Slovakia prepares for €800 million EU funds loss
Slovakia still has to spend over 30% of its cohesion funds – a total of €4.3 billion – but with less than seven months before the deadline, €800 million, or 5% of the overall sum, is set to be lost.…
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The Brief — Baby steps
Thursday night’s migration deal struck by EU home affairs ministers in Luxembourg is not ambitious. However, it was never going to be. The EU’s immigration and asylum policy has looked like an insoluble problem for years, and the pact as it…
Trump Was Recorded Saying He Knew He Had a Classified Document
The recording, confirmed by a person briefed on the matter, is expected to be a critical piece of evidence in the case against him that the special counsel Jack Smith brought this week. Give this article Mr. Trump speaking at…
Trump-Appointed Judge Aileen Cannon Will Handle Documents Case
It was not clear whether the judge, Aileen M. Cannon, would remain assigned for the entirety of the case. A higher court criticized some of her rulings in the investigation. Give this article Judge Aileen M. Cannon testifying before the…
Dutch opposition demands quicker action to tackle poverty
Dutch opposition parties asked the cabinet to tackle poverty rates in the country more urgently during a Thursday parliamentary debate, demanding a ‘robust, social package’ before the summer. The parliamentary debate covered the preliminary annual budget (‘Voorjaarsnota’), which was presented…
Bold, wise investments in strategic sectors are gateway to European modernity
Energy, economic, and defence security: These are the three pillars that should become the determinant of the EU’s political doctrine, writes Mateusz Morawiecki. Mateusz Morawiecki is the prime minister of Poland. Reconstruction is a key word in the European dictionary…
EU Council endorses anti-SLAPP directive position, not everyone is convinced
The EU Council of Ministers agreed on Friday (9 June) on a general approach to the anti-SLAPP directive, which aims to tackle abusive lawsuits filed to silence journalists and rights defenders, but not everyone is convinced it goes far enough. …
EU’s one-off chance to influence Laos taking over ASEAN chair
Despite its tourist image, Laos has 'long been an authoritarian state with no tolerance for public criticism' but increasingly 'it appears to be also becoming a criminal state�
UK government to extend support for Horizon Europe applicants
The government will extend the Horizon Europe guarantee scheme – which provides funding to researchers and innovators unable to receive their Horizon Europe funding – until the end of September 2023, according to a press release published by the Science,…
Foreign minister launches campaign to become next Finnish president
Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto will run for president with the help of a constituency association, he announced on Thursday during a press conference. The announcement came as no surprise as Haavisto has been leading the polls for months to succeed…