Francesco Giorgi, the partner of European Parliament former vice president Eva Kaili, has been freed from jail but will wear an electronic bracelet, according to a press release by the Belgian prosecution dated 23 February. The development however prompted a…
In the UK parliament on Thursday (23 February), ministers revealed that grants worth up to £750
Emilia-Romagna Governor Stefano Bonaccini and his former deputy, leftwing MP and former MEP Elly Schlein are through to the primaries for the election of the new leader of Italy’s leading centre-left force, the Democratic party (PD), with the vote scheduled…
Bulgaria may join the Eurozone on 1 January 2025, European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said in Sofia on Thursday, postponing Bulgaria’s initial plan to join the group in 2024. Three years ago, Bulgaria set the goal of joining the…
French taxpayers may have to fork out €14.6 billion in unpaid taxes, according to the tax authorities fraud assessment for 2022, the Public Accounts Ministry reported on Thursday. In their assessment for 2022, tax authorities lay out the sums they…
Far-right leader Herbert Kickl’s verbal attack on President Alexander Van der Bellen at the traditional “political Ash Wednesday”, where politicians have carte blanche to publicly criticise eachother, has sparked widespread outrage among Austria’s political parties. In Germany, Political Ash Wednesday…
The European Union played a positive role in addressing global challenges, upholding peace and security in the Western Balkans, and supporting Ukraine, said the UK’s UN Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the Security Council briefing on EU-UN Cooperation on Thursday. “We…
Greek lawyer Spyros Pappas has filed an appeal to the General Court of the EU against the European Public Prosecutor’s decision to request the lifting of the immunity of MEP Eva Kaili, claiming that it was illegal because none of…
An elderly lady, Bakhmut, Donetsk, February 2023 (Photo: Yevhenii Zavharodnil/Image bank of war in Ukraine) Ukrainian society increasingly recognises the importance of women’s pivotal role in the full-scale invasion of Russia in Ukraine  
Finland will hand over three Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine in a new military aid package, Defence Minister Mikko Savola (Center) announced in a press meeting on Thursday. As part of the package, Finland will send Leopard 2 de-mining tanks…