Category: EU Reporter

Putin’s energy war put European solidarity to the test at Friday’s meeting of EU leaders in Prague, as some countries have been better able to shield households and businesses from energy inflation than others.

EU leaders are expected to come back to the issue of gas price caps at their usual summit in Brussels on 20 and 21 October — when an agreement could be reached by the 27 heads of state and government.

US president Joe Biden on signed Friday an executive order to protect personal data transfers between the EU and the US — in response to the European court’s concerns regarding surveillance. In 2020, the European Court of Justice ruled that the so-called Privacy Shield was invalid because it failed to protect Europeans’ personal data. Its predecessor, […]

Frontex says it will not comment on the content of investigation carried out by the EU’s anti-fraud office Olaf — but acknowledges that its new leadership has read the report. And it denies any wrongdoing of its operations in Greece.

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded on Friday to jailed human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, human rights organisation Memorial, which aimed to preserve the memory of the victims of Communist regime in Russia and the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine, documenting war crimes committed by Russian in Ukraine. Belarusian security […]

Italy’s outgoing government adopted a new plan for LGBTI rights before handing over the rule to a right-wing government which had promised to be socially conservative. The LGBTI strategy aims to fight discrimination at schools, hospitals, prisons, sports clubs and the workplace. It recommends LGBTI awareness courses for teachers, doctors, police officers and prison guards. […]

A UN human rights body passed a motion on Friday to appoint an independent expert on alleged human rights abuses in Russia. It is the first time that the Human Rights Council has set up a special rapporteur to examine a security council member. Almost 50 countries brought the motion including the US and all […]

Speaking at arrival in Prague, Estonian premier Kaja Kallas said countries should be “very cautious” admitting Russian draft dodgers. Although the 1951 UN Refugee Convention is supposed also to cover draft evaders, Kallas warned it could fuel Russian “imperialism.” “If the minority grows large enough Russia could us it as an excuse to “liberate” them,” […]

Sputnik and Russia Today can be accessed from any computer via a virtual private network. The problem is that the European Court of Justice is deciding what we — as European citizens — should have access to.

While Europe is weaning itself off Russian fossil fuels, its nuclear sector is still heavily dependent on Russia, importing over €200m of uranium annually. But when the EU adopts a new sanctions on Friday, nuclear energy will again be absent.