Liberal Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan has officially won Romania’s presidential election. According to final results, Dan secured 54.17 percent of the vote in Sunday’s runoff election, defeating right-wing populist George Simion, who received 45.83 percent. Simion, however, refused to accept the outcome on election night, claiming the vote had been rigged and falsely declaring himself […]
Today’s EU-UK summit – the first since Brexit – is expected to result in the adoption of a security and defense agreement, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on future cooperation, and a joint declaration. These agreements aim to mark a fresh start in relations between the EU and the UK. Yet the difficulty of this […]
Ursula von der Leyen, António Costa and Keir Starmer want to set the tone today for a new beginning in relations between the EU and the UK. At the first EU-UK summit since Brexit, both sides want to adopt three documents in London: a security and defense agreement, a memorandum of understanding on future cooperation […]
Donald Trump has indicated, while traveling in the Middle East, that he will not be making a detour to Turkey today after all. According to agencies, the US President said on his way to Qatar that his schedule would not allow it. The withdrawal is likely due to the fact that Vladimir Putin is also […]
At the start of his trip to the Balkans in Belgrade, António Costa expressed his confidence that EU membership remains Serbia’s top priority: Aleksandar Vučić had assured him that Serbia was fully committed to the European Union and the accession process, the EU Council President said after the exchange. There is a positive dynamic in […]
At least the 17th sanctions package could be signed off this week. According to diplomats, there is a good chance that the EU ambassadors will agree to the new listings of individuals, companies and tankers in the Russian shadow fleet. However, the rather lightweight package of new punitive measures is unlikely to be enough to […]
Serbia’s student protest has reached its destination after 2000 kilometers. A delegation of two dozen students arrived in Brussels’ European Quarter on Monday evening. They want to finally make their voices heard in Brussels. It is an ultramarathon that has led from Novi Sad to the European capital. The starting point was not chosen at […]
Foreign ministers from the EU and members of the Council of Europe will announce the birth of the special tribunal in Lviv on Friday, which will hold Vladimir Putin and others responsible for the war of aggression against Ukraine to account. “We will give our final political blessing to the establishment of a special tribunal […]
The EU Commission is expected to present its proposal for the 17th sanctions package to the ambassadors of the member states this Wednesday. The new punitive measures are limited to additional listings and companies associated with Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine. Further oil tankers from Russia’s shadow fleet will also be subject to sanctions.The EU […]
EPP Group and party leader Manfred Weber has sharply criticized the Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSD): Their decision not to make a recommendation for Nicusor Dan before the second round of the presidential elections is unacceptable: “I expect a clear statement of support for the only pro-European candidate,” Weber is quoted as saying in a […]