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Bulgaria on the brink of an unprecedented constitutional crisis

Tue, 20/08/2024 - 06:35
The political crisis raging in Bulgaria for over three years is about to turn into a constitutional deadlock after President Rumen Radev refused on Monday to appoint a new caretaker government to hold early parliamentary elections.
Categories: European Union

Slovak ice hockey team reinstates players from Russian KHL, sparking controversy

Tue, 20/08/2024 - 06:27
Slovakia's Ice Hockey Federation SZLH has announced its squad for the Olympic qualifiers, confirming the return of players from the Russian KHL after a two-year hiatus caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Categories: European Union

Alleged left-wing plot to investigate Meloni’s sister sparks political feud in Italy

Tue, 20/08/2024 - 06:23
Fresh allegations of a left-wing plot to persuade magistrates to investigate Arianna Meloni, sister of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, have sparked outrage and led to a heated exchange with former prime minister and Italia Viva leader Matteo Renzi.
Categories: European Union

Morawiecki eager to replace Meloni as head of EU Conservative party

Tue, 20/08/2024 - 06:23
Poland’s former prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, is vying for the leadership of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group, a role currently held by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Polish media reports.
Categories: European Union

Blinken says Israel accepts Gaza proposal, urges Hamas to do same

Tue, 20/08/2024 - 06:20
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday (19 August) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had accepted a US proposal to tackle disagreements blocking a ceasefire deal in Gaza, and urged Hamas to do the same.
Categories: European Union

Lithuania begins construction of base for German troops near Russian border

Tue, 20/08/2024 - 06:07
Lithuania on Monday (19 August) began construction of a military base, which will accommodate up to 4,000 combat-ready German troops once completed by the end of 2027, in the first permanent foreign deployment for the German military since World War Two.
Categories: European Union

Why the European Union became the drug market’s next big target

Tue, 20/08/2024 - 06:00
The European Union is increasingly in the crosshairs of international drug lords, new data from the EU's drugs agency (EMCDDA) shows. Host Giada Santana explores the issue with Euractiv's health editor Catherine Feore and EMCDDA director Alexis Goosdell.
Categories: European Union

Grand merci to French cinema

Mon, 19/08/2024 - 17:07
Alain Delon, whose death was announced on Sunday, was a film star whose impact was far beyond his country of France, including in Eastern Europe during the communist era, where he was an icon of Western and European culture writes Georgi Gotev
Categories: European Union

EU’s Borrell warns of a ‘serious crisis’ if Venezuela’s Maduro can’t prove he won the election

Mon, 19/08/2024 - 14:35
Venezuela could soon enter a ‘serious crisis’ if the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, insists on claiming that he won the 28 July national elections, without being able to prove it, by publishing all electoral rolls, EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell...
Categories: European Union

Germany won’t provide Ukraine with fresh money

Mon, 19/08/2024 - 07:21
In today's edition of Capitals, find out more about the surge in irregular migration in Spain this August, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni interrupting her holiday to discuss the country's future Commissioner with Salvini, and much more.
Categories: European Union

Germany’s crisis-hit far-left party seeks new leadership

Mon, 19/08/2024 - 07:14
Germany's far-left Linke party said Sunday (18 August) it would replace its leadership duo later this year as it battles to overcome an "existential" crisis following a series of setbacks.
Categories: European Union

Russia denies report about talks with Ukraine, launches new strikes

Mon, 19/08/2024 - 07:02
Russia on Sunday (18 August) denied a report that Ukraine's attack on the Kursk region had derailed indirect talks with Kyiv on halting strikes on energy and power targets, and launched another series of air attacks, including on Kyiv.
Categories: European Union

Bulgarian president OKs new anti-LGBTI law, defying Council of Europe call

Mon, 19/08/2024 - 06:51
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev did not veto the new anti-LGBTI law banning any kind of educational programmes on 'non-traditional sexual orientation' in Bulgarian schools, ignoring calls from the Council of Europe and civil society activists to veto it.
Categories: European Union

Tender for EU space agency HQ in Prague faces setbacks

Mon, 19/08/2024 - 06:48
The City of Prague has cancelled plans to award a contract to PORR for the construction of the Nová Palmovka building, which is to become the new headquarters of the EU's space agency.
Categories: European Union

Lukashenko misquotes Polish minister, says Polish mercenaries helped in Kursk offensive

Mon, 19/08/2024 - 06:47
Polish mercenaries fought arm-in-arm with Ukrainian forces in the Kursk offensive, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told Russian state television, misquoting Polish Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak.
Categories: European Union

The death toll for humanitarian workers is increasing, EU needs to act

Mon, 19/08/2024 - 06:45
On World Humanitarian Day, the EU and its member states should consider addressing the double standards that put humanitarian workers at increased risk, writes Jean-Yves Terlinden.
Categories: European Union

Irregular migrants enter Spain in record numbers, regions want urgent help

Mon, 19/08/2024 - 06:39
Irregular migrant arrivals from Africa reached record levels in Spain in the first two weeks of August with increases of 126% in the Canary Islands and 143% in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, leaving regions crying out for help.
Categories: European Union

Philippines, China trade blame after vessels collide in the South China Sea

Mon, 19/08/2024 - 06:37
The Philippines and China accused each other on Monday (19 August) of ramming vessels and performing dangerous manoeuvres in the South China Sea.
Categories: European Union

Expert: EU, Greece should change mentality to face future wildfires

Mon, 19/08/2024 - 06:36
By only focusing on firefighting without a prevention-focused holistic approach, it will be hard for the EU countries to face future wildfires, an expert from Greece, where thousands of hectares of forest were again burned in a couple of days, told Euractiv.
Categories: European Union

Italy’s Meloni interrupts holiday for key meeting on Commissioner hopeful

Mon, 19/08/2024 - 06:34
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni briefly interrupted her summer holiday to meet Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini at the Masseria in Puglia to discuss the Italian candidate for EU commissioner,
Categories: European Union

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