Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said that his country supports Ukraine's aspirations of becoming an EU member state as soon as possible. Source: Fico at a joint press conference with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in Slovakia after intergovernmental consultations Details: Fico stated that Slovakia supports Ukraine's ambitions to become an EU member.
Energy-intensive companies in Germany can now apply for new state energy subsidies potentially worth billions of dollars. Under the climate contracts, the German government will finance investments to convert industries to new, more climate-friendly production processes and initially cover additional costs incurred. The companies are expected to pay the money back once those new production processes become cheaper to operate and more competitive on the open market. Germany's Economy Ministry ann
Tempers flaring and accusations of blackmail: sparks flew again Monday between Hungary and its EU partners, three days before a summit meeting aimed at freeing up billions in aid for war-torn Ukraine.Budapest said Monday that it had submitted a new "compromise" proposal in preparation for the summit.
The European Commission has issued a tepid response to the migration deal struck between Italy and Albania, simply warning it must comply with EU and international law.
New asylum seekers to Cyprus will be excluded from a re-settlement scheme to another EU member state to stop any abuse of the system, authorities said on Wednesday. Strategically placed at the crossroads of three continents, Cyprus has been struggling with a surge in irregular migration in recent years. Under a voluntary EU burden-sharing scheme, Cyprus last December started allocating small numbers of asylum seekers to other member states which signed up to offer assistance, including France, Germany, Bulgaria and Romania.