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Future of Europe: Citizens discuss foreign policy and migration big-plus
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Opinion Future of Europe: Citizens discuss foreign policy and migration

Thursday, 28 October 2021 09:11

This was the last of four European citizens’ panel that will provide input from ordinary Europeans to the conclusions of the Conference on the Future of Europe. The focus was on the ...

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Commission approves €31.9 billion Italian scheme to support companies affected by the coronavirus outbreak big-plus
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Opinion Commission approves €31.9 billion Italian scheme to support companies affected by the coronavirus outbreak

Thursday, 28 October 2021 09:11

Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: “Many companies in Italy have seen their revenues significantly decline because of the coronaviru ...

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EU measures to guarantee safe and green energy big-plus
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Opinion EU measures to guarantee safe and green energy

Thursday, 28 October 2021 09:11

Energy is the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU, accounting for more than three quarters. It covers electricity production, heating and transport — all essential ...

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Sassoli hospitalized with pneumonia - ‘his condition is good’ big-plus
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Opinion Sassoli hospitalized with pneumonia - ‘his condition is good’

Thursday, 28 October 2021 09:11

Statement on behalf of the European Parliament President: “The President of the European Parliament David Sassoli was taken to the Hôpital Civil in Strasbourg on Wednesday 15 ...

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Week ahead: South Pacific to New York, New York big-plus
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Opinion Week ahead: South Pacific to New York, New York

Thursday, 28 October 2021 09:11

Next week promises to be a more sedate affair with parliamentarians heading off on delegation work, or to their constituencies, and the HRVP, European Commission and Council preside ...

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Commission asks European court to fine Poland over failure to protect judicial independence big-plus
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Opinion Commission asks European court to fine Poland over failure to protect judicial independence

Thursday, 28 October 2021 09:11

“I have always said that the Commission will not hesitate to take all the necessary measures to ensure the full application of EU law,” said Justice Commissioner, Didi ...

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Protesters block roads to stop enthronement of Montenegro’s top cleric big-plus
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Opinion Protesters block roads to stop enthronement of Montenegro’s top cleric

Thursday, 28 October 2021 09:11

The protests reflect tensions in the Balkan country, which remains deeply divided over its ties with Serbia, with some advocating closer ties with Belgrade ...

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Greece says border forces on alert to avoid repeat of 2015 migrant crisis big-plus
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Opinion Greece says border forces on alert to avoid repeat of 2015 migrant crisis

Thursday, 28 October 2021 09:11

Abandoned speedboats, used by refugees and migrants since 2015 to cross part of the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece, are seen at a garbage dump site near the town of Mithymna (also ...

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Coronavirus: 13 European countries provide urgent assistance to Tunisia big-plus
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Opinion Coronavirus: 13 European countries provide urgent assistance to Tunisia

Thursday, 28 October 2021 09:11

Several member states reacted to Tunisia’s request, including Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Latvia, Czechia, Croatia and Romania. Cl ...

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German government rejects accusations of flood preparedness failures big-plus
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Opinion German government rejects accusations of flood preparedness failures

Thursday, 28 October 2021 09:11

Flooding has devastated parts of Western Europe since last Wednesday (14 July), with the German states of Rhineland Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia, as well as parts of Belgiu ...

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EU lists rule of law concerns for Hungary, Poland, pivotal in releasing COVID funds big-plus
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Opinion EU lists rule of law concerns for Hungary, Poland, pivotal in releasing COVID funds

Thursday, 28 October 2021 09:11

The European Union’s executive arm also gave Poland until Aug. 16 to comply with a ruling by the top EU court last week, ignored by Warsaw, that Poland’s system for disciplining jud ...

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France calls Turkish-Cypriot move on ghost town a ‘provocation’ big-plus
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Opinion France calls Turkish-Cypriot move on ghost town a ‘provocation’

Thursday, 28 October 2021 09:11

French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks during a news conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris, Fr ...

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