Dutch to continue cooperation with Belgium to tackle drug smuggling
Dutch and Belgian customs will continue their cooperation against drug smuggling in the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp in 20
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Finland’s wind power capacity increased by 75% last year
An increase of 75% in wind power capacity in 20
Kyiv and Copenhagen to discuss twinning agreement
Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko has reached out to Copenhagen Mayor Sophie Hæstorp Andersen to discuss a twinning agreement between both cities to reinforce cooperation. Based on a proposal from Kyiv, the city of Copenhagen’s economic affairs department has prepared a…
Italy, Japan agree to strategic partnership on defence, culture
Italy and Japan agreed to become strategic partners and cooperate in various sectors, from defence to culture, after Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with her Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida in Rome on Tuesday. Rome is the second stop on…
Spain wants to extend Iberian derogation, proposes EU electricity market revamp
The Spanish government will request authorisation from the European Commission to extend the so-called “Iberian derogation”, an exceptional measure limiting the gas price for electricity generation in Spain and Portugal until the end of 20
They Won Guantánamo’s Supreme Court Cases. Where Are They Now?
The three former Guantánamo prisoners who defeated George W. Bush at the Supreme Court in landmark cases are ensconced in family life. We caught up with two of them. One is a home-heating serviceman in central England; the other is…
Macron’s plan to raise pension age to 64 might just work
In a concession to opponents, Emmanuel Macron would not raise the pension age to 65, and phase-in the increase to 64 over a period of seven years (Photo: consilium.europa.eu) Emmanuel Macron’s government has proposed to raise France’s pension age from…
According to Breton, the EU must react to ‘solo’ measures like the US Inflation Reduction Act
The European Union should respond to the measures some countries have taken in their own interests, like the US Inflation Reduction Act, EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton said at a conference in Madrid on Tuesday. As part of Breton’s…
Portugal sees increase in nurses leaving country, mainly for Switzerland
More than 3,300 nurses have left Portugal since the start of the pandemic in 20
Recovery plan deadlock could make or break upcoming elections in Poland
According to a recent United Survey, most Poles think that breaking the current stalemate between Poland and the European Commission over the recovery plan will be decisive in autumn’s parliamentary elections. The Commission has blocked funds worth €35.4 billion that…