The text, adopted in plenary with 387 votes in favour, 191 against and 46 abstentions on Wednesday, examines the Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law Report taking stock of developments across member states and in the Union’s institutions. Parliament stresses that 93% of Commission recommendations are repeated from prior years. Judicial independence, anti-corruption frameworks, media freedom, […]
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday, plenary signed off the budgetary management by the European Commission, responsible for the majority of EU expenditure, with 389 votes to 255, with three abstentions. In a series of separate votes, Parliament also granted discharge to all EU bodies except the Council, because of its unwillingness to cooperate with MEPs. Call for rule […]
Continue ReadingAnd while the government lifted the ban on defense exports last September, these exports were still severely limited by a reluctant government, with Zelenskyy even lashing out at some defense producers that struck deals with foreign countries. “I know about some 10 factories, built in different parts of the world behind the state’s back,” Zelenskyy […]
Continue ReadingThe lawsuits, filed in California, accuse OpenAI and Sam Altman of negligence and abetting a mass shooting by failing to flag the suspect’s ChatGPT activity.
Continue ReadingMEPs endorsed a Commission proposal to mobilise €2 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) to support 507 workers who lost their jobs following the bankruptcy of Liberty Steel Belgium, a manufacturer of basic metals, in April 2025. The report passed with 586 votes in favour, 48 against, and 16 abstentions. […]
Continue ReadingIn its statement late on Tuesday, the Russian defence ministry said this year’s parade would include representatives of all branches of Russia’s armed forces and a colourful fly-past. However, it made clear that “cadets from Suvorov military schools, Nakhimov [naval] schools, and cadet corps, as well as a column of military equipment will not participate […]
Continue ReadingJuraj Cintula, accused of a terrorist attack on Robert Fico, arrives at the Supreme Court in Bratislava.Image: keystone April 29, 2026, 2:55 p.mApril 29, 2026, 2:55 p.m The man who critically injured Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico with five shots in May 2024 has to go to prison for 21 years. Almost two years after […]
Continue ReadingThe Irish government has announced further fuel supports for a number of sectors after nationwide protests in recent weeks.
Continue ReadingAfter Parliament kickstarted the revision in November 2025, the Council agreed to amend the European electoral law in March 2026, adding provisions on transparency, accountability, traceability and vote integrity, as well as the need to define detailed modalities in Parliament’s Rules of Procedure. The reform, adopted in plenary today by 616 votes for and 24 […]
Continue ReadingA man has been arrested in Berlin on suspicion of spying for Russia, German prosecutors said on Wednesday, the latest alleged Moscow-linked espionage plot uncovered in the country. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Prosecutors said the suspect gave his Russian intelligence handler information about German military aid for Ukraine and photos of NATO military convoys moving along motorways […]
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