The proposal to rehouse Tito has caused rifts within Serbia’s ruling coalition, which although led by the center-right Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) also includes the Socialist Party of Serbia and the Movement of Socialists, as well as the ultranationalist Serbian Oathkeepers. Outside the government, prominent intellectuals in Serbia have balked at the idea of disinterring … Read more
Kos might also find it tough to answer questions about her professional past, including recent allegations of a link to the former Yugoslavia’s secret police more than three decades ago. More recently, Kos was Slovenia’s ambassador to Germany and Switzerland between 2013 and 2020 and resigned in the wake of complaints by employees at the … Read more
STRASBOURG — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen did not attach names to the portfolios in her next team during a meeting with senior members of the European Parliament on Tuesday morning, according to two EU officials. At a closed-door meeting, the Commission president only gave the heads of the European Parliament’s political groups … Read more
After a ‘will she, won’t she’ few days, Ursula von der Leyen is on Tuesday set to unveil her top team at the European Commission. But who will get which portfolio? Stay with POLITICO for updates on the big announcement and for instant analysis of what it all means. Read original article here Denial of … Read more
Consensus has been building around holding the hearings of new commissioners between November 4 and 12, allowing the Commission to take office on December 1, as Brussels Playbook reported. But on Friday, von der Leyen put pressure on the Parliament to revert to its earlier timetable and hold the hearings in the week of October … Read more
Von der Leyen’s team did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The u-turn comes just three days after the Slovenian government stood by its man, refusing to nominate anyone else in his place. On Monday, Romania nominated MEP Roxana Mînzatu as its next European commissioner after the Aug. 31 deadline, after originally putting … Read more
The deadline for putting forward names for the next European Commission is the end of August. With that date approaching fast, and now that Ursula von der Leyen is back from her summer holiday in Germany, here are the nominees so far (remember that all of them, except for von der Leyen herself, need to … Read more
EU High Representative Josep Borrell said that the move against Norway was “unwarranted.” | Nhac Nguyen/Getty Images The ambassadors of all these countries — Slovenia, Spain, Norway, Ireland, and Belgium — were called for a “reprimand conversation” at least once by Israeli authorities since making their efforts public. In Dublin, an Irish diplomatic official told POLITICO that its embassy in … Read more
In a TV report aired by Russia’s state-owned Rossiya-24 on Monday, the family confirmed the now-widespread reports the children were raised as Spanish-speaking Catholics and explained how the children took the news. Dultsev said their daughter “cried a little bit.” Their son was more calm and took the news “very positively.” Dultseva said that after … Read more
Aside from the mysterious disappearances, a number of other, seemingly separate events over the past days have fuelled suspicion that something important is brewing. On Tuesday, Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko, in a surprise move, pardoned Rico Krieger, a German citizen and the first Westerner to receive a death sentence. A day later, on Wednesday, Slovenia … Read more
