Strasbourg 06.07.2021 MEPs discussed the planned activities of the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU with Prime Minister Janez Janša and Commission President von der Leyen. MEPs discussed the planned activities of the Slovenian presidency of the Council of the EU with Prime Minister Janez Janša and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen….
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EU: Slovenia Presidency
Brussels 03.07.2017 Slovenia’s presidency of the Council of the EU: 1 July – 31 December 2021 The priorities of Slovenia’s presidency are driven by its motto: ‘Together. Resilient. Europe.’ The presidency’s programme focuses on four main areas: In line with the tradition of presiding countries, 🇸🇮 hosted correspondents from Brussels. Their journey through Slovenia &…
Slovakia expels Russian diplomat
Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini announced on 5 December that the country will expel a Russian diplomat on basis of the information from the military intelligence that he was engaged in espionage, the Slovak media outlet Dennik reported. “We expelled him on November 22 and he left Slovakia within 48 hours”, Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini said. Slovensko vyhostilo koncom novembra ruského diplomata,…
EU resells tigers for cooking in China
On International Tiger Day 29th July more bizarre details of Europe‘s ties with dubious tiger traders come to light. Research conducted by international animal welfare organisation FOUR PAWS shows that at least 1,412 live captive-bred tigers from the EU were legally exported between 1999 and 2016. It is believed that several of these animals have ended up in Asian…
Europol: Pakistani traffickers face justice
Law enforcement authorities of Germany, Hungary, Italy and Slovenia, in strong cooperation with Europol’s European Migrant Smuggling Centre, have dismantled an organised crime group that arranged smuggling of migrants from Hungary to Italy. Coordinated investigations revealed that members of the smuggling network were Pakistani citizens who formed their criminal enterprise in Italy. More than…
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