Category: EU Reporter

Greek firefighters battled wildfires on the island of Lesbos for a second day on Sunday, as well as new fires in the western Peloponnese and in northern Greece, evacuating nearby settlements as a heatwave set in, Reuters reported. Temperatures hit 40 degrees Celsius in parts of Greece on Sunday as a heatwave that has hit […]

Thousands of Hungarians joined the annual Budapest Pride march on Saturday, the hottest day in the country this year with 40 degrees Celsius, vowing to keep up their fight against prime minister Viktor Orbán’s policies on LGBTI rights, Reuters reported. Earlier this month the EU Commission triggered legal action over a law targeting LGBTI people. […]

British foreign minister Liz Truss and former finance minister Rishi Sunak will clash in a crucial TV debate on Monday as the two aim to convince 160,000 Conservative party members that they can lead the party and the UK, after disgraced Boris Johnson leaves office in September. Over the weekend, Truss and Sunak tried to […]

One of the first opportunities for the EU Commission to ‘walk its talk’ is to support the proposal for a broad restriction of harmful chemicals in single-use diapers that millions of children wear everyday across the continent.

World leaders have condemned a Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s Odessa seaport, after a landmark deal to resume grain exports was reached.

Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the UN are expected to sign a deal on Friday at 13.30 GMT to unblock Black Sea grain exports, the office of Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said on Thursday night, according to The Guardian. Russia has had a grip on over 20 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain stuck at ports […]

Italy is set to hold national elections on 25 September, after president Sergio Mattarella dissolved parliament on Thursday following Mario Draghi’s resignation as prime minister, Bloomberg reported. A group of conservative parties, led by the far-right Brothers of Italy, leads recent polls. “Th[is] period … does not allow for any pause in the [government] action which is needed […]

Germany will require gas storage facilities to be at 95-percent of their capacity by 1 November, raising its previous 90-precent target, the country’s economy and climate minister Robert Habeck said on Thursday, according to Bloomberg. The announcement comes amid fears over gas supplies disruptions leading to shortages this winter. Habeck said storages should be 75-percent full by September and […]

The EU on Thursday added 10 Syrian men to its visa-ban and asset-freeze list, for recruiting mercenaries to fight alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, Reuters reported. The announcement comes as the EU officially unveiled new sanctions against Moscow, hitting Russia’s largest lender Sberbank. “The Syrian regime provides support, including military support, for Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression […]

Greece said on Thursday it opposes an EU plan requiring member states to reduce gas use by 15 percent, Reuters reported. “Greece is prepared, it has the necessary infrastructure which can secure supplies even at the most adverse scenario of natural gas being cut off,” energy minister Kostas Skrekas said. Under its contingency plan, rotating […]