Shorouk Express Four people briefed on the plans told POLITICO the Commission is hoping to base its action on a set of European Council conclusions that all EU leaders, including Orbán, agreed to on Dec. 19 last year. In that statement, the leaders declared: “Russia’s assets should remain immobilised until Russia ceases its war of…
Shorouk Express Belgium’s Security and Home Affairs Minister Bernard Quintin wants to put soldiers on Brussels’ streets to fight escalating drug violence, a plan that is nearing realization. “The army has to defend the integrity of the territory. Usually, soldiers do this at our borders or far beyond them. But the war against drug crime…
Shorouk Express The Brussels metro was partially closed Tuesday afternoon as police investigate a bomb threat in the city center. “There are three stations closed — De Brouckere, Bourse, Annessens — because of an ongoing police search, the alert started around 3:35 p.m. and the metro service is not interrupted, but the trains are not…
Shorouk Express It would mark the end of months of political paralysis in the Belgian capital, where governance has stalled amid protracted coalition talks. Brussels is currently grappling with a record regional debt of around €15 billion, which is projected to rise to €16 billion by the end of 2025, raising concerns about a looming…
Shorouk Express Blame game Brussels got the blame, with officials from Rome and Athens privately suggesting the EU team had let the rest of them down. Within the EU’s own institutions, some Commission insiders were also quietly critical of how it had been handled, with the finger of suspicion pointing at the bloc’s diplomatic arm,…
Shorouk Express According to the Repubblica report, in addition to the automotive sector, the leaders will also call for a push to invest in innovation, defense and space; as well as for an effort to contain energy prices. Other aspects of the collective push are still being negotiated. France would like to request incentives for…
Shorouk Express ‘Words are not enough’ Díaz’s colleague, Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun, who also joined the march in Budapest, said Spain’s government is “very, very concerned” about the issue. “It is a duty” of all progressive governments to “stand in the way” when there are attacks against fundamental rights, he added. Echoing Díaz, Uratsun said…
Shorouk Express The controls, launched on April 12, are “critical to limit the risk of foot-and-mouth disease incursion,” according to the U.K.’s deputy chief veterinary officer for international and trade affairs, Dr. Jorge Martin-Almagro. The shop, which sold items including a 40-pack of cured sausages, is five meters from a U.K. Border Force post where…
Shorouk Express Yet he cautioned that the findings also reveal “the weakness of our carbon sink as a consequence of the deteriorating state of our forest,” which “is worrying and needs to be addressed.” On its renewable power goals — which require installing energy sources like wind and solar — the EU is on pace…
Shorouk Express “The reservations are considerable and the prospects of approval are highly uncertain,” the document further says. Reiche has yet to formally approve the draft, which was submitted to her last week. For Germany’s heavy industries, relief from soaring electricity prices is long overdue. But after years of failed attempts, first under former Vice…
