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Portugal to contribute €2.1 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 06:39
Portugal will contribute €2.1 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine, announced Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa on Thursday. This amount, of which €1 million is destined for the UN’s responses, was transmitted by Costa at the High-Level Donors’ Conference for...
Categories: European Union

Controversial Polish minister could face no-confidence vote

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 06:39
Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro should face a vote of no confidence in parliament according to the Civic Platform (PO), the largest opposition party, backed by the agrarian Polish People’s Party (PSL). Ziobro, Poland’s justice minister and prosecutor general, is a...
Categories: European Union

Russia must return over 400 stolen airplanes, MEPs demand

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 06:35
The European Parliament passed on Thursday (5 May) a resolution on the impact of the Russian aggression on the transport and tourism sector, which calls on Russia to return over 400 airplanes leased from foreign companies it has stolen.
Categories: European Union

Russia expels seven Danes amid rising tensions

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 06:32
Seven Danish nationals working at the Danish Embassy in Moscow have been given two weeks to leave Russia, Russian news agency TASS agency and Danish broadcaster DR reported. The foreign ministry informed DR News that four diplomats and three embassy...
Categories: European Union

Swedish right-wing leader calls for deportation of foreigners before they break law

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 06:29
Even if they have not committed a crime, foreign nationals linked to gang crime must be deported, Ulf Kristersson, leader of the right-wing party, the Moderates, told the SVT Morgonstudion on Thursday. To tackle serious crime, the Moderates want to...
Categories: European Union

Russian-backed trolls target Finnish media in smear campaign

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 06:27
A Russian troll farm that has indirect backing from the Kremlin has targeted Finnish media outlets and their journalists and editors as part of a harassment campaign. A troll farm “Cyber Front Z” has posted on its messaging application Telegram...
Categories: European Union

Croatia readies euro notes, price controls ahead of joining eurozone

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 06:22
Croatia has taken further steps in preparations for joining the eurozone, as Central Bank Governor Boris Vujčić said Zagreb is only waiting for the confirmation of its admission to the euro area before it starts large-scale printing of euros. Confirmation...
Categories: European Union

Trump to skip American rights annual meetup in Budapest

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 06:21
Former US President Donald Trump will not attend this year’s annual largest and most influential gathering of American conservatives in Budapest this month despite speculation to the contrary, EURACTIV’s media partner Telex reported. The Hungarian Centre for Fundamental Rights (Alapjogokért Központ), a...
Categories: European Union

Spanish secret services spied on pro-independence Catalan leaders

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 06:20
Spain’s intelligence agency has spied, with legal authorisation, on about twenty pro-independence Catalan politicians, Paz Esteban, the director of the Spanish National Intelligence Centre, acknowledged before a special parliamentary commission on Thursday. In a close-doors session in parliament, Esteban presented documentation on...
Categories: European Union

Musk’s purchase of Twitter ‘dangerous narcissism’, says Irish President

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 06:19
Irish President Michael D. Higgins has criticised the involvement of billionaires in decision-making on public discourse, describing it as “dangerous narcissism”, in particular reference to Elon Musk buying Twitter. Speaking at an event in Dublin on Thursday for climate and...
Categories: European Union

Pro-Macron parties join forces in ‘confederation’

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 06:18
Recently re-elected President Emmanuel Macron is rallying his supporters ahead of the June legislative elections, while the left is bidding to take over the National Assembly. The leaders of the presidential majority reached an agreement on Thursday (5 May) and...
Categories: European Union

Bulgaria and Greece plan joint gas deliveries for southeast Europe

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 06:05
Bulgaria and Greece agreed to seek joint gas deliveries for southeastern Europe and decrease its reliance on Russian gas amid the war in Ukraine, Bulgarian Energy Minister Alexander Nikolov said on Thursday (5 May).
Categories: European Union

London drops plan for bill to override NI protocol

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 05:57
The UK government appears to have shelved plans to introduce a bill that would override the controversial Northern Ireland protocol.
Categories: European Union

Zelenskyy ends diplomatic row with Germany over Steinmeier disinvitation

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 05:49
After Ukrainian authorities said in mid-April that German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was not welcome in Ukraine over his alleged ties to Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reconciled his differences with Steinmeier in a phone call on Thursday.
Categories: European Union

Battles rage at Mariupol steel plant as UN tries to evacuate civilians

Fri, 05/06/2022 - 05:39
Scores of Ukrainians remained trapped on 5 May in Mariupol steel works that has been rocked by heavy explosions as Russian forces fought for control of Ukraine's last stronghold in the ruined city and the UN rushed to evacuate civilians.
Categories: European Union

The mental health impacts of COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine/ The state of press freedom in Europe

Thu, 05/05/2022 - 17:35
In recognition of the upcoming EU mental health awareness week (9-13 May), this week in our Beyond the Byline podcast we are asking: How has our mental health been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine? What...
Categories: European Union

EU lawmakers back one-year extension of COVID certificate

Thu, 05/05/2022 - 17:32
EU lawmakers backed on Thursday (5 May) a proposal by the EU Parliament's civil liberties committee to extend until June 2023 the EU's digital COVID certificate, set to expire this summer.
Categories: European Union

Meddling with EU carbon market could have ‘unintended consequences’, MEP says

Thu, 05/05/2022 - 16:51
A leading European Parliament lawmaker has warned against the potential “unintended consequences” of intervening in the EU carbon market, amid growing calls from some governments and industries to curb the activity of financial actors taking speculative positions in the EU emissions trading scheme (EU ETS).
Categories: European Union

The Brief – What will Putin celebrate on 9 May?

Thu, 05/05/2022 - 16:45
For those who don’t know Russia well, we should start by saying that in that country, 9 May is elevated to a sort of religious extravaganza, like  Easter and Christmas wrapped into one.
Categories: European Union

Obesity causes 1.2m deaths in Europe each year, says WHO

Thu, 05/05/2022 - 16:40
A new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that obesity causes 1.2 million European deaths every year, while not a single EU country is on track to reach the target of reducing obesity rates by 2025.
Categories: European Union

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