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Di Maio arrives at the big appointment: the EU summit with the Gulf States

Di Maio arrives at the big appointment: the EU summit with the Gulf States

De-escalation in the Middle East, trade agreements and energy partnerships. The themes at the center of the first summit between the European Union and the Persian Gulf states on 16 October are many and interconnected. One of the protagonists of the meeting, albeit from behind the scenes, will be Luigi Di Maio. The former Italian Foreign Minister became the EU’s ...

Von der Leyen praises migrant centers like the Italian one in Albania

Von der Leyen praises migrant centers like the Italian one in Albania

The detention centers for migrants in Shengjin and Gjader, in Albania, the result of the agreement between Rome and Tirana, are a source of inspiration for the president of the European Commission, who marks the beginning of the new mandate with the crackdown on irregular immigration. Migrant centers in Albania are a useless (and harmful) waste of money Ursula von ...

The first rider law comes into force: what changes

The first rider law comes into force: what changes

The Council of the European Union has definitively adopted the first EU law which aims to improve the working conditions of over 28 million people who work on digital platforms. The directive will make the use of algorithms in human resources management more transparent, ensuring that automated systems are monitored by qualified staff and that workers have the right to ...

Sales of electric cars are collapsing, Germany is taking action: incentives are back

Sales of electric cars are collapsing, Germany is taking action: incentives are back

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced the reintroduction of bonuses for the purchase of electric vehicles, a measure abandoned at the end of 2023 after the Constitutional Court imposed a crackdown on government public spending in the name of austerity. The about-face This decision was presented by the German leadership as a strategic attempt to stimulate the ecological transition and support ...

The new European cards for disabled people are arriving: easier travel when traveling within the EU

The new European cards for disabled people are arriving: easier travel when traveling within the EU

The Council of the European Union has given the green light to two new directives that will facilitate travel between the countries of the bloc for European citizens with disabilities. The new rules will introduce the European Disability Charter and the European Parking Charter for disabled people, and will thus ensure equal access to special conditions or preferential treatment during ...

Manfred N., the former Stasi agent convicted of murder: he lived as a quiet pensioner

Manfred N., the former Stasi agent convicted of murder: he lived as a quiet pensioner

At 80, he was leading a normal, quiet retired life in Leipzig, Germany. At least until today, when Martin Naumann, a former East German secret police officer, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the murder of a Polish firefighter at a Berlin border crossing in 1974. The sentence after 50 years of judicial inactivity Naumann, a former Stasi ...

Attacks against Unifil: the EU rebukes Israel, but decides nothing

Attacks against Unifil: the EU rebukes Israel, but decides nothing

“Serious concern” and a call for a ceasefire in Lebanon. This is the gist of the European Union’s official statements regarding the repeated attacks perpetrated by the Israeli army (IDF) against United Nations forces in Lebanon (Unifil), which left several peacekeepers injured. The “soft” line of Brussels and other European capitals, as well as the official statement released yesterday by ...

To host a thousand asylum seekers in Albania we will spend 600 million over 5 years

To host a thousand asylum seekers in Albania we will spend 600 million over 5 years

Two centers for migrants, approximately 1,200 places in total and 600 million euros that Italy will spend over five years to make them work. The structures resulting from the memorandum of understanding between Italy and Albania with which the government led by Giorgia Meloni intends to prevent irregular migratory flows are ready, welcoming only those who have the right to ...

The timetable for the commissioners' hearings has been established: 12 November

The timetable for the commissioners’ hearings has been established: 12 November

The MEPs have established the calendar of hearings of the commissioners designated for Ursula von der Leyen’s new college. The candidates’ ‘exams’ will be held from Monday 4th to Tuesday 12th November. It starts with the Slovakian Maros Sefcovic and the Maltese Glen Micaleff at 2.30pm on 4 November and ends with the vice-presidents in pectore Teresa Ribera and Henna ...

So Moscow has built its 'ghost fleet' and continues to sell oil undisturbed

So Moscow has built its ‘ghost fleet’ and continues to sell oil undisturbed

Despite Western sanctions imposed following the invasion of Ukraine, Russia is continuing to sell its oil almost undisturbed. And it is doing so thanks to a ‘ghost fleet’, a fleet that escapes the radar of international authorities, thus allowing it to circumvent the blockades set up after the invasion of Ukraine. The sanctions Before Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in ...