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Thu, 06/23/2022 - 11:07
Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said on Thursday (23 June) there was no chance Bulgaria would lift its veto on North Macedonia during this EU summit but hinted a solution could be imminent in the coming days.
Thu, 06/23/2022 - 10:47
The German government has escalated its warning over gas supplies to the “alert level” in accordance with the EU’s security of supply regulation following reduced gas flows from Russia.
Thu, 06/23/2022 - 08:37
EU leaders are expected to grant the candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova when they gather in Brussels for their summit on 23-24 June, but also make clear that conditions set by the European Commission would have to be met...
Thu, 06/23/2022 - 08:05
This week the European Council will decide on Ukraine and Moldova’s application to accede to the EU. The decision will determine whether Ukraine and Moldova will be able to embark on the path toward full EU membership, after getting the...
Thu, 06/23/2022 - 07:33
The European Commission tabled a new Nature Restoration Law on Wednesday (22 June) with legally binding targets and €100 billion for EU member states to restore nature and reverse biodiversity loss in agriculture, forests, oceans and urban areas.
Thu, 06/23/2022 - 07:16
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Austria supporting EU candidacy for Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Finnish economy getting hit by the Ukraine war, and so much more.
Thu, 06/23/2022 - 07:00
For the past 30 years, EU nature laws have revolved around conservation but this is clearly not enough. Instead, restoring nature is the best way forward, one of the wisest investments available to society, and also crucial for food security, write Frans Timmermans and Virginijus Sinkevičius.
Thu, 06/23/2022 - 07:00
Germany extended the military deployment of the NATO-led peacekeeping mission Kosovo Force (KFOR) yesterday (22 June). Especially the Russian influence in the region is seen as a problem. There are currently 80 Bundeswehr soldiers deployed in the mission, which counts...
Thu, 06/23/2022 - 06:59
The G7 will discuss the fate of a Russian turbine blocked in Canada and blamed for reducing gas supplies to Germany, though the bloc may not reach a solution by the end of the meeting, Canada's Natural Resources Minister said.
Thu, 06/23/2022 - 06:56
The European Movement in Serbia urged the European Parliament on 22 June to involve in its regular sessions the parliamentarians of the Western Balkan states that had applied for EU membership in its regular sessions as observers. It would be...
Thu, 06/23/2022 - 06:53
The Council of the EU will next week send a formal proposal about Croatia’s accession to the Schengen area in 2023 to the European Parliament, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković told the EU assembly in Brussels on Wednesday, saying the...
Thu, 06/23/2022 - 06:51
German chancellor Olaf Scholz fully supports the candidacy status of Ukraine and Moldova and urged other EU states that the accession of the Western Balkans is equally important. Germany has made the EU enlargement of the Western Balkans one of...
Thu, 06/23/2022 - 06:48
Klaudia Jachira, who represents Poland’s largest opposition party, the liberal Civic Platform, scattered cut-up banknotes in the parliamentary hall as an act of protest against the election of Adam Glapiński, president of the National Bank of Poland (NBP), for a...
Thu, 06/23/2022 - 06:46
Leader of the free world sounds like a superhero character, but the Joe Biden heading this week to twin European summits is in reality a politically fragile president tasked, somehow, with resolving an unenviable string of diplomatic problems.
Thu, 06/23/2022 - 06:45
Ukraine’s EU integration could cause the EU to implode rather than strengthen and could even be a trap for Ukraine if no consistent decisions are taken, Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa said on Wednesday. The subject of Ukraine was brought...
Thu, 06/23/2022 - 06:44
The 5 Star Movement will continue to support Mario Draghi’s government despite the internal split and the disagreement with the majority over arms deliveries to Ukraine, party leader Giuseppe Conte said on Wednesday. “Support for Draghi is not in question”,...
Thu, 06/23/2022 - 06:44
Finland’s economy was booming before the Russian attack on Ukraine, but now the war is starting to take its toll as economic growth is expected to reach 1.7% this year but will slow down to 0.5% in 2023 based on...
Thu, 06/23/2022 - 06:43
Over 2.5 million Danes over 50 will be offered a booster jab against COVID-19 this autumn, declared Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen at a press conference on Wednesday. The cases of people with COVID-19 have been on the rise in...
Thu, 06/23/2022 - 06:43
The threat of an institutional crisis hangs over this week’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, with UK prime minister Boris Johnson leading the campaign to replace the organisation’s incumbent Secretary General Baroness Patricia Scotland, a Labour member...
Thu, 06/23/2022 - 06:42
Bosnia-Herzegovina should receive similar treatment as Ukraine and Moldova for receiving EU candidate status before prerequisites had been fulfilled, according to Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer. Austria has historically considered itself a strong ally of the Western Balkans, most of which...
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