Brits cannot keep citizenship rights, EU top court confirms
UK nationals cannot automatically retain rights as EU citizens after Brexit, the EU’s top court confirmed on Thursday (15 June). The appeal was brought by British citizens living in the…
June 15, 2023
Big Oil lobbyists should be banned from climate summits
COP 27 was held in the UK last year (Photo: UK Government) As fires, floods, and extreme climate damage keep accumulating, the big question is how do we justly exit…
Portugal among most affected by wildfires in 2022
Portugal was the second-worst affected country in Europe by forest fires in 2022, with 153 wildfires burning an area of 949 km2, according to a report published by the European…
Estonia set to become first ex-Soviet state to back gay marriage
Estonia’s liberal coalition government is only two months old and has moved swiftly on a draft bill legalizing same-sex marriage, among other measures, to distance itself from neighbouring Russia. Silja…
We have to avoid ‘war fatigue’, warns Czech President
Democratic countries must avoid war fatigue and continue to support Ukraine with the same determination that Ukrainians are fighting, said Czech President Petr Pavel at the European Values Summit in…
Anger against EU on the rise after migrant shipwreck off Greek coast
Greece’s caretaker government declared three days of mourning after a boat reportedly carrying hundreds of migrants sank off the coast, killing at least 79 people. All scheduled pre-election party events…
Slovakia’s gap in heat pump subsidies could ‘lose a year’ of progress
Households in Slovakia postpone replacing their old fossil fuel boilers with greener heat pumps due to a six-month subsidy lag during a crucial period before the heating season, said Petra…
Romanian agriculture minister to request Ukrainian grain ban extension until end of year
Florin Barbu, the Minister-designate for the portfolio of Agriculture and Rural Development, will ask the EU Commission to extend the restrictions on grain imports from Ukraine until the end of…
The Radical Strategy Behind Trump’s Promise to ‘Go After’ Biden
Conservatives with close ties to Donald J. Trump are laying out a “paradigm-shifting” legal rationale to erase the Justice Department’s independence from the president. Give this article “I will totally…
Serb cars banned from Kosovo as alleged police kidnap opens Pandora’s box of Kumanovo deal
Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti said that three Kosovo police officials were kidnapped on Wednesday in Leposavic by Serbian police, something Belgrade denies, with Pristina banning Serbian cars from entering…