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‘A new era’: Germany inaugurates permanent troop presence in Lithuania

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 15:47
For Lithuania, the deployment offers reassurance. For Germany, it’s a litmus test for its military.
Categories: European Union

EU countries greenlight return to pre-war tariffs on Ukranian agricultural imports

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 15:25
Natalukha said that while the Commission promised last year to replace the ATMs with a long-term framework, no such structure has materialised.
Categories: European Union

Ireland urged to accelerate clinical trials reform, it still lags EU peers

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 14:51
A new pharma sector report reveals that Ireland initiated just 75 industry-sponsored trials over 2023 and 2024, compared to 229 in Denmark.
Categories: European Union

Poland intercepts sanctioned Russian shadow fleet ship

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 13:22
Sanctioned Russian “shadow fleet” ship caught lurking near the Poland-Sweden power cable, prompting swift Polish military intervention and renewed NATO warnings.
Categories: European Union

EU Parliament backs higher tariffs on Russian fertilisers

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 13:19
Parliament has endorsed a proposal to raise tariffs on Russian fertilisers, rejecting efforts to weaken the measure and clearing the way for final adoption by July.
Categories: European Union

Spanish government defends arms deal with Israeli company despite pledge

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 13:17
Spanish minister defends Israeli arms deal scrapped in public but revived in practice, sparking tension within Sánchez’s coalition.
Categories: European Union

Belgian prosecutors drop one request to lift MEP immunity in Huawei probe

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 13:02
Giusi Princi said on Thursday she was "shaken" over "objectively baseless claims” of wrongdoing.
Categories: European Union

All EU members classified as ‘low risk’ under anti-deforestation rules

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 12:27
Reactions from Malaysia saw criticism of EU countries' preferential treatment as "favouritism".
Categories: European Union

European Investment Fund puts €40m into defence tech venture fund

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 12:25
The EIF's first investments in defence startups highlight how investors' mindsets have shifted since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Categories: European Union

Gene-edited crops spark debate in Berlin as Brussels advances new rules

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 12:23
For Social Democrat MP Isabel Mackensen-Geiß, “the majority wants food from NGTs to be labelled. Removing this isn't progress – it’s a step backwards.”
Categories: European Union

Romanian court strikes down far-right Simion’s appeal of election loss

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 11:52
The Romanian Constitutional Court upheld Nicușor Dan's win in Sunday's presidential election.
Categories: European Union

Meloni revives long-delayed plan for bridge to sicily in NATO pitch

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 07:08
In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about Denmark discovering suspicious components in imported green tech, the EU throwing Radio Free Europe a €5.5 million lifeline after Trump’s cuts, and so much more.
Categories: European Union

Stop Bureaucracy: Releasing Europe’s Potential, Rebuilding Trust [Promoted content]

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 07:00
Bureaucracy threatens Europe’s economy, social systems, and green transformation. To secure prosperity, freedom, and creativity, the “Stop Bureaucracy” initiative calls for smart, proportionate, and business-friendly rules that empower citizens, support trust, and keep Europe open, competitive, and future-ready.
Categories: European Union

Czechia signals backing for NATO’s 5% defence spending push

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 06:55
Czechia is ready to back a 5% of GDP defence target at June’s NATO summit, President Petr Pavel said.
Categories: European Union

Finland completes first 35km of border fence with Russia

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 06:49
Finland has finished the first 35 km of a 4.5-metre-high border fence with Russia to block migrant crossings through the wilderness, its Border Guard announced Wednesday.
Categories: European Union

Motion to brawl: Swedish MEP and staffer come to blows over Gaza

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 06:01
The exact circumstances remain unclear, with both sides offering conflicting accounts.
Categories: European Union

From pipe dream to NATO pitch: Meloni tries to rescue long-awaited bridge to Sicily 

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 06:00
But with shaky ground beneath it and cracks in the military logic, critics fear it’s more spin than steel.
Categories: European Union

What Brexit betrayal? Brit rejoiners unimpressed by Starmer’s reset

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 06:00
The British press decried Monday’s ’reset’ as the end of Brexit. So why do pro-EU protests – and Morris dancing – continue?
Categories: European Union

INTERVIEW: Russia’s Arctic frontier should be NATO’s concern, Norwegian foreign minister says

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 06:00
Norway's Espen Barthe Eide predicts a growing NATO presence in the far north, and discusses expanded NATO defence spending targets.
Categories: European Union

German MPs resort to parliamentary gymnastics to freeze out the bolstered far right

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 06:00
Keeping the far-right AfD out of key parliamentary posts has gotten harder after their surge in Germany's most recent election.
Categories: European Union

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