The trial of an EU employee from Sweden arrested on espionage charges has begun in Iran. The trial began on Saturday, as EU foreign affairs representative Josep Borrell announced on Sunday. The Spaniard did not provide any details. He merely emphasized that the Foreign Service employee, who has been imprisoned since 2022, is innocent from […]
EVs are to be exempt from Brexit tariffs in trade between the EU and the UK for a further three years. This would prevent more expensive prices for European EVs on sale. Manufacturers had feared a competitive disadvantage compared to international competitors. According to the EU Commission, aspects such as the Russian war of aggression […]
The countries of the European Union have only ordered 60,000 artillery shells as part of a joint EU program to supply Ukraine with one million rounds of ammunition, according to people familiar with the figures quoted by the Reuters news agency.The joint procurement program was the centerpiece of an EU initiative to improve the supply […]
The new Slovakian government under left-wing nationalist Prime Minister Robert Fico wants to abolish the country’s special public prosecutor’s office (USP). According to the TASR agency, the cabinet passed a corresponding bill in Bratislava on Wednesday. The special public prosecutor’s office deals with high-level corruption cases, among other things, and in the past also concluded […]
Just under six months before the European elections in June 2024, many Germans are critical of the work of the EU. In the representative “Europe Check-Up” survey, two out of three Germans state that they are not satisfied with the EU’s current policies. Only 17 percent are satisfied. The survey was commissioned for the first […]
According to EU representatives, a fundamental agreement on a reform of the European fiscal rules before the end of the year is increasingly unlikely. The differences are too big, several EU insiders told the news agency Reuters.The EU finance ministers are meeting in Brussels on Friday. Until then, Germany and France were supposed to explore […]
The Slovakian government has extended and expanded a ban on the import of certain agricultural products from Ukraine. The original import ban was limited until the end of the year and was restricted to wheat, maize, rapeseed, and sunflower seeds. The new regulation adopted on Wednesday applies indefinitely and to ten further products, including hops, […]