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“EPPO” to Tamp Down on Europe-wide Corruption

As head of the new Luxembourg-based European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), Laura Codruta Kovesi is poised to lead a Europe-wide…

3 years ago

Khodorkovsky to MEPs About pro-Kremlin’s Influence in the EU

Exiled businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky at a public hearing of the European Parliment told to MEPs: Russia has recruited allies in…

3 years ago

Czech PM Requests More Solidarity

So far, the Baltic States, Romania, and Slovakia have all expelled Russian diplomats to show their solidarity with the Czech…

3 years ago

State Secretary Sees Huge Changes for Hungary’s Energy Sector

Reading Time: < 1 minute In Hungary's efforts to develop its National Clean Development Strategy, which would set frameworks for…

3 years ago

Western Balkans: EU Aware of Region’s Disillusionment with Enlargement

Reading Time: < 1 minute EU position paper on the Western Balkans region acknowledges: the people in the region are…

3 years ago

Poverty, Basic Rights on Agenda of Porto Summit

Welfare and unemployment are on the agenda in Porto, Portugal, where this weekend EU leaders are getting together for the…

3 years ago

11 EU Countries Call to Cut Cross-border Fossil-fuel Project Subsidies

Reading Time: < 1 minute EU energy policy has to put its actions where its mouth is when defining its…

3 years ago

Approval of Massive EU-China Investment Deal Unlikely

EU sanctions being in place against China, and vice versa, have doused the approval prospects for a massive investment deal…

3 years ago

EU Carbon Price Surpasses EUR 50 per Ton

Reading Time: < 1 minute [12:19] Folk György A long-awaited benchmark has been reached bringing hope for rapidly accelerating actions…

3 years ago

Construction of Paks 2 May be Further Delayed

Russian news agency Ria Novosti has reported that Hungary will start repaying a loan to Russia of EUR 9 billion…

3 years ago