The historic Mercosur Treaty has come to a conclusion, which unites the European Union with four other Latin American countries in a gigantic (almost) tariff-free market. These are Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. The news was announced on 6 December by the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, who is in Montevideo in Uruguay to sanction the ...
In Spain there is an ongoing clash between the government of Pedro Sánchez and the opposition Partido Popular (PP) over the reception of migrants, especially as regards unaccompanied minors. The country is facing a sharp increase in flows which reached its peak this summer in the Canary Islands. The different positions on the reception of migrants To better manage the ...
Posing as Ukrainian refugees to gain access to the United Kingdom, taking advantage of gaps in border control systems and the wave of solidarity for the ongoing war. This is the new strategy adopted by human traffickers to make entry into Great Britain accessible to migrants. In addition to the now well-known route across the English Channel, a ‘safer’ route ...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s first mission to Europe since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine has turned into a confrontation with his Western counterparts. Lavrov, whose last trip to the EU was a visit to Stockholm in December 2021, flew to Malta to attend the ministerial meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). A ...
The European Union is finalizing a plan to create a fund worth hundreds of billions to cover the bloc’s defense costs over the next ten years. It was at the European Council last June that the leaders of the 27 member states gave the Commission the task of studying hypotheses on how to find the money needed to support arms ...
The meeting promoted by CR.EU Creativity Europe, the European metacluster of cultural heritage and cultural and creative businesses set up by the Venetian cluster and Creative Basilicata, took place on 4 December in Brussels. The meeting was attended by representatives of the European institutions and the clusters of the various EU countries. “The sector of cultural and creative businesses and ...
Suspicions are growing about Calin Georgescu regarding possible foreign influence in his election campaign. The far-right exponent who unexpectedly won the first round of the presidential elections in Romania has always denied any external help, but now a secret service document casts new shadows on his actions. The declassified documents Authorities in Romania have revealed details of what appears to ...
The meeting promoted by CR.EU Creativity Europe, the European metacluster of cultural heritage and cultural and creative businesses set up by the Venetian cluster and Creative Basilicata, took place on 4 December in Brussels. The meeting was attended by representatives of the European institutions and the clusters of the various EU countries. “The sector of cultural and creative businesses and ...
Another leader of the Georgian opposition coalition, Aleko Elisashvili, was arrested following the demonstrations and clashes that have been taking place in front of Parliament for days. Tension remains very high in the country after the disputed victory in the elections of the pro-Russian Georgian Dream party of Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, which was then aggravated by the government’s decision ...
The now former French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is expected at the Elysée today, December 5, to present his resignation after his government was overthrown by a vote of no confidence just three months after taking office, becoming the shortest of the Fifth Republic . This hasn’t happened in France since 1962. The motion, passed with 331 votes in favor ...