EU countries want to train approx. 15 thousand Ukrainian soldiers, the dpa agency informs, citing information from the daily "Spiegel" and "Welt am Sonntag". Appropriate decisions are already taken in this matter in the Political and Security Committee of the EU.more
EU member states last night reached an agreement on an eighth package of sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, an EU source said. Another diplomatic source said that some details still need to be clarified and this will happen today.more
By the end of 2024, all mobile phones, tablets and cameras sold in the EU will have to have a USB Type-C charging port. Laptops will be required from spring 2026, the European Parliament decided. As a result, consumers will only need one charger.more
Holidaymakers and lorries could face long queues at the Port of Dover when the EU's new border control IT system comes in, the port's boss has warned
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The Czech government decided to temporarily reintroduce border controls with Slovakia today, September 29, due to an increase in illegal migration. Germany, Austria, France, Sweden and Denmark have introduced almost permanent internal border controls, circumventing the Schengen Agreement on the free movement of people and in defiance of a CJEU ruling.more
Post-Brexit border checks have slowed the speed at which Eurostar passengers pass through London St Pancras on their way to Paris, reducing the terminal’s capacity by one-third, according to the cross-Channel rail company’s boss.more
The number of Russians crossing the border with the European Union has risen sharply following the announcement of mobilization by President Vladimir Putin, reported the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex.more
The Swedish National Seismological Network (SNSN) measurement station has recorded two major underwater explosions in areas where a leak was found from the Nord Stream pipelines. "There is no doubt that these are explosions," said Bjoern Lund of SNSN.more
The UK is weighing up whether to attend a new European political "club of nations" next month. The first meeting of the "European Political Community" is due to be held in Prague in early October.more
European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen and British Prime Minister Liz Truss, who met yesterday at the UN General Assembly in New York, in a joint statement condemned Russia's actions in Ukraine and assessed that Putin's announcement of "partial mobilization" is a confirmation of Russia's weakness and the failure of the invasion.more
In Europe, we believe that the Covid-19 pandemic is still ongoing, the director of the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) vaccine team, Marco Cavaleri, stated at a press conference yesterday.more
As well as highlighting which Member States' citizens engage the most in sport and physical activity, the new survey emphasises socio-demographic results and the context in which people exercise. more
More European Union countries have announced energy-saving campaigns. Denmark and Hungary are reducing space heating in winter, and Italy is further shortening the heating season. Many countries have introduced bans on lighting buildings at night and illuminating advertisements.more
If we show the necessary courage and solidarity, Putin will fail, and Ukraine and Europe will win, assured the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen during the debate on the state of the European Union at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. She announced that she would go to Ukraine today to meet the president of that country.more
In the European Union, a decision came into force yesterday that completely suspends the agreement on the facilitation of the issuance of visas to Russian citizens. This will result in an increase in the visa application fee from €35 to €80, the need to provide additional supporting documents, an increase in the processing time and a tightening of the rules for issuing multiple-entry visas.more
The coming months in the European Union, in the face of an energy crisis linked to Russia's aggression against Ukraine and inflation, will be a test for the energy union. It is the EU's strategy to ensure that Europeans have access to affordable electricity.more
The EU has adopted a decision that completely suspends the visa facilitation agreement for Russian citizens, to whom only the general provisions of the Visa Code will apply.more
Temporary suspension of the EU emissions trading system would be a better way to reduce electricity costs than the extraordinary tax proposed by the European Commission imposed on its producers - believes Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, quoted today by the Financial Times.more
The average annual energy bill in the 16 EU countries is higher than the monthly wage for those working with the lowest earnings. This has been revealed by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), the organization of trade unions in Europe, reports the Belgian agency.more
Spain and Portugal are among the countries with the highest increase in deaths in Europe, according to the latest Eurostat figures from June 2022. Europe has seen an average of 6.2 per cent more deaths since the arrival of the coronavirus, reports the daily "ABC".more
Charles Michel, President of the European Council, stated that the European Commission should not wait until Ursula von der Leyen's speech scheduled for September 14 on solving the energy crisis and reducing the price of Russian gas, writes Politico.more
In 2021, young people in the European Union left their parents' household at the average age of 26.5 years, the European Statistical Office (Eurostat) reported. However, there are big differences between individual member states.more
The five EU countries bordering Russia - Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia - have threatened in a joint statement to adopt "national measures" to reduce the number of Russian entries if the EU does not agree a common approach, the Financial Times reported yesterday.more
Josep Borrell is against the introduction of a complete ban on issuing EU visas to Russian citizens. "This is not a good proposition," the Spanish politician said yesterday in an interview with the Austrian public television ORF.more