Category: EU Reporter

Lithuania on Wednesday increased alert levels of its army “to prevent any provocations from Russia,” the country’s defence minister Arvydas Anusauskas wrote on Facebook, after Moscow announced on the same day a partial military mobilisation for the war in Ukraine. “As Russia’s military mobilisation will also be carried out in the Kaliningrad region, our neighbourhood, […]

Finland said on Wednesday that it is monitoring the situation in neighbouring Russia, after president Vladimir Putin ordered the country’s first military mobilisation since World War Two, Reuters reported. “Regarding Finland’s surroundings, I can say that the military situation is stable and calm,” said Finnish defence minister Antti Kaikkonen, pointing out that “defence forces are […]

One-way flights out of Russia were selling out fast on Wednesday after president Vladimir Putin ordered the immediate mobilisation of 300,000 reservists, Reuters reported. Putin’s announcement raised fears that some men of fighting age would not be allowed to leave Russia. Direct flights from Moscow to Turkey’s Istanbul and Armenia’s Yerevan, which both allow Russians […]

From 2050 onwards, the EU should remove more greenhouse gases than it emits — a great challenge. Are the member states ready for this challenge? The answer is no.

Germany has confirmed the nationalisation of Uniper, the country’s largest gas-importer — in a bid to secure operations and prevent supply shortages following Russian supply cuts.

Morocco refused to grant a group of Left MEPs access to the Nador crossing point from the Spanish-enclave of Melilla on Tuesday (20 September). The MEPs had wanted to gain access as part of an investigation into the death of over 23 asylum seekers after some 2,000 attempted to scale the wall into the Melilla […]

Russia’s president Vladimir Putin threat of nuclear war is another sign of his desperation in Ukraine, says the European Commission.

Russia’s president and foreign minister should personally face justice for “aggression” against Ukraine, the Czech Republic’s foreign minister has said.

Germany’s foreign minister Annalena Baerbock on Tuesday called on Iran’s leadership to listen to the women protesting in the streets over the death of a woman in police custody, Reuters reported. Mahsa Amini, 22, fell into a coma and died while waiting with other women held by Iranian morality police, who enforce strict rules requiring […]

The EU strongly condemns Russia’s plans to hold referenda in parts of Ukraine and will not recognise the results of the votes, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement on Tuesday. “Russia, its political leadership, and all those involved in these ‘referenda’ and other violations of international law in Ukraine will be […]