Dear readers, Welcome to EU Politics Decoded where Benjamin Fox and Eleonora Vasques bring you a round-up of the latest political news in Europe and beyond every Thursday. In this edition, we look at why the so-called Qatargate corruption scandal must lead to a radical…
Troops in Mali: The West's approach has not just failed, it has backfired (Photo: eutmmali.eu) There could be 1.2 billion refugees in next 30 years. Many will be from my part of the world — Africa  
Tuesday’s heavy rains which flooded streets and swept away cars have also left 83 people homeless, the country’s civil protection authority said on Wednesday. Heavy rain battered parts of Portugal on Tuesday, forcing authorities to close some roads, while the…
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has implicated a drone registered and operated out of Malta by a private company on behalf of the EU border guard agency Frontex in human rights violations, according to an analysis published this week. The drone,…
Poland is getting closer to unblocking the EU recovery funds worth almost €35 billion, of which €23 billion are grants, as parliament has just received a bill that aims to depoliticise the Supreme Court, one of the European Commission’s conditions.…
With cases on the rise, the Biden administration said it would restart a program that provided hundreds of millions of tests through the Postal Service. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Energy price hikes and a shortage in energy supplies have hit Slovakia’s industry harder than those of other Visegrad Four countries despite it recording a slight production spike while significant month-to-month decreases were observed in other V4 states. Industry production…
President Klaus Iohannis responded to Romanian voices calling for a boycott of Austrian goods and companies after Vienna voted against Romania’s Schengen accession, saying he preferred a diplomatic solution that would not involve the EU court. Last week, Austria was…
The special representative of the European Union for the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, Miroslav Lajcak, met in Belgrade with the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, to discuss the ongoing tensions with Kosovo. Through a post on social networks, Lajçak…
Slovenia and Italy will resume joint border patrols at their common border and carry out checks on buses, trains and cars travelling from Slovenia to Italy to respond to the spike in illegal migration flows, Slovenian police said on Wednesday.…