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Albania taken off FATF grey list but money laundering concerns persist

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 06:59
Albania is no longer on the Financial Action Task Force ‘grey list’, which names countries where concerns about money laundering and terrorist financing are not adequately addressed by the authorities but stakeholders say the impacts of money laundering are still...
Categories: European Union

Ukrainian minister confident US House will vote for support

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 06:56
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Monday (30 October) he was confident the US House of Representatives, in turmoil for weeks over the speaker's job, would back a request for additional funds for Ukraine's military.
Categories: European Union

Fico sends ‘armada’ to border despite dwindling numbers

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 06:55
Prime Minister Robert Fico has sent drones, water cannons and police horses to the border, despite a predictable drop in irregular crossings due to colder weather, in what critics say is an attempt to take credit. Latest numbers from the...
Categories: European Union

Top private Polish radio station sponsored by state-owned petrol giant

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 06:53
The leading private radio station RMF FM has received money to promote the activities of Orlen S.A., one of Poland's largest state-owned multinational oil refiners and petrol retailers, casting a shadow on the independence of the country's media market.
Categories: European Union

Portugal’s Communist party rails against budget, airline privatisation

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 06:50
Portugal’s Communist Party leader Paula Santos has aimed Prime Minister António Costa for casting doubt on the future of national flag carrier TAP during the first reading of the 2024 state budget bill, reiterating her view of the airline’s strategic...
Categories: European Union

Spanish now world’s second-most spoken mother tongue: report

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 06:49
Spanish is the world’s second-most common mother tongue, with 500 million speakers, representing a quick growth that gives “reasons for pride” but “cannot mean complacency”, a new report by state-owned Instituto Cervantes revealed on Monday. The report “Spanish in the...
Categories: European Union

Dutch parliament dismisses call for debate on UN Gaza ceasefire vote

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 06:46
The Dutch House of Representatives will not reconvene to discuss the cabinet’s decision to abstain in a vote on a UN resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Hamas-Israel war after a motion by the Socialist Party (SP/EU Left)...
Categories: European Union

Belgian liberals in turmoil as elections loom

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 06:43
Belgium’s Liberals have had a crisis-filled October on both sides of the linguistic divide, with a terrorist attack and questions over future leadership fuelling division at a time when Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has to lead Belgium into national...
Categories: European Union

France detains Russian oligarch suspected of violating EU sanctions

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 06:40
French police detained EU-sanctioned Russian billionaire oligarch Alexey Kuzmichev on Monday, citing money laundering charges and a possible violation of EU sanctions. Following Russia’s war in Ukraine, and more specifically since 15 March 2022, Kuzmichev has been subject to EU...
Categories: European Union

Greek PM says no solution in Middle East without Hamas’ strategic defeat

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 06:39
There can be no solution in the ongoing Middle East crisis without first the “strategic defeat” of Hamas, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday, adding that the world can already start discussing who will govern Gaza soon.
Categories: European Union

German economic outlook brightens as inflation eases

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 06:38
Germany’s economy is expected to recover in the coming months following an ongoing recession, with inflation dropping to 3% year-on-year in October, according to data published by the National Statistics Office on Monday. In the third quarter of 2023, the...
Categories: European Union

Moldova blocks access to Russia’s main news agencies

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 06:36
Moldova blocked access to the websites of major Russian news media including the Interfax and TASS news agencies on Monday (30 October), accusing them of taking part in an information war against the country.
Categories: European Union

Bulgaria has ‘carte blanche’ on using Russian gas tax cash, says EU Commission

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 06:24
Bulgaria can decide how it will be using the revenues it makes from the €10/MWh tax on Russian gas imports transiting through Bulgarian territory, the European Commission confirmed on Monday.
Categories: European Union

Czech deputy FM slams UN for ignoring Hamas’ goal of destroying Israel

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 06:24
The Czech Republic was one of 14 countries to vote against the UN resolution calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamás, as the resolution did not reflect what he believes is Hamás’ goal of destroying Israel, Czech Deputy Foreign...
Categories: European Union

Hamas says it fires on Israeli forces pressing ground assault

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 06:12
Hamas said its militants in Gaza fired anti-tank missiles at Israel's invading forces early on Tuesday (31 October) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed calls for a halt to fighting that has deepened the Palestinian enclave's humanitarian crisis.
Categories: European Union

Meloni government presents PM power boost bill as part of ‘third republic’ push

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 06:10
Italy’s future prime minister could be directly elected by the people if a constitutional reform bill presented on Monday by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government as part of her election promise to usher in a ‘third republic’ is signed into...
Categories: European Union

Spanish socialist heavyweights woo Catalan leader in Brussels

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 06:08
Spain’s Socialist leaders are on course to accept the demands of Catalan separatists to give incumbent Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez a second run at the premiership, with the PSOE’s third-in-command Santos Cerdán and Spain’s S&D leader Iratxe García meeting Catalan...
Categories: European Union

Putin blames the West, Ukraine after mob storms Russian airport to ‘catch’ Jews

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 05:51
President Vladimir Putin accused the West and Ukraine of stirring up unrest inside Russia after rioters in the predominantly Muslim Dagestan region stormed an airport to "catch" Jewish passengers on a flight from Tel Aviv.
Categories: European Union

NGOs urge EU Commission to include porn websites in the ‘systemic risk’ club

Mon, 10/30/2023 - 17:46
Several civil society organisations have urged the European Commission to designate major porn websites as “very large online platforms” that have to follow a strict regime under the Digital Services Act (DSA), according to a letter seen by Euractiv.
Categories: European Union

The Brief – With allies like Erdoğan, who needs enemies?

Mon, 10/30/2023 - 16:20
"The main culprit behind the massacre unfolding in Gaza is the West." These are not messages by the Islamic State. These are words uttered before a crowd of 1.5 million people by the leader of a NATO member country that is also a candidate for EU membership.
Categories: European Union

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