European Union

Tuesday, 6 July

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

Tuesday, 6 July

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

The truck manufacturing units of Volkswagen, Daimler and Volvo announced Monday (5 July) they will team up to build a network of 1,700 charging points for heavy-duty vehicles in Europe using green electricity.

In today's edition of The Capitals, Hungary donate 20,000 Sinopharm vaccines to Montenegro and the French Sanofi vaccine is expected to begin its rollout in December, all this and much more in todays capitals..

Kosovo will have to provide strong evidence if it decides to sue Serbia for genocide, warned the special US State Department envoy for the Western Balkans, Matthew Palmer, exit.al reported. “First thing, they need to have standing, and so that’s...

A new impetus for electoral reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina is needed, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at the Western Balkans Summit as part of the Berlin Process, N1 reported. Merkel expressed hope that Christian Schmidt, the newly appointed high...

Croatia’s parliamentary Credentials and Privileges Commission has voted to strip MP Vinko Grgić of immunity from prosecution so he can be investigated on suspicion of bribe-taking and abuse of office at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO)....

Caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Yanev announced that the Bulgarian government is deciding which country to donate their leftover COVID-19 vaccine doses as they are at risk of expiring soon. So far, Bulgaria has received 4.8 million doses of vaccines, but...

For the first time in the Slovakia’s history, less than half or 48% of the municipal waste landed in landfills in 2020 while 44% was recycled, the country’s statistics office has announced. By comparison, 69% of all municipal waste was...

Hungary’s commissioner for fundamental rights, Ákos Kozma, has said a controversial law prohibiting the “portrayal or promotion” of LGBTQI+ content to minors does not prevent LGBTQI+ issues from featuring in public education, Telex reported. In his reply to independent MP...

The newly reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has come under fire from the Czech Republic’s small farmers and environmentalists as the trialogue deal revealed there will not be a mandatory cap placed on direct payments. “This deal is in principle...

Poland’s Supreme Court has ruled that the 2020 pandemic-era ban on public gatherings issued by the Council of Ministers “was issued in excess of the statutory delegation.” “The basis for the ban on public gatherings could not be the law...

Italian President Sergio Mattarella met with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Monday in Paris where they discussed the topic of migration. “In Italy, someone has the illusion that it is possible to put the no entry sign from Africa,”...

Greece’s national vaccination committee has given its green light for the voluntary vaccination of 15-17 year olds with parental consent. “We believe that vaccinating adolescents is a safe step towards the normalisation of education and social life,” said the chair...

Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin has confirmed that the COVID-19 digital passport will be available in Ireland from 19 July, despite concerns from some government officials. “We will commence with this on 19 July, and significant progress has been made...

The wearing of face masks will no longer be compulsory and social distancing rules will end in England on 19 July, Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed on Monday. The end of the remaining pandemic-era social restrictions will be confirmed next...

Lithuania’s foreign ministry on Monday designated Vilnius-based Belarusian opposition figure Svetlana Tikhanouskaya and her team the democratic representation of Belarus in Lithuania. The accreditation is a symbolic step in the legal recognition of Belarusian civil society and its aspirations to...

A regional court in the Austrian state of Styria has ruled that the practice of pushing back asylum seekers into Slovenia is illegal. Background to the case is the push-back of a 21-year-old migrant who was seeking asylum in Austria...

German authorities have rejected calls to fine those who miss a vaccination appointment, saying it would be counterproductive to the country’s vaccination campaign. “Solidarity is not forced through punishment,” Armin Laschet, the Conservative pick to replace Angela Merkel as chancellor...

An action plan aimed at reviewing the functioning of Belgium’s military secret service will be ready by the end of the year, Defence Minister Ludivine Dedonder announced on Monday in the wake of a month-long manhunt for far-right fugitive Belgian...