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Ruslan Stefanchuk urges EU to grant Ukraine candidate status
In his address to MEPs on Wednesday, the Speaker of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (parliament) Ruslan Stefanchuk called on the EU to endorse his country’s membership application.
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RUSSIA: Strasbourg rules Russia’s ban on Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2017 is unlawful
Jehovah’s Witnesses / ECtHR: Russia ordered to pay EUR 59,617,458 ($63,684,978 USD) for pecuniary damage (mainly seized property) and EUR 3,447,250 ($3,682,445 USD) in respect of non-pecuniary damage Information and text…
Europe
Deal reached on new rules for adequate minimum wages in the EU
The agreed legislation aims to ensure that minimum wages in all EU countries guarantee decent living standards for workers.
Europe
Deal common charging port: reducing hassle for consumers and curbing e-waste
By autumn 2024, USB Type-C will become the common charging port for all mobile phones, tablets and cameras in the EU, Parliament and Council negotiators agreed today. The provisional agreement…
Europe
Turkey: persistently further from EU values and standards
Without clear and significant progress on reforms to EU Values and Standards, Parliament cannot envisage resuming accession negotiations with Turkey, warned MEPs on Tuesday.
Europe
Paychecks: “Agreement writes socio-political history in Europe,” says MEP Radtke
Paychecks: Agreement at night - lead negotiator Dennis Radtke (CDU): “Agreement writes socio-political history in Europe” Straßburg/Düsseldorf, 07. Juni 2022 – “With the agreement on minimum wages, we are writing socio-political…
Europe
The fight against antisemitism is a fight for Europe
With antisemitism worryingly on the rise in Europe and beyond, the European Union is beginning to implement the first ever EU Strategy on combating antisemitism
Europe
Opening of 6-9 June plenary session in Strasbourg
President Metsola expressed her condolences to those injured and to the relatives of those who died in a train accident in Bavaria on 3 June, at the opening of the…
Europe
Reports of sexual violence in Ukraine rising fast, Security Council hears
Allegations of sexual violence by Russian troops in Ukraine are mounting, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Monday, expressing regret over a stark discrepancy between that painful…
Council of Europe
Monument to Latvian legionnaires in Belgium – local authorities want to remove
Members of the Historical Remembrance Group of the European Parliament appealed to the self-government of the Belgian city of Zedelgem with a request to preserve the monument "Latvian Hive of…