers to work while they wait for their applications to be processed despite strong pushback from the opposition. Migration is high on the agenda in Austria....
French President Emmanuel Macron said the West should consider Russia’s request for security guarantees and concerns about NATO’s eastward expansion, confirming a EURACTIV report last month describing the different approaches within NATO on how to deal with Russia, which triggered...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz applauded his government’s work one year after its inauguration, although his Social Democratic Party (SPD) has plummeted in the polls. In his weekly video message published during the weekend, Scholz took stock of what Germany’s three-party...
Protesters in Iran called on 4 December for a three-day strike this week, stepping up pressure on authorities after the public prosecutor said the morality police whose detention of a young woman triggered months of protests had been shut down.
French President Emmanuel Macron’s idea the West should consider how to address Moscow’s need for security guarantees to end the war in Ukraine has drawn sharp criticism from Kyiv and several of the EU’s Russia hardliners. The comments, made in...
Belgium begins proceedings on Monday (5 December) in its largest ever trial to determine whether 10 men played a part in the Islamist suicide bombings in Brussels in 2016 that killed 32 people and injured over 300.
Northrop Grumman Corp on Saturday (3 December) rolled out its new B-21 "Raider" jet, the first of a new fleet of long-range stealth nuclear bombers for the United States Air Force.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Ukrainians to be patient and strong in resisting the rigours of winter, as officials pressed ahead with efforts to restore power and other services knocked out by Russian air strikes.
British opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer will on 5 December support plans to spread power away from the political centre, aiming to offer people more control over their lives and local politicians a greater say on transport, housing and jobs.
Burkina Faso's military government has suspended the broadcast of France's RFI radio in the Sahel West African state over what it said were false reports and giving voice to Islamist militants, a statement from the government said on 3 December.
The Council imposed a new package of economic and individual sanctions against Russia in view of the escalation of its aggression against Ukraine.
The West should consider how to address Russia’s need for security guarantees if President Vladimir Putin agrees to negotiations about ending the war in Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron said in remarks broadcast on Saturday (3 December). In an interview...
EU member states agreed on Friday (3 December) on a $60 per barrel price cap on Russian seaborne crude oil, after holdout Poland dropped its objections, paving the way for formal approval over the weekend. EU ambassadors had wrangled for...
The EU-Western Balkans Summit in Tirana on 6 December 2022 is part of the implementation of the 2019-2024 Strategic Agenda and follows the Sofia Summit in 2018, the Zagreb Summit in 2020 and the Brdo Summit in 2021.
Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.
The press briefing ahead of the upcoming Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council will take place on 5 December 2022 at 15.30. The briefing will be "off the record".
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