Transparency experts have urged MEPs to push for tougher internal reforms in the wake of the Qatargate scandal, noting that Qatar is not the only state to practice ‘chequebook diplomacy’. Speaking at a hearing of the European Parliament’s Special Committee…
The European Commission has decided to sue Slovakia in EU Court for failing to respect the EU directive on landfills with regard to a total of 21 decommissioned sites. Under the EU directive on landfills, member states were supposed to…
Migration is still a critical concern for the bloc and one where citizens expect a strong response, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged heads of state in a letter on Thursday (26 January) ahead of a crucial leaders’…
Atlanta, Chicago and New York are finalists, and local Democrats are eager to bend President Biden’s ear to host what would be his formal nomination event. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to…
A top State Department official said the ouster of several Ukrainian officials this week after corruption charges “sends a very strong signal.” Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
The government has introduced a new cap on natural gas prices in district heating systems for users such as schools and community health centres in what is yet another in a long series of price caps that have become the…
Bulgaria summoned its ambassador to North Macedonia, Angel Angelov, back to Sofia as tensions continue to simmer between the two countries. Following the assault of Macedonian-Bulgarian Hristian Pendikov in Ohrid, Sofia’s demands for constitutional change in North Macedonia to progress…
Hungary will amend legislation in March to address Brussels’ concerns about government-linked politicians holding seats on university boards in order to restore European Union funding for students and teachers, a Hungarian minister said on Thursday (26 January). Minister Tibor Navracsics,…
The international community has made mistakes in the Balkans but this will not be repeated with the establishment of the Association of Serb Municipalities in Kosovo, the EU’s special envoy to the Serbia-Kosovo dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak said on Thursday. Lajcak…
Albania’s parliament held a special session on Thursday to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust on the occasion of International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, in the presence of representatives from the Embassy of…