EUROPEAN POLITICS
The shipyard where future AUKUS nuclear submarines will be built for the Royal Navy was visited by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace on Wednesday. Last month, the US, Australia, and the UK unveiled details…
Ukraine’s place is in NATO and also in the EU, elected Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo told the press after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s surprise visit to Helsinki on Wednesday. Zelenskyy met with Orpo who chaired a meeting to form…
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has condemned a Minsk court decision sentencing Belarusian blogger and activist Raman Pratasevich to eight years in prison. Pratasevich was detained by the Minsk regime in 2021 after the Ryanair plane flying from Greece to…
A multi-continental crackdown has halted a major “dark web” drugs marketplace, with international police arresting 288 suspects and recovering more than 50 million euros ($54.8 million) in cash and virtual currency, Europol said Tuesday (2 May). The operation called SpecTor…
Former French prime minister François Fillon denounced hypocrisy in different approaches to Russia and China, saying the latter is a greater threat while being questioned by the National Assembly’s Commission of Enquiry into foreign interference on Tuesday. Fillon, the prime…
The European Commission presented new anti-corruption rules on Wednesday (3 May) which aims to stiffen penalties for EU or national officials involved in corruption. The draft Directive sets rules for “prevention” and “repression” instances that member states must harmonise in…
As Poland wants to stop COVID-19 vaccine deliveries it no longer needs, the Polish Health Ministry sent a letter to Pfizer asking for a renegotiation of the deal that the company had signed with the EU. In a letter seen…
A project for a government was proposed by the coalition “Continues the change – Democratic Bulgaria”, which is second in power in the Bulgarian parliament, on Tuesday, with the hope that it will be supported by the party of former…
Refugees arriving in the EU should go through asylum procedures directly at the bloc’s external borders, according to Berlin’s newly hammered-out position, which also foresees the relocation of migrants between EU countries. While inter-institutional talks on the EU’s Migration and…
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has not minced his words when it comes to Albania-UK relations, stating the country is having “a nervous breakdown” over its failure to get a grip on immigration. Relations between the two countries soured at…
The Swedish ruling coalition holds its parliamentary majority by just one seat after the resignation of Sweden Democrats MP Elsa Widding following criticism of her attendance at a conspiracy theorists conference. Widding recently attended a conference with well-known vaccine opponents,…
A mobilisation of some 2.3 million people who took to the streets to protest against French pension reforms marked a historic Labour Day for French unions, according to a press release from CGT. Labour Day, which also marked the 13th…