Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash Operators have extended a special agreement that allows “affordable” phone calls to and from Ukraine. The EU Commission welcomed the twelve-month prolongation of the operators’ agreement allowing displaced refugees from Ukraine to stay connected across borders. The Commission has facilitated the agreement between 22 European and seven Ukrainian operators to prolong…
Photo by Ian Betley on Unsplash Following the political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union on the Regulation on supporting ammunition production (ASAP) with a budget of €500 million, ASAP will now ensure that the EU can efficiently ramp up its production capacity of ammunitions and missiles. It means, says the…
Photo by Mat Napo on Unsplash Over 100 people recently joined the inaugural Europe’s “Tomorrow: Vaccination and Prevention” Summit. It was organised by ThinkYoung at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Brussels and brought together young people, policymakers, health experts, start-ups, and civil society organisations to discuss vaccination and prevention at both the European and Member State levels. It is a crucial issue in light of…
Photo by Kevin Woblick on Unsplash June 30 marks the official deadline for EU countries to submit their updated draft National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) to the European Commission. These plans will reveal their new contributions to the EU 2030 climate and energy targets and the policies that lead there. Campaigners say, though, that unless there is…
Photo by Ludovic Morlat on Unsplash A major project has been launched which partly aims to “bust some of the myths” about Britons who live abroad. Another objective of the exercise is to garner support for the creation of overseas constituencies in the UK parliament. It is argued that being able to vote for an MP in the…
Photo by Kent Tupas on Unsplash The ECR Group in the European Parliament says it supports the interim verbal assessment of progress made by Ukraine and Moldova in implementing the European Commission’s recommendations on European integration and shares the hope that Georgia will stay on the same strategic course. For ECR Foreign Affairs Coordinator Anna Fotyga, the assessment delivered…
Photo by Veronika Jorjobert on Unsplash The 9th edition of the Best of Portugal will take place at the Cinquentenaire Park in Brussels this weekend (17/18 June). This year, more than 70 stands, 50 companies from Portugal, and 10 restaurants will welcome visitors. One of the main goals of the event is to promote the best that is…
Photo by Tobias Reich on Unsplash The Mayor of Leipzig, Burkhard Jung, will represent major European cities in the coming two years, as President of Eurocities. He succeeds the Mayor of Florence, Dario Nordella, and is joined by the Mayor of Ghent, Mathias De Clercq, who will become the network’s Vice President. Jung, who was elected by delegates from more than 200 major European cities,…
Photo by Giuseppe Mondì on Unsplash Regional politicians have gathered in Firenze for the summer meeting of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions CPMR Political Bureau, hosted by Regione Toscana (Italy). One year ahead of the European elections, regional leaders have reflected on their contributions to bring back prosperity to the continent in a context of recovery, and…
Photo by Zachary Kadolph on Unsplash The first three initials of Boris Alexander De pfeffel Johnson badged him as BAD at birth, but few could have imagined the damage he would inflict on the country as a whole and on trust in politicians in particular. His sudden resignation as an MP was triggered by receipt of the report…
