On the occasion of the World Human Rights Day and the 72nd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, on 8 December EU Ambassador Ina Marčiulionytė co-chaired the panel discussion on “COVID-19 and the Human Rights Dimension”. The event was organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR, Department of Treaties … Read more
Budapest and Warsaw are blocking the approval of the budget and the associated fund with a total volume of over 1.8 trillion euros (approximately 48 trillion crowns) due to conditionality, which the leaders of the countries agreed at the July summit. Money from the budget for the period 2021 to 2027 and from the emergency … Read more
Bruno Manteigas, agency Lusa Today at 10:06– For tourism, study or work, for 45 years European and British citizens have been used to traveling without obstacles between the United Kingdom and the European Union, but as of January 1, Brexit becomes a reality. As of next month, Britons in the EU will be considered nationals … Read more
The automobile, mobility, transportation in general makes all society faces a profound change with the arrival of electrification, the autonomous car or the shared vehicle. All these changes are going to affect our habits, the way we move and therefore we they will change life. Beyond the changes that will affect our way of life, … Read more
Institution in a joint press release stated that in the unprecedented conditions of the covid pandemic and the related global economic downturn, the Czech Republic will most likely meet only one of the Maastricht convergence criteria this year, namely the criterion on interest rates. – The criteria of public finances and price stability will not … Read more
In the Brexit dispute, Great Britain and the European Union want to make one last attempt to reach a free trade agreement. “This is the final roll of the dice,” said a British government official on Saturday evening, “a fair deal must be made that works for both sides.” Prior to this, British Prime Minister … Read more
By Alistair Smout, Gabriela Baczynska – The chief negotiator for Brexit of the European Union. Michel Barnier, arrives at the Brussels-South railway station on his return from London, in Brussels, Belgium. December 5, 2020. REUTERS / Yves Herman LONDON / BRUSSELS, Dec 5 (Reuters) – UK and European Union negotiators will meet in Brussels on … Read more
GGreat Britain is on the final straight of Brexit – with or without a contract. That it came to this is also due to Nigel Farage, the most stubborn front man of the EU opponents on the island. Without him and his UKIP, later Brexit party, Brexit would probably not have happened. That was his … Read more
A few weeks before the end of the Brexit transition period, Gibraltar also fears the impending no-deal scenario: the economy in the British enclave in southern Spain is dependent on the 10 million visitors who normally stroll through the streets every year. In addition, the rocky peninsula is dependent on food imports from the mainland. … Read more
The European Union should consider taking tougher action against Turkey, says EU President Charles Michel. “The game of cat and mouse must stop,” he said in the run-up to the EU summit, which will include discussions about Turkey’s behavior. “We are ready to use whatever means we have” to call the Ankara government to order, … Read more