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No place for fascism in modern European Greece
"In modern European Greece, but also in democratic Thessaloniki, there is no room for fascism and Nazism," European Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas said on Sunday during her visit to the Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki.
"Those…
Britain will insist on need for ‘significant change’ in Northern Ireland protocol
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will tell the European Union again next week that a "significant change" to the Northern Ireland protocol is vital for restoring genuinely good relations between London and Brussels.FILE PHOTO: A 'No Hard Border'…
Why is Poland fighting against the supremacy of the courts of the European Union?
BRUSSELS - Poland threw the gauntlet at the European Union on Thursday when its constitutional court ruled that the Polish constitution in some cases overturns rulings by the bloc's highest court.The Polish judgment, which directly calls…
EU lawmakers reflect on changes that could subject European businesses to EU tech rules
STRASBOURG, October 6 (Reuters) - European Union lawmakers could lower a threshold determining which companies will be subject to new technology rules, a senior European lawmaker said on Wednesday.The proposal could mean that some European…
European Parliament calls for ban on facial recognition – POLITICO
The European Parliament today called for a ban on police use of facial recognition technology in public places and predictive policing, a controversial practice of using AI tools in the hope of profiling potential criminals even…
Romania’s ruling coalition collapses after less than a year in power
The European Commission has adopted a positive assessment of Romania's recovery and resilience plan, an important step towards the EU disbursing € 14.2 billion in grants and € 14.9 billion in loans to Romania under the Recovery and…
Registry, drug trafficking threatens Albania’s chances of EU membership | Europe | News and…
Prosecutor Altin Dumani knows there is a lot to do. A lot. His office in Tirana, the capital of Albania, is full of stacks of documents. All of the cases concern organized crime, particularly drug trafficking and corruption, issues that…
Samos: where Europe has lost its values and its moral responsibility | Refugees
As you read this, refugees and migrants on the Greek island of Samos are being relocated against their will from a makeshift camp to a new prison-like center. The new so-called “closed controlled access” camp is intended to accommodate up…
Polish court postpones ruling on EU rule of law for fourth time
The flags of the European Union and Poland fly in Mazeikiai, Lithuania on April 5, 2019. REUTERS / Ints Kalnins / File PhotoWARSAW, Sept. 30 (Reuters) - The Polish Constitutional Court on Thursday postponed for the fourth time a ruling on…
The head of the European Commission seeks to reassure Serbia on the candidacy for the EU
BELGRADE, Sept.30 (Reuters) - The European Commission decided on Thursday to reassure Serbia about its future membership of the European Union after an internal document in Brussels showed that EU states could no longer agree to guarantee…