Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, People in Ukraine use generators to charge their phones during blackoutsBy Ben TobiasBBC News Millions of energy-efficient lightbulbs are needed to help Ukraine cope with Russian attacks on the country's energy system, President Zelensky has…
France strongly condemned the attacks on EU law enforcement officers in northern Kosovo over the weekend and expressed concern over rising tensions in the country, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Monday. The EULEX mission, the EU law enforcement agencies…
The government should cut spending to combat current challenges which include costs relating to COVID-19 which continue to be felt and exacerbated by rising costs, states the fiscal advisory council. The advisory council was founded in 20
Policymakers are calling out the cabinet’s decision to allegedly share calculations on the proposed new pension system with the media before presenting it to the parliament. The House of Representatives has been discussing the legislation for the new pension system…
A proposal to extend the ‘anti-crisis shield’, which includes a 33% tax on the extraordinary profits of large distributors and supermarkets, will be submitted by left-wing coalition member Unidas-Podemos to its socialist partner later this week. The measure is expected…
The millions of containers unloaded by Rotterdam’s giant cranes make it Europe’s largest port, but the Dutch city is also dealing with ever larger amounts of a less welcome cargo: cocaine. A record of nearly 70 tonnes of the drug…
In an almost unanimous vote, EU lawmakers removed Eva Kaili as vice president of the European Parliament on Tuesday (13 December), following the so-called Qatargate, one of the biggest corruption scandals in the EU’s history. Altogether 625 MEPs voted in…
Allegations of corruption involving MEPs are ‘very concerning’, as they ‘call into question the institutions of the EU’, Foreign Affairs Minister João Gomes Cravinho said on Monday, adding he expects penalties to be imposed on those who acted improperly. “Naturally,…
Polish President Andrzej Duda thanked his German counterpart Frank Walter Steinmeier for the offer to deploy the Patriot anti-missile batteries in Poland – an issue that caused a minor diplomatic crisis between the two countries in recent weeks – during…
Several thousand Ukrainian workers will go to the Czech Republic to work in the arms industry, confirmed the Czech Defence Ministry. The arrival of the new workers from Ukraine, together with the development of the defence industry, could bring the…