EUROPEAN POLITICS
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has promised Finnish counterpart Sanna Marin he will help convince Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who along with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are the only two states left to ratify Finland’s NATO membership request. Poland,…
Italy, which was hard hit by the first pandemic wave in 2020, is again seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases and the number of occupied intensive care unit beds in the middle of the winter flu season. According to the…
There is significant momentum to find a compromise on a new EU pact on migration and asylum, the president of the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) group in the European Parliament, Manfred Weber, told EURACTIV in an interview. The New…
The vast majority of Greek citizens do not believe that Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was not aware of illegal spyware surveillance of politicians, journalists and businessmen, a new poll has found. Particularly, according to Alco survey for the Alpha…
Following two days of torrential downpours, thousands of hectares of Albania are underwater with citizens being evacuated and the army being drafted in to help rescue entire families. The entire country has been impacted by heavy rains with many streets…
Over 45,000 families in North Macedonia are at risk of being left without heating after the government decided to cap pellet prices at €6.50, a price which wholesalers have refused to sell at. As winter sets in, the full force…
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Two Estonian citizens were arrested in Tallinn, Estonia, on an 18-count indictment for their alleged involvement in a $575 million cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering conspiracy, the US Justice Department said on Monday (21 November). Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin,…
Rishi Sunak’s government has been forced to deny reports that it is planning to overhaul UK-EU relations by agreeing to a trade partnership based on Switzerland’s agreement with the bloc. The Sunday Times reported that senior ministers have been working…
Former Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio could be the EU’s next special Gulf envoy, but most Italians believe he is not the right man for the job. Di Maio was named the best candidate for the EU’s Special Gulf…
Interest in the controversial tournament hosted by Qatar has reached a low in the football-fanatic nation, with King Willem-Alexander and Prime Minister Mark Rutte not planning to attend and just 14% of Dutch citizens excited about the tournament. Team Oranje…
Homeowners at risk of financial insolvency could have their mortgage conditions eased according to an agreement between the Spanish government and the country’s banking sector to be announced Tuesday. The executive could announce an agreement already on Monday and formally…