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Published on 25/06/2025 – 20:55 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTLast week, the European Commission announced plans to remove one of the key proposals from the European Green Deal.The directive aims to combat greenwashing by regulating the use of terms such as “eco-responsible” or “natural” by an independent body.”The proposal on green claims aims to…
By Meabh McMahon & Jeremy Fleming-Jones Published on 25/06/2025 – 15:05 GMT+2•Updated 26/06/2025 – 9:28 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTUkraine is confident that it will eventually be able to overcome Hungarian resistance to its path to EU accession, the head of the country’s Mission to the EU told Euronews’ morning show Europe Today on Thursday.Vselovod…
Published on 26/06/2025 – 5:47 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTUkraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE), Alain Berset, have signed an agreement on the establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine in Strasbourg on Wednesday.The special tribunal aims to target senior Russian…
Published on 26/06/2025 – 3:05 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTTransport services were severely disrupted in Belgium as general strikes took place nationwide over the proposed federal reforms and cuts to pensions.Departure flights in Brussels Airport, also known as Zaventem, were cancelled as security and airport personnel participated in the strikes. The country’s main airport…
Published on 26/06/2025 – 0:55 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTThe head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog visited the Elysee Palace in the French capital, Paris, on Wednesday to meet with President Emmanuel Macron.The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, and Macron did not address media inside the meeting…
ADVERTISEMENTUrsula von der Leyen has called on Hungary to lift the ban on the Budapest Pride and allow the march, scheduled to take place this weekend, to “go ahead without fear of any criminal or administrative sanctions against the organisers or participants”.The appeal represents her most direct intervention in the…
ADVERTISEMENTAs Bulgaria approaches its goal of joining the eurozone at the beginning of next year, it still faces the challenge of winning the hearts and minds of its public, according to Eva Maydell, the Bulgarian EPP rapporteur for the report recommending the adoption of the single currency by the eastern…
By Hans von der Brelie Published on 12/06/2025 – 16:13 GMT+2•Updated 25/06/2025 – 15:01 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTAfter years of delays, construction on the 870-kilometre railway line through Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia is now gathering momentum. The Rail Baltica project is building one of the most modern high-speed lines in Europe. With the Russian…
Published on 25/06/2025 – 10:56 GMT+2•Updated 12:00ADVERTISEMENTThe European Parliament’s legal affairs (JURI) committee on Tuesday recommended that the institution takes the Commission to court for bypassing MEPs to set up a €150 billion loan programme to boost defence spending across the bloc.The motion was approved in a secret vote with…
Published on 25/06/2025 – 11:47 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTThe European Parliament’s Committee on Transport adopted its position on Tuesday, stating that air passengers should have the right to take two items of personal luggage with them at no extra cost. But to reach a compromise, MEPs had to agree on the size of…
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