“Turkey’s decision and the occupation regime to open part of the closed city … is illegal and a clear violation of international law and a UN Security Council resolution,” said Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiadis about the situation around the “ghost town” in the northern part of divided Cyprus. In Varoša, an abandoned suburb of Famagusta, … Read more
October 07, 2020 19u10 Source: Belga Photo News Archive image. President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. (04/02/2020) – Economy The European Commission will start issuing social bonds in the second half of October to finance the temporary unemployment schemes used by Member States in the outbreak of the corona pandemic. The Commission … Read more
Year-on-year growth in house and apartment prices in the Czech Republic slowed to 7.7 percent in the second quarter, while prices rose by 8.6 percent a quarter earlier. Growth was the sixth highest among EU countries. While in previous recessions in the Czech Republic apartments have become cheaper, prices have not yet fallen. According to … Read more
Exclusively for subscribers Wannes Nimmegeers One of the first test patients for the corona vaccine at UZ Gent. – UZ Gent is taking an important step in the development of a corona vaccine. The hospital is starting a large-scale ‘phase 3’ study into the effectiveness of three candidate vaccines. A total of 2,000 test subjects … Read more
The amendment adopted in April 2017 is perceived as part of the campaign of the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán against the activities of the American billionaire of Hungarian origin George Soros. The Central European University (CEU), supported by him, was the only school that did not meet the requirements set by the amendment to … Read more
Pašinjan: Turks go “on the path of genocide” again In an interview with Le Figaro, Armenian Prime Minister Pashinjan accused Turkey of supporting the Azerbaijani army in the battle for Nagorno-Karabakh with fighters, drones and other military equipment. According to him, it also sent military advisers and “mercenaries and terrorists” from northern Syria into battle. … Read more
The infringement procedure initiated on Thursday by the European Commission, if the United Kingdom does not back down, should reach the Court of Justice of the European Union (EU), which could impose large fines on London. It is a scenario that many consider distant, but also in 2015 few would believe that the United Kingdom … Read more
Turkey and Greece have agreed on ways to prevent incidents between military vessels and aircraft due to disputes over oil exploration in the Mediterranean. This was announced by NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg. Part of the agreement is the establishment of a direct line, which should ease tensions and ensure that accidental clashes at sea do … Read more
The European Union should also include the authoritarian ruler Alexander Lukashenko on the Belarusian sanctions list. This was stated by the Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš before the start of Thursday’s EU summit. According to him, the presidents and prime ministers of the EU countries should not associate the reaction to the development in Belarus … Read more
The European Union executive has unsuccessfully asked the British government to delete passages violating a legally binding agreement from the draft controversial Internal Market Act by the end of September. However, the British House of Commons approved the proposal in its original form on Tuesday, which, according to von der Leyen, fundamentally undermined mutual trust. … Read more