The future of Georgia is today in the hands of its inhabitants, called to the polls for the legislative elections, considered crucial for the fate of this country divided between a pro-European opposition and a government party accused of pro-Russian authoritarian drift. Voters in the former Caucasian Soviet republic, populated by almost four million inhabitants, are expected to vote until ...
MEPs meeting in Strasbourg condemned China’s “continuing military provocations” against Taiwan and “firmly” rejected any unilateral change to the status of the Strait. Since October 14, Beijing has begun maneuvers in the Taiwan Strait, saying that it is a response to the president’s refusal to recognize the island as an integral part of the People’s Republic of China. In a ...
The European Parliament points the finger at Azerbaijan, accusing the country’s government of being repressive, denouncing its poor respect for human rights and inviting the European Union to reconsider its energy dependence on the Caucasian state. In a resolution adopted by the majority of MEPs during the plenary session of the Parliament in Strasbourg, the common concern was highlighted about ...
Norway has decided to raise the minimum age for registering on social media to 15, deeming these platforms increasingly dangerous for the mental health of the nation’s young people. The limit is currently 13 years, while in the European Union (of which the Scandinavian country is not part) it is 14 years. Norway’s prime minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, admitted it ...
The European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize has been awarded (again) to the Venezuelan opposition, in what appears to be a new victory for the alliance between the EPP and the radical right of the Chamber. The recognition for freedom of thought “is awarded to María Corina Machado and the president-elect Edmundo González Urrutia for their courageous fight to restore freedom and ...
The Netherlands submerged in manure. The cows present on Dutch territory produce so much of it that it is not even possible to pour it into the fields. The agricultural sector, which has invested massively in intensive farming, has in recent years been one of the main culprits of the so-called nitrogen crisis, which is causing massive air and water ...
A 100 million euro aid package to support Lebanon. This is the promise of French President Emmanuel Macron at the opening of an international conference in Paris aimed at mobilizing financial and military aid for the country in the Middle East. Already devastated by the economic crisis and the terrible explosion at the port of Beirut, Lebanon in recent weeks ...
He reiterated his innocence and the impossibility of a fair trial in Hungary. Ilaria Salis, after Hungary’s request for revocation of immunity, points the finger at Viktor Orbán and the representatives of his government, who consider her guilty even before the trial. A significant political influence, which would prevent the judges in Budapest from evaluating in a “fair, just and ...
“Absurd”, “inhumane”, “too expensive”, “violates human rights”, “weakens national sovereignty”. These are some of the criticisms that have fallen on the Italy-Albania agreement from Strasbourg, where MEPs are gathered for the plenary of the European Parliament. The reactions come after the decision of the immigration section of the Rome court, which did not validate the detention of migrants inside the ...
Companies from countries that are not part of the European Union cannot participate in European public procurement if there is no international agreement signed with Brussels. This is the lapidary judgment that comes today from the European Court of Justice, after the case that exploded over the public procurement procedure relating to the construction of a railway network to connect ...