The EU’s auditing body has warned that the European Commission’s strategy of relying on member states to ensure the money of the pandemic recovery fund is properly spent is heightening the “risk of irregularity or even corruption”. Speaking to reporters…
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A survey last year found that 60 percent of British citizens in the EU feel politically unrepresented. More than three quarters of them became dual nationals after the Brexit referendum as a workaround solution (Photo: Wikipedia) A year after Rishi…
Portugal’s outgoing Prime Minister António Costa (PS) will receive a statuette alluding to the headquarters of the European Council at what will be his last EU summit in Brussels after eight years in power. A source at the European institution…
Viktor Orbán has doubled-down on his commitment to building out an ‘Eastern Opening’ in Hungarian foreign policy and become Beijing's most reliable partner within the EU (Photo: European Parliament) Chinese police officers may soon participate in joint patrols on the…
Mr. Lewandowski and Paul Manafort are both being considered for involvement in the Republican National Convention in July. Share full article Corey Lewandowski was the original campaign manager for Donald J. Trump in 2015. Aides to former President Donald J.…
The solution is not to withdraw funds but to invest differently. The millions of people who rely on this aid cannot be forgotten (Photo: EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid) European officials and humanitarian organisations gathered at the European Humanitarian…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticised the general lack of accountability of EU institutions on Tuesday (19 March), warning that not just national governments but also the European Commission and Parliament need to be held responsible by the public for policy…
Alexei Nalany, here pictured in 2013 — before his poisoning with Novichok, followed by a 19-year sentence to an Arctic penal colony, where he died in unknown circumstances one year ago (Photo: Person Behind the Scenes) One month on from…
Demand for lithium, which is used in electric vehicle batteries, has soared but domestic production of the metal has lagged behind other countries. Share full article Humboldt County, Nev., has one of the largest lithium reserves in North America. The…