Bulgarian business wants to join Eurozone but society has doubts
Two in three Bulgarian entrepreneurs favour joining the Eurozone in 20
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French Health Authority recommends COVID jab for vulnerable children.
Children aged between six months and four years who are considered particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 are recommended to get the vaccine as the virus is actively spreading, a recommendation issued by the national health authority on Monday writes. The recommendation…
Austrians, Dutch abstain from gas price cap vote
The Netherlands and Austria were the only two countries to abstain from voting on the EU’s new gas price cap due to concerns about major disruptions to the EU’s energy security and financial markets, according to Dutch Energy Minister Rob…
Court ruling on Rwanda doesn’t mean end of legal cases
The UK government’s plan to deport migrants to Rwanda is lawful, the High Court ruled on Monday, in a move that is set to lead to further legal wrangling. The court ruled that the scheme did not breach the UN’s…
Finland went ‘all-in’ on Afghanistan for foreign policy brownie points – report
Finland’s high contribution to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, as well as the significant humanitarian aid it sent to the country was done to deepen relations with the US, NATO and other international partners, research by the…
House Committee Will Vote on Making Trump’s Taxes Public
The Ways and Means Committee’s vote is expected to end a battle that Democrats in the House have been waging since 2019, when they began trying to perform oversight of then President Donald J. Trump. Send any friend a story…
The Brief — Germany’s year of hypocrisy
Values are always thought to be at the centre of Berlin’s policies – in theory, at least. But as we look back, the first year of the new German government has been a “double-whammy” of double standards. Few large countries…
‘Qatargate’ scandal casts light on ‘untouchable’ EU lawmakers
As a corruption scandal rocks the European Parliament, lawmakers and campaign groups say a lack of asset declarations, little reporting on contacts with third countries and barely any sanctions created an environment where rule-breaking could go unpunished or undetected. “
Without immigrants, parts of Portuguese economy ‘would collapse’
Without immigrants, some sectors of society would collapse, Catarina Reis Oliveira, the director of Portugal’s Migration Observatory, argued in a study presented on Monday. “Immigrants play a fundamental role in the efficiency of labour markets, and it is clear that…
Malta abortion amendments pass second parliamentary reading
Maltese parliament on Monday gave the green light in a second vote on a law that will allow life-saving procedures to be carried out on a pregnant mother, even if it risks the fetus’s life, loosening the country’s draconian abortion…