Growth will depend on whether Slovakia will be able to absorb EU recovery fund money, according to experts, after the National Bank of Slovakia upped its growth forecast from the previous 0.6% to 1.3%. Historically, Slovakia has had trouble absorbing…
Russia reserves the right to a “proportionate response” should Bosnia and Herzegovina join NATO or any organisation hostile to Moscow, the Russian ambassador in Sarajevo wrote in a Facebook post meant to debunk misconceptions about ‘Russian threats against Bosnia’. In…
In Albania, 21.2% of the energy used for heating and cooling in 20
Officials of the conservative European People’s Party (EPP) are concerned about Manfred Weber’s leadership style, his unilateral collaboration attempts with Italy’s far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and the way his second salary was decided, which the EPP insists it is…
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the controversial Northern Ireland protocol, a trading arrangement negotiated during Brexit talks, does not breach the UK’s own Acts of Union following a legal challenge brought by the community’s unionist politicians. In a…
Abusive and discriminatory practices by Israeli authorities are not new: they further a policy to maintain the domination by Jewish Israelis over Palestinians and take place in the context of systematic oppression of Palestinians (Photo: Northern Lights 119) The recent…
Image source, Telegram/BeregTimeImage caption, Mangushev's wife complained that nobody was investigating his shootingBy Paul KirbyBBC News Notorious Russian army captain and mercenary Igor Mangushev has died in hospital, days after he was shot in the head at close range in…
Image source, ReutersImage caption, The wreckage of MH17 was painstakingly reassembled in the Netherlands and later inspected as part of the trialBy George WrightBBC News There are strong indications that Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to supply the missile that…
EU Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni called on EU member states to summarise the changes of their recovery plans in a single amendment in order to speed up the approval process and the actual implementation. “We strongly encourage member states to…
Former EU lawmakers will be banned from lobbying the European Parliament for six months after leaving the institution, as part of a revised plan, seen by EURACTIV, proposed in the wake of the Qatargate corruption scandal. The move, which would…