Strasbourg 05.07.2022 MEPs on Tuesday gave a favorable opinion to Croatia’s bid to become the newest member of the eurozone from the 1st January 2023. Text adopted – Adoption by Croatia of the euro on 1 January 2023 * – P9_TA(2022)0271 – Tuesday, 5 July 2022 – Strasbourg https://t.co/USDR0StWWL — EUwatch (@EUwatchers) July 5, 2022…
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MEPs demand full EU-US visa reciprocity
MEPs call on the European Commission to take the measures foreseen in EU legislation to guarantee full visa reciprocity between the EU and the US. “The discrimination that Bulgarians, Croatians, Cypriots and Romanians experience when travelling to the US is unacceptable. Respecting the fundamental principle of solidarity among EU members, we call on the Commission…
Migrants siege at Croatia border
Croatian police clarified the situation blaming circulation of false information that the authorities would open its borders letting in hundreds of illegal migrants and refugees gathering at crossings in Serbia and Bosnia, hoping to enter the EU via Croatia. Meanwhile border crossing Maljevac between #Bosnia and #Croatia is now closed after group of migrants broke…
ICTY accomplishments in question
A former Croat army general, Slobodan Praljak, has died after taking poison demonstratively obstructing the International Crime Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) verdict, the Croatian news agency Hina said quoting a source in Praljak’s entourage. “General Slobodan Praljak has died in hospital in The Hague after taking poison in the courtroom as the ICTY…
MEPs for EU-US visa reciporcity
The EU Commission is legally obliged to take measures temporarily reintroducing visa requirements for US citizens, given that Washington still does not grant visa-free access to nationals of five EU countries. In a resolution approved on Thursday, MEPs urge the Commission to adopt the necessary legal measures “within two months”. The text prepared by…