The Ukrainian city of Kharkiv is located only 40 kilometers from the border with Russia. A large number of Russian-speaking people live in the city, but Kharkiv is not pro-Russian and does not support so-called “Russian world”. Probably, the enemy hasn’t forgiven Kharkiv for this. Since February 24, the city has been subjected to daily shelling. Local residents have a sad joke:…
Lobby watchdog Corporate Europe Observatory say the so called Uber file revelations in The Guardian, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Le Monde, and others, “illuminate the laissez-faire approach of the European Commission to revolving doors, conflicts of interest, privileged access, and corporate capture.” A CEO statement said, “Indeed across Europe, Uber seems to have put…
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) says it welcomes the European Commission’s proposed new rules for managing the fines it imposes on firms that breach EU law and the penalties it imposes on countries that fail to apply it. In particular, the proposal is intended to ensure that firms and countries receive reasonable compensation if…
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has been accused of failing to curtail investments in climate-damaging highways despite acknowledging how cars and lorries pump huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. Frank Vanaerschot, Director of the group “Counter Balance”, said: “If this plan is adopted, the EIB will be encouraging more cars onto roads while decrying that…
The European Commission has presents a priority list of top-3 health threats that require coordination of measures at EU level in the context of medical countermeasures. The list which includes three threat categories of life-threatening or otherwise seriously harmful hazards to health which have the potential of spreading across Member States. They are: (1) pathogens with…
The European Commission has received an official recovery and resilience plan from the Netherlands. This plan sets out the reforms and public investment projects that the Netherlands plans to implement with the support of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). The RRF is, according to the EU, at the heart of NextGenerationEU which will provide…
The Council has decided to provide € 1 billion of additional macro-financial assistance (MFA) to Ukraine, as a matter of urgency. Together with the emergency MFA of € 1.2 billion disbursed earlier this year, the total macro-financial support from the EU to Ukraine since the start of the war now reaches € 2.2 billion and it is…
Spain has been urged to “follow the example” set by Croatia in honouring its commitment to international treaties. The demand comes amid a long-running legal battle between Spain and renewable developers who are fighting Madrid over retroactive cuts to feed-in tariffs for renewable projects. Spain is accused of resisting payment of the compensation or attempting…
Following the revelations of the Uber files published in European media, the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament have now called for considering platform workers as employees with all applicable rights. The unprecedented leak spans more than 5 years and 124,000 documents and exposed the ethically questionable practices of Uber. The S&Ds have spearheaded…
