In October, some EU countries, led by Italy, pushed to normalize ties with Syria in order to facilitate the deportation of migrants. Assad, who held power for 25 years until fleeing to Moscow with his family, has been accused of torture and of using chemical weapons on his own people. With the ouster of Assad, … Read more
Kommt das Rentenpaket II oder ist es doch noch der Tropfen, der das Fass zum Überlaufen bzw. die Koalition in die Brüche gehen lässt? Vorgestellt, verändert, nicht beschlossen im Kabinett, beschlossen im Kabinett, erneut kritisiert, erneut verteidigt – der Streit um die Rentenreform ist unendlich. Wie dieser Streit nun fortgesetzt wird, analysiert Gordon Repinski in … Read more
“She has a lot of experience — namely the European experience of treating nature, restoring what has been lost, and she understands like no one else how difficult it is and what great efforts the Russian Federation is making,” the director said. Kneissl, who is known for dancing with Putin at her wedding, is not … Read more
“But I was also so grateful to the authorities because thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives,” she added. Swift’s concerts in Vienna, scheduled for Aug. 8, 9 and 10, were canceled as a precaution after Austrian police arrested two teenagers — a third was later detained — accused of preparing to … Read more
“We will prefer national sovereignty to federalism, liberty to orders, and peace to war,” Babiš wrote in a social media post. All three parties came first in their respective countries during the European election earlier this month, gaining a significant number of seats in the European Parliament as right-wing support grew across the Continent. The … Read more
In December 2021, Denmark signed an agreement with Kosovo to rent a prison in a small town south of the capital Priština. Over a span of 10 years — and in exchange for €210 million — 300 inmates sentenced to deportation are to be relocated. The plans are still on hold, however, since the treaty has not been … Read more
The party’s final boost then came courtesy of the reemergence of irregular migration as a political issue, as well as Europe’s energy and inflationary crises begat by the Russia-Ukraine War. In 2022, 112,272 asylum applications were lodged in Austria — that’s more than at the height of the migration crisis in 2015. Year-on-year inflation peaked at 11.2 percent in January 2023 … Read more
EU member countries reached agreement Saturday on removing air and maritime internal border controls with Bulgaria and Romania, but the two countries’ full entry into the bloc’s passport-free Schengen zone remains subject to further discussions. Controls at sea and air borders with Romania and Bulgaria will be lifted as of March 31, the Council of … Read more
