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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras revealed his intention to call an early general election, after the end of the second round of Greek local elections next Sunday. Ruling SYRIZA suffered […]
Results have begun coming in across the European Union. Across the bloc, traditional center parties saw their support decline as Green parties reaped ...
Economic growth in the European Union is projected to expand by 1.5 per cent in 2019 and 1.8 per cent in 2020, the UN Department of Economic and Socia ...
To prepare for the risk of forest fires during the upcoming summer, the European Commission is launching on May 21 the first fleet of firefighting air ...
The final step towards a ban in the European Union on a number of single-use plastic products – including plates, cutlery, straws and earbuds – was taken on May 21 […]
Duncan Laurence and his song Arcade won the Eurovision song contest 2019 on May 18. It is the fifth time that the Netherlands has won Eurovision in the song contest’s […]
The European Commission said on May 15 that it had agreed to register a European Citizens’ Initiative entitled “Save the bees! Protection of biodiversity and improvement of habitats for insects in […]
The European Commission announced on May 15 the launch of a new system, the Transaction Network Analysis (TNA), to help European Union countries act against VAT fraud. “The launch of […]
Applications for international protection in the countries of the EU+ jumped by 20 per cent in a year to 58 778 in March 2019, with the most applicants coming from […]
Following his second-round victory in the Republic of North Macedonia’s presidential elections, ruling coalition candidate Stevo Pendarovski was sworn in as head of state on May 12, pledging to be […]
