Category: EU Reporter

A group of MEPs whose phones were hacked or had been wiretapped by apparent state services are still seeking answers.

A crime scene investigation of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 leaks has “strengthened suspicions of gross sabotage,” the Swedish security police said on Thursday (6 October). “We can confirm that there have been detonations…which have caused extensive damage to the gas pipelines,” they said in a statement. The investigation continues.

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán met in Prague on Thursday with eurosceptic former Czech president Václav Klaus, and condemned EU sanctions towards Russia ahead of a meeting of 44 European countries. Orbán said sanctions must be “reconsidered” because they did’t meet expectations. “The war is not over, the prices in Europe have gone down, but […]

The European Parliament called on Thursday for an impartial investigation into the “tragic killing” of 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini.  Amini died in mid-September following physical abuse in police custody, after being arrested for ignoring Iran’s veiling laws. MEPs urged the EU to impose sanctions on Iranian officials involved in her death and those using […]

The fossil-fuel industry is using the carbon removal agenda to get yet more support for failed carbon capture, which is a key component of the pie-in-the-sky carbon removal technologies being promoted by the EU Commission.

World leaders will meet in exactly four weeks to discuss some of the most pressing issues of climate change — amid escalating geopolitical tensions, and widespread mistrust in the developing world as green finance promises remain unfulfilled.

An US intelligence review says Russia gave at least $300m [€305m] to political parties, officials and politicians in more than two dozen countries since 2014. The EU wants to see who pocketed the funds in Europe.

A Swedish MEP cut off her hair during a speech in the European Parliament in solidarity with anti-government demonstrations in Iran, triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini by the morality police. “Until Iran is free, our fury will be bigger than the oppressors. Until the women of Iran are free we are going […]

Thousands of teachers, students and parents protested across Hungary on Wednesday, in solidarity with teachers dismissed for protesting for higher wages. Teachers called for civil disobedience to demand higher wages, amid a deep shortage of teachers. The protests were deemed necessary after prime minister Viktor Orbán’s government restricted strike action. Last week several teachers were […]

The Kremlin believes — and not without reason — that even if it cannot break Ukraine, it can try and break the West.