Category: EU Reporter

The US administration under president Joe Biden on Monday pledged some $1bn in additional weapons for Ukraine, its largest direct shipment to date. The new US aide includes High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, 75,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition, mortar systems, 1,000 Javelin and hundreds of AT4 anti-armor systems, as well as other equipment. In […]

Denmark, Norway, and Sweden are to deepen military cooperation to counter Russia’s vaulting aggression in the Baltic Sea region, their defence ministers said at a meeting in Malmö, Sweden, Monday. “The Sund Strait region, which is the entrance to the Baltic Sea, is strategically important for Sweden, Denmark, and Norway in case of a crisis […]

Loss of trade with China would cost Germany six times more than Brexit, according to a study by Germany’s Ifo institute. Germany’s automotive sector would lose 8.47 percent of its value and its mechanical engineering segment would lose 4.34 percent. The warning comes amid a potential confrontation with Beijing over Taiwan, with the EU having […]

Surging energy costs do not mean Germany is having second thoughts about Russia sanctions, chancellor Olaf Scholz’ spokesman said Monday. “We face difficult months ahead, but it is clear that we stand firmly on the side of Ukraine and we stand behind the sanctions that we agreed together,” he said Monday, Reuters reports. There is […]

Portugal is causing distress for its British residents after failing to issue new ID cards giving them access to services in the wake of Brexit. “The seriousness [of not having the card] … cannot be underestimated, it has paralysed and damaged UK nationals … emotionally, physically and financially,” Tig James, co-president of the British in […]

The EU has postponed the entry into force of a new travel-document regime for foreign visitors until November 2023, Euronews reports. The European Travel Information and Authorisation System was supposed to start life in May, seeing visitors from EU visa-waiver countries, such as the UK and the US, fill out an online form and pay […]

Data released by the European Drought Observatory show 60 percent of Europe and the United Kingdom is currently in a state of drought, with farming, homes and industry being affected. Drought conditions have also led to an increase in wildfires.

Greece has become embroiled in a wiretapping scandal that led to the resignation of its intelligence chief as well as the Greek prime minister’s top aide.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Monday for international inspectors to be given access to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after Ukraine and Russia traded accusations over the shelling of Europe’s largest atomic plant over the weekend.

Italy has lurched closer to electing a far-right government in September after a centre-left coalition broke down on Sunday.