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Mon, 02/13/2023 - 06:52
Stopping the comeback of cheap Russian gas to Austria by adopting measures is something the government is hesitant about, citing concerns of expropriating government-owned assets.
Mon, 02/13/2023 - 06:49
The Labour Party’s request to relax visa policy for Turkish and Syrian earthquake victims, is something the cabinet can get behind, Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said on WNL’s Sunday broadcast. The Labour Party (PvdA) wants the government to relax visa...
Mon, 02/13/2023 - 06:48
About 250,000 people took to the streets of Madrid on Sunday to defend the public health system, protesting against the ‘dismantling’ of the primary care network in the Spanish capital carried out by the right-wing regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso,...
Mon, 02/13/2023 - 06:48
Finland and Sweden will become members of the NATO alliance by July, President Sauli Niinistö told the Finnish News Agency STT on Saturday. According to the Finnish president, Finland and Sweden are to become NATO members at the alliance’s July...
Mon, 02/13/2023 - 06:47
A cross-party gathering of senior politicians to discuss the UK’s failure to make a success of Brexit an indication of a growing consensus about the malaise that the Brexit process is in. Cabinet minister Michael Gove and former Labour MP...
Mon, 02/13/2023 - 06:41
Belgian MEP Marc Tarabella continues to claim his innocence with regard to any involvement in the Qatargate scandal, after he was taken into custody Friday and heard by investigators over the weekend. Tarabella, who had been charged with public corruption,...
Mon, 02/13/2023 - 06:41
Highway companies will also have to foot the green transition bill, French Transport Minister Clément Beaune told Le Monde in an interview published on Friday.
Mon, 02/13/2023 - 06:30
As support for Austria’s conservative ÖVP continues to thaw away like ice in the sun, the party that governed Austria through the COVID-19 and energy crises appears to be out of options. The party is tired following the litany of...
Mon, 02/13/2023 - 06:29
It is no longer clear who is winning the war, but it will be difficult for Serbia – which has so far managed to avoid sanctioning Russia – to pick a side, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić told TV Prva. Serbia...
Mon, 02/13/2023 - 06:27
Slovakia is willing to deliver grounded Soviet-made jets to Ukraine, according to acting Prime Minister Eduard Heger, though members within his government, and opposition parties leading the polls ahead of September’s snap elections, doubt his enthusiasm. During the last EU...
Mon, 02/13/2023 - 06:27
The conservative CDU was crowned the clear winner in the rerun regional election in the traditionally left-leaning capital on Sunday, ousting the Social Democrats but likely not denying the rule of a future left-wing coalition. While Berlin held regional elections...
Mon, 02/13/2023 - 06:26
Italy’s opposition left has urged Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to react to former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi who lashed out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for actions he says have led to death and devastation in Ukraine. Berlusconi also called...
Mon, 02/13/2023 - 05:55
Beyond providing subsidies and loans, European lawmakers can bolster investments in battery production by setting innovative green targets, writes Julia Poliscanova.
Sun, 02/12/2023 - 08:00
The EU's proposed packaging regulation, designed to reverse the growing amount of waste generated in Europe, is set to cause frictions as policymakers in the European Parliament and EU countries hash out their position.
Sun, 02/12/2023 - 05:00
Users of the Replika "virtual companion" just wanted company. Some of them wanted romantic relationships, sex chat, or even racy pictures of their chatbot.
Sat, 02/11/2023 - 19:46
The European Commission has tabled long-awaited rules defining the circumstances under which hydrogen can be labelled as coming from “renewable” energy sources. Last minute, Paris also won recognition for low-carbon hydrogen produced from nuclear electricity.
Sat, 02/11/2023 - 17:13
Prosecutors on Saturday (11 February) charged a Belgian lawmaker in the European parliament with corruption after searching his bank safe as part of a probe into a bribery scandal linked to Qatar that has rocked the EU.
Sat, 02/11/2023 - 08:12
US President Joe Biden will travel to Poland on 20-22 February to 22 to mark the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the White House said on Friday (10 February).
Fri, 02/10/2023 - 18:04
The US has sanctioned on Friday (10 February) five high-profile Bulgarians including two former ministers, under the so-called Magnitsky act, stating that they were "extensively involved in corrupt activity in Bulgaria."
Fri, 02/10/2023 - 16:32
The redistribution of migrants across Europe “has never been my priority” Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told journalists at a press conference on Friday (10 February) after the conclusion of the European Council.
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