Category: Politico News

Public health groups warn that projects not considered innovative, such as smoking-cessation campaigns to prevent cancer and cardiovascular disease, would struggle to secure funds designated to boost industry competitiveness in the region. In response, the health committee is pushing to boost health funding and dedicate it solely to health projects. However, without the committee leading […]

The EU previously voiced concerns about anti-corruption efforts in Ukraine, and some Ukrainian lawmakers have objected to changes being demanded by Brussels. Kachka said these objections were a normal part of the democratic process, but that rule-of-law reforms were under way. Despite the optimism, the process will still be challenging. Capitals have already pushed back […]

The country’s participation in the tournament has been questioned amid the ongoing U.S. and Israeli war in the Middle East, but FIFA President Gianni Infantino stated firmly in mid-April that the Iranian team “has to come” to the competition.   Four-time world champions Italy lost a playoff match on penalties to Bosnia and Herzegovina last month; its most recent […]

Kushner, via his company Affinity Partners, is negotiating to purchase the formerly uninhabited, 5-square-kilometer island in the Adriatic for $1.4 billion in order to turn it into a luxury eco-resort with high-end villas, marinas and bunkers for wealthy visitors. The plans have prompted howls of protest from environmental groups, with 41 organizations writing to Rama […]

However, Robbins, who opted to grant clearance to Mandelson, publicly voiced concern over the level of disclosure that the government has offered about the vetting process when he gave evidence to parliament this week. “British national security does not benefit from that, so we have to ask whose does,” he told the Commons Foreign Affairs […]

The EU rules around nudification tech come after Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok was heavily criticized earlier this year for allowing users to generate images of real people in bikinis or fully nude without their consent. The chatbot may have generated as many as 3 million non-consensual sexual images and 20,000 child sexual abuse images […]

Rather than question the outcome of Hungary’s pivotal April 12 election, the politicians both accepted and downplayed Orbán’s defeat. “Democracy worked very well in Hungary,” Bardella said, waving away allegations by independent journalists of vote-buying during the election campaign. Instead of dwelling on the latest developments in Budapest, the pair took aim at Madrid and […]

The sanctions also include four banks from Kyrgyzstan, Laos and Azerbaijan, in a bid to crack down on sanction-busting strategies and efforts to pay for Russian oil and gas through the back door. EU businesses are also banned from dealing with Russian companies that handle or exchange cryptocurrencies. The list of sanctioned Russian banks now […]

In a reaction on X, Meloni said the opinion confirmed the “validity” of her government’s approach and hit out at “forced and unfounded legal interpretations,” which she said had led to “two lost years.” The Italian government cut a deal with Albania in 2023 to house migrant detention and deportation centers on its territory. The […]

The two countries lifted their vetoes after oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline, which was damaged by Russian strikes earlier this year, resumed on Thursday. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen celebrated the news on her way to Cyprus, where she is meeting with European leaders to discuss the energy crisis caused by the war […]