Water cannons, tear gas and arrests. The Georgian government’s repression of pro-EU protesters continues. Zurab Japaridze, leader of the pro-EU opposition in Georgia, ended up in prison on the morning of December 2nd. The arrest took place after the harsh repression by the Georgian police against the anti-government demonstrators who took to the streets for the fourth consecutive night. The ...
The era of Antonio Costa begins at the European Council. The former Portuguese prime minister was called to lead what is in fact the most powerful institution in Brussels, the assembly that brings together the 27 heads of state and government. And his task, like that of his predecessors, will not be easy. The socialist will have the complicated task ...
Next, the Europa Today newsletter that every Sunday morning tells you what will happen in the coming European week, edited by Alfonso Bianchi (for comments, suggestions or criticisms write to [email protected]). The “von der Leyen II” officially begins: on Wednesday 4 December at Palazzo Berlaymont the German leader, in her second mandate, will preside over the first college with the ...
It is the cluster of clusters of the European sector of cultural heritage and cultural and creative businesses. In other words, the point of convergence of organizations in the EU that bring public and private sectors together to promote the growth and innovation of this sector. It is called CR.EU Creativity Europe, and it is the Metacluster launched by the ...
Ireland goes to the polls with the government coalition parties going head-to-head with the main opposition force, Sinn Fein, and at the end of a campaign focused on the housing crisis, the rise in the cost of living and the reception of migrants. Voters are asked to choose the 174 new members of the lower house of Parliament, the Dail. ...
Polls open in Iceland. On the small island located north of the Atlantic Ocean, voters will vote on Saturday 30 November. The outcome does not only concern internal political issues, given that at stake is also the possibility that the country will start the process of joining the European Union. The issue has divided Icelanders for years, but this time ...
A “paid weather leave” of up to four days to allow workers to avoid traveling during weather emergencies. The measure was approved by the government led by the socialist Pedro Sanchez a month after the floods that killed at least 224 people in the Valencia region. After the catastrophic rains on October 29, several companies came under fire for ordering ...
Anger has exploded in Georgia following Prime Minister Irakli Kobajidze’s decision to suspend negotiations for accession to the European Union “until the end of 2028”. Thousands of protesters took to the streets in various cities across the nation, but especially in the capital Tbilisi, where tension skyrocketed with bins and other objects set on fire, and with the police responding ...
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobajidze has announced that his government has decided to suspend “until the end of 2028” negotiations for accession to the European Union, a procedure that Brussels has already suppressed “de facto” last summer in following the approval of the ‘Russian’ law against foreign-influenced NGOs. “We have decided not to put the issue of opening negotiations with ...
Sudden popularity on TikTok could deliver Romania into the hands of the ultranationalist Călin Georgescu. For this reason, both in the country and in Brussels, investigations have been opened to better understand the role of social media in the sudden success of the politician, until recently a total unknown to the Romanian population, as well as to the country’s political ...