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Dutch outlaw 100 substances linked to drug production
To crack down on crime and improve public health, the Netherlands will ban the possession, transport and sale of more than 100
Commission Director General transferred after row over Qatar-paid trips
The European Commission’s transport unit chief Henrik Hololei has been transferred to another post, a spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday (29 March). The transfer comes after a row over several Qatar-paid trips Hololei took. “At his request, the College (of Commissioners)…
UK deputy PM: Nothing off the table to reduce asylum housing
Nothing is off the table regarding limiting and reducing the use of hotels to house asylum seekers, which reportedly costs over £6 million daily, said Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab on Wednesday. “The hotels are the incentive” for small boat…
Spain to send first shipment of Leopard tanks to Kyiv after Easter
Spain will send the first shipment of six Leopard battle tanks it had promised to Kyiv right after Easter, with four other tanks currently being overhauled for the same purpose, Defence Minister Margarita Robles confirmed on Wednesday. The six tanks…
Portugal’s Ishmaelite centre attack ruled as ‘psychotic’ breakdown, not terrorism
Tuesday’s attack on the Ishmaelite Centre was a terrorist act that resulted from a ‘psychotic breakdown by the attacker’, not an act of terrorism, the National Director of Portugal’s criminal investigation police agency, Luís Neves, said on Wednesday. On 28…
Polish PM demands EU takes action over cheap Ukrainian grain influx
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will send a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen calling for immediate steps to remedy Polish farmers’ problems since the EU allowed cheap grain imports from Ukraine. Last year, the EU established…
Eight European leaders urge big tech to fight disinformation more effectively
The CEOs of the largest social media companies must fight disinformation more effectively, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS, ECR), along with seven other European prime ministers, wrote in an open letter that warns against using platforms to incite riots,…
Slovak support for combustion engine ban deemed unconstitutional
The Environment Ministry’s voting in favour of the EU’s de facto combustion engine ban in Tuesday’s Council meeting was unconstitutional as it effectively bypassed the National Council’s European affairs committee previously opposing the ban, the opposition Freedom and Solidarity Party…
Response to imprisoned child case causes uproar in Serbia
A father who kept his eight-year-old daughter imprisoned in Belgrade has been arrested, but the family court has not taken his conservatorship away, leading to the public condemning the response of institutions in this case. After four days of hiding,…