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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 the rewards. – Sunday was the last […]
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 Social Affairs […]
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 aircraft under the new rescEU […]
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 […]
