Strasbourg 16.07.2024 On Tuesday, MEPs re-elected Roberta Metsola (EPP, MT) as President of the European Parliament until 2027, with 562 votes in the first round. Roberta Metsola won the election in the first round of voting, where she received an absolute majority of 562 votes cast out of 699 by secret paper ballot, among two…
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EU: Erasmus+ Programme Ukraine inclusion
Brussels 16.07.2024 Fourteen projects involving 65 organisations from Ukraine have been recommended for funding under the European Union Erasmus+ Programme for Capacity Building in the Field of Higher Education Action (CBHE). This year, the 151 projects proposed for funding include the participation as partners or coordinators of over 1,500 higher education stakeholders from almost 120…
EP: Orban unites Europe’s Patriots
Brussels 08.07.2024 Marine Le Pen’s conservative National Rally (RN) joins a growing new alliance in the European Parliament led by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Hungary’s government spokesperson said on Monday, July 8. The new group enlists 84 MEPs from 12 EU states, and the door remains open. (Image below: announcement of a new group…
EU strongly condemns North Korea missile launch
Brussels 02.07.2024 “The European Union strongly condemns the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) launch of ballistic missiles on 1 July, which constitutes another violation of UN Security Council resolutions” reads the statement by the spokesperson on the recent launch of ballistic missiles. (Picture above: illustration, DPRK soldiers) “The EU reiterates its call on the…
EU top job nominations without surprises
Brussels 28.06.2024 The EU leaders have nominated incumbent European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen for a second five-year term. The Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas was promoted as the EU top diplomat, and former Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa was endorsed as the next president of EU Council. They represent centre right, socialists, and…
Zelensky admits heavy human losses
Brussels 27.06.2024 At the margins of the EU Summit Zelensky signed three security agreements days after the EU announced it was opening formal membership negotiations with Kyiv. Among them two bilateral with Estonia, and Lithuania, and one general with the EU “as whole”. “For the first time, this agreement will enshrine the commitment of all…
Charles Michel hosts crucial EU Summit
Brussels 27.06.2024 Invitation letter by President Charles Michel (pictured above): “I would like to invite you to the European Council meeting of 27 and 28 June. This will be a particularly significant meeting, as we face both a substantive agenda and critical decisions that will shape our path forward. “Among these decisions, three stand out…
EU considers cats and dogs welfare rules
Brussels 26.06.2024 Today, member states’ EU ambassadors – Coreper – agreed on the Council’s negotiating mandate on a proposal to improve the welfare of cats and dogs by setting minimum EU-wide rules for the first time ever. Today, the EU shows that also the welfare of animals can be at the forefront of their policy…
Borrell condemns Kremlin EU media ban
Brussels 26.06.2024 “The EU condemns the totally unfounded decision by the Russian authorities to block access to over eighty European media in Russia” reads the statement by the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell on Russia’s decision to block a number of European media in response to his decision to block a number of Russian sites….
EU: Ukraine on top of diplomatic agenda
Luxembourg 24.06.2024 The ongoing Foreign Affairs Council is going to reflect upon a waste agenda of the international issues. “On the table – first, as always – [is] Ukraine. After the Summit [for Peace in Ukraine] in Switzerland, where a diplomatic track has been opened. And the answer from Putin travelling to North Korea, travelling…
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