Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash China’s new man in Brussels has admitted his country faces a “dilemma” over Russia’s genocidal invasion of Ukraine. Ambassador Fu Cong, as the new head of Mission of the Chinese Mission to the European Union is arguably Beijing’s most powerful figure in Europe. He gave a keynote speech to a group of businessmen and…
Russia has traditionally used food crisis as a weapon, and this is not the first time it has blackmailed the world community with the threat of famine. Failures on the battlefield in Ukraine have set a new goal for Vladimir Putin – to provoke a global famine and another wave of migration, which is why…
Photo by Roman Iv on Unsplash On 9-10 March, the head of the regional council of Kirovohrad Oblast (region), Sergii Shulga, visited European institutions in Brussels to raise awareness about the future of his region in the EU and the global context. Kirovohrad Oblast is a region in central Ukraine that had a population of about a million…
Photo by Giorgio Trovato on Unsplash The United States and the European Union share the most comprehensive and dynamic economic relationship in the world. That is the key message from a joint statement issued on Saturday by US President Biden and EC president Ursula von der Leyen. The long statement also said the partnership is based on “shared…
Photo by Kent Tupas on Unsplash The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament say they “reject the false and harmful” claim made by Georgian Prime Minister, Irakli Garibashvili, who said in a Georgian TV interview on Sunday that the European Parliament wishes to “drag Georgia into the Russian war against Ukraine.” At the request of the S&D…
Photo by Patrick Metzdorf on Unsplash A huge majority in the European Parliament have welcomed the so-called Windsor Framework. They say the new joint understanding “allows more flexible and more effective implementation” of the trading arrangements for goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain. It will, say deputies, ensure that both the EU’s Single Market and the Good…
Photo by LOGAN WEAVER | @LGNWVR on Unsplash MEPs say that the EU should consider imposing “comparable” sanctions on Belarus as it has done on Russia. Such measures would also “act as a deterrent against any attempts to bypass the sanctions,” they assert. The demand is included in a resolution that the European Parliament is due to vote…
Photo by Alessandro Bianchi on Unsplash MEPs have given a mixed reaction to the European Commission’s proposal to reform the EU’s electricity market. The commission on Tuesday said the move aims to accelerate a surge in renewables and the phase-out of gas, make consumer bills less dependent on volatile fossil fuel prices. It also hopes it will “better protect consumers from future price…
Photo by Gayatri Malhotra on Unsplash Justyna Wydrzyńska, a women’s rights defender, was sentenced to eight months community service for helping a woman in need obtain an abortion. She is a member of the Abortion Dream Team, an abortion rights organisation. In 2020, she helped a woman in an abusive relationship to access abortion pills. The woman’s husband…
Photo by May Gauthier on Unsplash China’s new ambassador to the EU has warned that more “international cooperation” will be needed to combat another health pandemic. Fu Cong is the new head of Mission of the Chinese Mission to the EU and was speaking at a briefing organised by the Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce (BCECC) in Brussels on Thursday. In…
