EU-backed project brings social housing back to Budapest
A former school is being converted into Budapest’s first new social housing in 25 years, with EU funding supporting a pilot project aimed at easing the city’s worsening housing crisis.…
European Parliament condemns Zelenskyy for naming military unit after UPA heroes
A resolution on Ukraine’s accession to the EU defines the choice as an “unnecessary and unprovoked escalation” by the Ukrainian president, reigniting Warsaw–Kyiv tensions. Read More
Norway police says 28 people arrested in international child porn crackdown
Norway’s National Criminal Investigation Service (Kripos) said the men had used the cryptocurrency Monero to pay for access to several forums on the dark web. Read More
Eight member states oppose the opening of Serbia’s next EU accession cluster
In a major blow to Belgrade’s bid to join the European Union, EU ambassadors who gathered in Brussels on Wednesday failed to find unanimity on Serbia’s path toward joining the…
EU narrows ban on Russian combatants to appease France and Italy
A narrowed-down version of the ban on Russian combatants, limited to short-stay visas and those who fought directly, landed on the table of EU ambassadors meeting on Wednesday after France…
EU faces tougher gas storage refill task as winter looms and high prices bite
EU gas storage was only 28 percent full at the start of the summer injection season, but energy regulators are confident in the system’s resilience thanks to regasification capacity. Read…
Apple loses challenge over EU app store rules
Apple brought the action in an attempt to overturn the EU designating it a “gatekeeper”, which requires it to open its App Store and iPhone operating system to greater competition…
Spain pitches €850bn per year in common EU borrowing
Spanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo will pitch a new common debt mechanism ahead of a meeting of euro-area finance ministers in Brussels on Thursday. Read More
Fake videos exploit Germany’s East-West divide before key elections
Researchers say a coordinated influence campaign they suspect to be linked to Moscow is impersonating German media to exploit East-West divisions ahead of Germany’s September state elections. Read More
Trump attacks Spain calling it a ‘wasted cause’ and orders trade to stop
The US president had already threatened in March to take economic reprisals against Spain after Moncloa blocked the use of the Rota and Morón bases for Washington’s bombing campaign against…