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Putin expects China’s Xi to visit in spring, wants to boost military cooperation

Fri, 12/30/2022 - 13:00
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday (30 December) he was expecting Chinese President Xi Jinping to make a state visit early next year in what would be a public show of solidarity from Beijing amid Russia's flailing invasion of Ukraine.
Categories: European Union

Russia fires barrage of missiles on Ukraine cities, energy grid

Fri, 12/30/2022 - 08:12
Russia fired scores of missiles into Ukraine early on 29 December, targeting Kyiv and other cities including Lviv and Odesa, sending people rushing to shelters and knocking out power in one of Moscow's largest aerial assaults.
Categories: European Union

Romania detains ex-kickboxer Andrew Tate in human trafficking case

Fri, 12/30/2022 - 07:59
Romanian prosecutors said on Thursday (29 December) they have detained divisive internet personality and former professional kickboxer Andrew Tate on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime group.
Categories: European Union

EU welcomes correction to US green subsidies act

Fri, 12/30/2022 - 07:46
The European Commission said Thursday (29 December) it "welcomes" US guidelines on a green subsidy scheme for commercial vehicles, after officials outlined their implementation under a landmark spending bill the country passed earlier this year.
Categories: European Union

Montenegro’s MPs approve PM-designate in disputed vote

Fri, 12/30/2022 - 07:19
Montenegro's parliament on Thursday (29 December) declared veteran politician Miodrag Lekić as Prime Minister-designate in a vote disputed by the president and under a procedure described by European Union officials as contravening the country's constitution.
Categories: European Union

China media decry Covid curbs against its travelers

Fri, 12/30/2022 - 07:08
Chinese state-media said COVID-19 testing requirements imposed by several places around the world in response to a surging wave of infections were "discriminatory", in the clearest pushback yet against restrictions that are slowing down its re-opening.
Categories: European Union

EU prosecutor indicts Croatian ex-minister, three others

Thu, 12/29/2022 - 14:41
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) indicted on Thursday (28 December) a former Croatian minister, two businessmen, and the former director of a national financial agency for "trading in influence and the abuse of office and authority".
Categories: European Union

Kosovo re-opens major border crossing with Serbia, easing standoff

Thu, 12/29/2022 - 14:00
Kosovo re-opened its biggest border crossing with Serbia on Thursday (29 December), hours after protesting Serbs in its north promised to remove roadblocks, easing a surge in tensions that has alarmed world powers. Both the European Union and the United...
Categories: European Union

With or without Erdoğan: A crunch year for EU-Turkey relations

Thu, 12/29/2022 - 12:24
2023 will be a key year for Turkey. As well as celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Republic, voters will choose a new President and a new Parliament, but, with or without Erdoğan, is the EU likely to alter...
Categories: European Union

Europe seeks joint stance on measures towards China

Thu, 12/29/2022 - 12:15
Top health officials from the European Union were holding talks on Thursday (29 December) to try to coordinate very different views on how to respond to China's decision to lift its COVID-19 restrictions amid a wave of infections there.
Categories: European Union

Italy’s rightist government tightens rules for migrant rescues

Thu, 12/29/2022 - 12:00
Italy’s rightist government has approved measures to fine charities who rescue migrants at sea and impound their ships if they break a new, tougher set of rules – a move that one campaign group said could threaten lives. A cabinet...
Categories: European Union

Kosovo Serbs to dismantle barricades: Serbia president

Thu, 12/29/2022 - 12:00
Kosovo Serbs, who have been blocking roads for nearly three weeks, will dismantle their barricades, Serbia's president said following calls by Washington and Brussels to de-escalate tensions in the volatile region.
Categories: European Union

Hopes and fears abound as Croatia’s euro adoption nears

Thu, 12/29/2022 - 08:30
“Are you kidding? It’s going to be a mess in the first days, and I can tell you: We’re already quite apprehensive”. That’s how a saleswoman at a Zagreb bakery described her expectations for Croatia joining the eurozone on 1...
Categories: European Union

Turkish court upholds Osman Kavala’s life sentence

Thu, 12/29/2022 - 08:16
A Turkish appellate court on Wednesday (28 December) upheld the conviction of a leading critic of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan whose jailing has added to tensions in Ankara's uneasy ties with the West.
Categories: European Union

All Charts of the week from the EURACTIV Economy Brief

Thu, 12/29/2022 - 08:00
In this edition you can browse through all the charts and the accompanying mini-articles that have been used in the Economy Brief this year, from the most recent to the oldest one.
Categories: European Union

Russia steps up Kherson shelling, dismisses Zelenskyy’s peace plan

Thu, 12/29/2022 - 07:55
Ukraine's recently liberated southern city of Kherson suffered intense mortar and artillery attacks from Russian forces across the Dnipro river, while the Kremlin rejected a Ukrainian peace plan, demanding that Kyiv accept its annexation of four regions.
Categories: European Union

ExxonMobil seeks to block EU tax on windfall energy profits

Thu, 12/29/2022 - 07:26
US energy giant ExxonMobil filed suit Wednesday (28 December) against the European Union seeking to block its temporary tax on oil firms' windfall profits, a company spokesperson said.
Categories: European Union

EU, US, NATO urge dialogue to ease tensions at Serbia-Kosovo border

Wed, 12/28/2022 - 16:00
Calls for a de-escalation in tensions between Kosovo and Serbia intensified on Wednesday (28 December), with the EU, US, and NATO's mission in Kosovo, KFOR, all urged dialogue between the two Balkan neighbours.
Categories: European Union

Kosovo closes biggest border point with Serbia as barricades spread

Wed, 12/28/2022 - 15:17
Kosovo closed its biggest border crossing point with Serbia on Wednesday (28 December) after protestors blocked it on the Serbian side, adding more tensions to the difficult situation between the two Balkan neighbours, which observers have called the most dramatic in years.
Categories: European Union

Fuel retailer Petrol closes outlets in Croatia to protest price cap

Wed, 12/28/2022 - 14:00
Croatia's second-largest fuel retailer, Petrol on Wednesday (28 December) said it would close its stations in the country for one hour to protest over the government's fuel price cap, which it said was causing it great damage.
Categories: European Union

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