Category: EU Reporter

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei full-throatedly endorsed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine when Russian president Vladimir Putin visited Tehran on a rare foreign trip on Tuesday. The West was against a “strong and independent” Russia, Khamenei said. “Had you not taken the initiative, the other side would have taken the initiative and caused the war,” he […]

Human rights groups have criticised the EU for signing a gas-supply memo with Azerbaijan despite its track record of abuses. “The EU should not say a country is ‘reliable’ when it is … crushing political dissent,” Human Rights watch told The Guardian. “Repressive and unaccountable regimes are rarely reliable partners,” Amnesty International added. The EU […]

Business lobbies are voicing cautious support for a proposed EU ban on products made by forced labour, Reuters reported Wednesday. “Companies are increasing their efforts to address issues in their supply chains,” the Brussels-based BusinessEurope said. “With more and more countries introducing forced labour/modern slavery related laws with different requirements, it risks becoming an increasingly […]

Many Germans saw the country as a benign power that will always favours diplomacy and peace-making over the use of force. Not any more.

Hungary aims to reach a deal with the EU Commission to unblock EU funds by the end of August, Reuters reported. The commission has been withholding its approval for EU’s recovery fund over rule-of-law concerns, and delayed unlocking cash to be spent under the EU budget. “Hungary’s objective is to close all outstanding issues in […]

The United Nations Environment Programme has already warned that Ukraine will be left with a toxic environmental legacy for generations to come.

EU countries agreed to open accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania after a green light by the EU ambassadors’ meeting on Monday. “This is truly a historic moment,” Czech ambassador Edita Hrda said, whose country heads the EU’s rotating presidency. On Tuesday, EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Czech PM Petr Fiala […]

EU foreign ministers agreed Monday another €500m of EU funding to supply arms to Ukraine, taking the bloc’s security support to a total of €2.5bn since Russia invaded Ukraine. The money is designed to help EU countries to jointly buy equipment and supplies. EU rules prevent countries to use the bloc’s seven-year budget for military […]

Pro-Kremlin biker gang the Night Wolves will no longer be able to ride around Europe under new Russia sanctions, which also strike at Sberbank and the mayor of Moscow.

Europe is experiencing an extreme heatwave throughout the continent. More than 1,000 people have died because of record-breaking temperatures and devastating wildfires.