Polish parliamentary panel backs lifting immunity of ex-justice minister Ziobro
A Polish parliamentary committee has voted to lift the immunity of former justice minister and Law and Justice (PiS) MP Zbigniew Ziobro, allowing prosecutors to press 26 criminal charges against him – including leading an organised crime group – over alleged misuse of the Justice Fund. The panel also backed…
Netherlands to Explore Local Production of US-Made AMRAAM Missiles
The Netherlands will explore the possibility of producing US-made AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) domestically through a feasibility study approved by Washington and to be conducted by missile manufacturer, Raytheon. Marking the first potential co-production of AMRAAM missiles with a European NATO partner, the study will examine how Dutch…
Bulgaria and North Macedonia to sign agreement on cross-border railway tunnel
The transport ministers of Bulgaria and North Macedonia signed the long awaited agreement to build a joint cross-border railway tunnel, with the contract signed in English at the insistence of authorities in Skopje. Transport Corridor 8, envisioned to link the Black Sea with the Adriatic through Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and…
Rosatom: Paks II Receives 1st concrete pour permit
Paks II construction work in progress during the summer of 2023. Hungary’s National Atomic Energy Office has issued the necessary permits for the pouring of the first concrete into the foundations of the fifth block to the Paks nuclear plant, general contractor Rosatom said. According to a report by MTI,…
Every French minister has his own flower policy
Among the flowers and wreaths around the coffin of Thierry Ardisson, on July 17 in Paris: a wreath offered by the President of the Republic and his wife, present at the celebration, another on behalf of Rachida Dati, Minister of Culture and Media, a third coming from the Mayor of…