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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.
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Council of Europe considering international human rights in mental health
Following strong and persistent criticism of a possible new legal instrument related to use of coercive measures in psychiatry, the decision-making body of the Council of Europe decided it needed...
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
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Lech Walesa called on the EU to dissolve itself
Poland believes that a new alliance should be formed with France and Germany at its core The European Union (EU) must dissolve itself and create a new union with France...
Economy
Ukraine: the cost of switching to the eurotrack
Additional investments are also needed to increase the throughput at border crossings. Infrastructure Minister Alexander Kubrakov said that the conversion of one railway line to the EU standard would cost...
Culture
The “Ugliest City” in Europe has become an attraction that tourists want to see
It all started about 10 years ago, when a Dutch newspaper described the Belgian city of Charleroi as "the ugliest city in the world": The Belgian city of Charleroi, after...
Defense
A Norwegian student, a member of a terrorist organization, has been detained near Sofia on a European arrest warrant
Another suspect man was arrested in Oslo The Norwegian Homeland Security Service said today that a man was arrested in Oslo on suspicion of involvement in a terrorist organization. Another...
News
EU Military Bishops in Brussels discuss perspectives for peace
As part of its mission of dialogue with the EU institutions, COMECE gathered EU Military Bishops and experts of the Military Ordinariates on Wednesday 1 June 2022 to exchange on...
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EC: Bulgaria is not ready for the Eurozone, it fails in two conditions
Bulgaria is still failing to meet two of the conditions for adopting the euro. This is clear from the European Commission's (EC) Convergence Report 2022. The report assesses the progress...