Category: EU Reporter

An US intelligence review says Russia gave at least $300m [€305m] to political parties, officials and politicians in more than two dozen countries since 2014. The EU wants to see who pocketed the funds in Europe.

A Swedish MEP cut off her hair during a speech in the European Parliament in solidarity with anti-government demonstrations in Iran, triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini by the morality police. “Until Iran is free, our fury will be bigger than the oppressors. Until the women of Iran are free we are going […]

Thousands of teachers, students and parents protested across Hungary on Wednesday, in solidarity with teachers dismissed for protesting for higher wages. Teachers called for civil disobedience to demand higher wages, amid a deep shortage of teachers. The protests were deemed necessary after prime minister Viktor Orbán’s government restricted strike action. Last week several teachers were […]

The Kremlin believes — and not without reason — that even if it cannot break Ukraine, it can try and break the West.

Danes will vote in a general election on 1 November, social democrat prime minister Mette Frederiksen announced on Wednesday after her government lost majority in parliament over its decision to cull millions of mink during the Covid pandemic. Frederiksen has governed since 2019, supported by three left-leaning parties. Recent polls indicate a close race with […]

Slovenia’s parliament on Tuesday legalised same-sex marriage, becoming the first central European country to give gay couples the same rights as their heterosexual counterparts, AFP reported. The moves follows a Constitutional Court ruling from July that same-sex couples could legally marry and adopt children. The law passed with 48 votes in favour, 29 against and […]

The EU is giving Russia carte blanche to keep selling diamonds to Antwerp and the rest of Europe, despite grave escalation in Ukraine.

This ‘headscarf revolution’ is about women’s rights and human rights in general, plus police brutality. Moreover, it is a leaderless revolution that is not driven by a leader or a group, but erupted spontaneously.

The Schengen area is undoubtedly one of the EU’s greatest achievements. Unrestricted travel benefits millions of European citizens and businesses. But for Bulgaria and Romania, the EU has yet to make this borderless dream come true.

In the wake Germany’s giant €200bn energy plan EU Commissioners Paolo Gentiloni and Thierry Breton called for new pandemic-type loans to help less wealthy countries weather the energy crisis.