Bulgaria could meet the requirements on corruption and judicial reform as the Dutch demanded to lift their Schengen veto by October, Foreign Minister Nikolay Milkov said on Monday. In December, Austria and the Netherlands vetoed accession to the visa-free Schengen…
Agriculture Minister Norbert Totschnig said he opposes the EU-Mercosur trade agreement during the Agriculture Council in Brussels on Monday despite alleged industry pressure on the minister in charge of giving Austria’s final decision. At the EU Agriculture Council in Brussels…
Over 30 justice ministers gathered in London on Monday to discuss how they can support the International Criminal Court in holding Russia accountable for war crimes it is committing in Ukraine. The ICC has been investigating war crimes in Ukraine…
Prosecutors are investigating war crimes against Americans but are mainly focused on helping Ukraine to hold Russians accountable for atrocities. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
The UK is ready to help Poland fill any gaps in the country’s air defence that resulted from sending their fighter jets to Ukraine, British Armed Forces Minister James Heappey said on Monday. London offered to send its Challengers 2…
Tunisia, until not so long ago the poster child of the Arab spring, is now giving headaches to EU leaders, who fear that economic and social collapse will bring new flows of migrants to Europe. Several hundred supporters of President…
The European Commission is committed to tightening controls at the EU’s external borders to make them more effective against irregular migration, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote in a letter to member states on Monday (20 March), seen by…
An anti-Erdogan protestor in London (Photo: Sushil Nash) After months of drama and tension that reached a climax in the last week of February, Turkey’s opposition has chosen Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), as their…
As Sweden continues to wait for the next step in its NATO application process with no new meetings with Hungary or Turkey scheduled, Finland is powering ahead in its bid to join the Alliance. Sweden and Finland simultaneously applied for…
Drug-related issues and drug policy will be a determining factor for 57% of the voters in Finland’s upcoming April elections, a new survey by the A-Clinic Foundation has found. The A-Clinic Foundation, a non-profit, non-governmental organisation for substance abuse prevention,…