Category: EU Reporter

The US has urged Russia to stop deporting people from Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, citing reports that indicated Moscow was putting children up for adoption, Reuters reported Wednesday. “Estimates … indicate Russian authorities have  interrogated,  detained  and  forcibly deported between 900,000 and 1.6 million Ukrainian citizens, including 260,000 children, from their homes to Russia — often […]

Turkish defence minister Hulusi Akar said on Wednesday that Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN have reached an agreement to form a coordination centre to resume the transit of Ukraine grain exports through the Black Sea, Reuters reported. Akar said in a statement that an agreement would be signed next week when all parties meet again. The […]

Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Wednesday the territorial integrity of his country is not negotiable under any peace deal and no peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv are underway, Reuters reported. “The objective of Ukraine in this war… is to liberate our territories, restore our territorial integrity, and full sovereignty in the east […]

The European Commission on Wednesday released new guidance on the transit of goods from Russia to its Kaliningrad exclave. It said that sanctioned products, such as iron, steel, cement, wood, coal, crude oil and oil products, cannot transit from Russia to Kaliningrad by road, but it adds that “no such similar prohibition exists for rail transport, without prejudice to member states’ obligation to perform […]

Brussels wants member states to turn down the heating and air-conditioning to stave off an energy crisis in the winter. EU countries should give households and companies financial incentives to reduce demand, according to a draft “gas-demand reduction plan” seen by the Financial Times. The commission said in the draft text that measures could cut […]

The EU’s own report acknowledged positive development in some member states — but particularly criticises Poland and Hungary, along with jibes at Slovenia, Malta, Greece, Ireland and Spain, among others.

Since Gergely Karacsony was elected Green mayor of Budapest in 2019, Viktor Orban’s government has actively worked not only to constrict the capital’s budget, and thereby impede its operations, but also to appropriate urban areas and monopolise large-scale development.

Abortion remains criminalised in Malta and Andorra. In Poland, the ultraconservative government is doing everything to ensure that abortion is basically impossible. In Italy, Slovakia, and Croatia, despite abortion being legal, ultraconservative parties have committed themselves to scale-back access.

The EU is preparing to sign a gas-import deal with Azerbaijan to reduce dependence on Russia following cut-offs to Europe.

“No substantial information was received from Israel” on why six Palestinian NGOs should be banned over alleged terrorist links, the foreign ministries of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden said Tuesday in a joint statement. They pledged to continue funding them. The EU Commission recently also overturned a funding ban […]