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Parliament wants to suspend EU accession negotiations with Turkey

Following years of severe political and democratic backsliding, the European Parliament recommended suspending EU accession negotiations with Turkey. The European Parliament remains seriously concerned about...

Czechs warn Brussels against budget threats

The Czech Republic’s top diplomat has warned that threats to punish European Union members financially for steering away from the bloc’s democratic norms is...

Hungary passes ‘slave law’

New legislation in Hungary raises the amount of overtime employers can demand their employees. Critics describe it as a “slave law”. “We have to remove...

The fight against corruption and the work that remains

The past decades have on the one hand been marked by uncertainty and conflict, and on the other by progress and successful cooperation.  On...

Doctors moonlight as street sweepers in Uzbekistan

In a town in eastern Uzbekistan doctors and nurses at a state-run medical facility are busier than usual on Fridays. They need to sweep...

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The European far-right challenges the ICC: Orbán, Wilders and Salvini defend Netanyahu

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced today that he...

EESC study: The EU needs a pan-European policy response to its housing crisis

The increased use of digitalisation in the construction and...

Lithuanian PM calls EU and NATO to ‘appropriate’ respond to Baltic Sea cable damage

EU and NATO countries must take appropriate action in...

European Commission welcomes inclusion of Albania and Montenegro in the Single Euro Payments Area

Today, Montenegro and Albania took a significant step in...

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