Germany won’t provide Ukraine with fresh money
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BERLIN
Due to budgetary constraints, Germany will not give Ukraine any fresh cash, as, according to the government, support should primarily be financed from interest on frozen Russian assets. Read more.
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PARIS
Macron under pressure to appoint a prime minister. Leaders of the leftist France insoumise (LFI) party have threatened to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Emmanuel Macron for what they describe as an “institutional coup against democracy” in the appointment of the next prime minister. Read more.
NORDICS & BALTICS
OSLO | STOCKHOLM
Norway increasingly concerned by Swedish gangs. Norway is becoming increasingly concerned about Swedish criminal gangs, already known for their crimes in Denmark, where they operate throughout the country and are linked to a number of serious violent crimes. Read more.
EUROPE’S SOUTH
ATHENS
Expert: EU, Greece should change mentality to face future wildfires. By only focusing on firefighting without a prevention-focused holistic approach, it will be hard for the EU countries to face future wildfires, an expert from Greece, where thousands of hectares of forest were again burned in a couple of days, told Euractiv. Read more.
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ROME
Italy’s Meloni interrupts holiday for key meeting on Commissioner hopeful. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni briefly interrupted her summer holiday to meet Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini at the Masseria in Puglia to discuss the Italian candidate for EU commissioner, who must be presented to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen before 30 August. Read more.
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MADRID
Irregular migrants enter Spain in record numbers, regions want urgent help. Irregular migrant arrivals from Africa reached record levels in Spain in the first two weeks of August with increases of 126% in the Canary Islands and 143% in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, leaving regions crying out for help. Read more.
EASTERN EUROPE
PRAGUE
Tender for EU space agency HQ in Prague faces setbacks. The City of Prague has cancelled plans to award a contract to PORR for the construction of the Nová Palmovka building, which is to become the new headquarters of the EU’s space agency. Read more.
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WARSAW
Lukashenko misquotes Polish minister, says Polish mercenaries helped in Kursk offensive. Polish mercenaries fought arm-in-arm with Ukrainian forces in the Kursk offensive, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told Russian state television, misquoting Polish Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak. Read more.
NEWS FROM THE BALKANS
SOFIA
Bulgarian president OKs new anti-LGBTI law, defying Council of Europe call. Bulgarian President Rumen Radev did not veto the new anti-LGBTI law banning any kind of educational programmes on ‘non-traditional sexual orientation’ in Bulgarian schools, ignoring calls from the Council of Europe and civil society activists to veto it.
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[Edited by Sarantis Michalopoulos, Daniel Eck, Alice Taylor]
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