Category: EU Reporter

Sweden’s prime minister Magdalena Andersson resigned on Thursday, paving the way for a change of government. The speaker of the parliament is now expected to give the head of Sweden’s Moderate Party, Ulf Kristersson, a mandate to form a new government, following Sunday’s general election. His right-wing group includes the far-right Sweden Democrats. The result […]

The European Commission announced on Thursday it will restrict access to 87 vulnerable marine ecosystems in the north-east Atlantic coasts of France, Ireland, Portugal and Spain for deep-sea bottom fisheries. “The total closure area corresponds to 16,419 km2 reserved for the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems below 400 meters,” said environment commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius. Fishing below a depth of 800 […]

With evermore connected devices on the market, new EU rules aim to minimise cybersecurity risks from innocuous household appliances and industrial operating systems — amid concern over the increasing number of cyberattacks and their cost for companies.

Thousands of firefighters in the forested area near Bordeaux, France, are battling a wildfire, which has already forced 10.000 to flee.

The EU needs to be clear eyed about China’s new diplomatic charm offensive, as it’s more likely driven by short-term necessity than any fundamental policy re-assessment.

The Swedish government has agreed to extradite a Turkish citizen with Kurdish roots wanted for credit card fraud to Turkey, amid the backdrop of Turkey’s Nato threat.

Despite the war, the Ukrainian Premier League is preparing for a new football season. “We continue to compete and cheer. We continue to fight and win,” Ukraine’s sports minister said.

German chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised tax relief and other aid to German citizens struggling with high energy bills due to Russian gas, oil, and coal supply shortages. “Citizens can count on us not to abandon them,” he said at a press conference in Berlin Thursday. He vowed to tackle the energy crisis at the […]

Germany’s chancellor Olaf Scholz said the construction of a new pipeline from Portugal would help ween the bloc off Russian gas. “Such a pipeline would massively relieve the supply situation now,” Scholz told reporters in a news conference in Berlin. The pipeline would run through Spain, which imports gas from Algeria, through France and to […]

Ukraine is calling on US president Joe Biden’s administration to sanction all Russian private banks to help end president Vladimir Putin’s ability to wage war, according to Kyiv’s envoy to Washington. President Volodymyr Zelensky’s government wants the US to add a couple of banks per week to its list of sanctioned financial institutions, according to […]