Media freedom in the Balkans: in several cases, Brussels warns of “backsliding”
The European Commission’s enlargement reports paint a grim picture for freedom of expression and media across most EU candidate countries. Despite some progress in countries such as Montenegro and Ukraine, the European Commission’s latest enlargement reports paint a grim picture for freedom of expression and media across most EU candidate…
U.S. grants Hungary exemption on Russia sanctions after warm Trump-Orbán meeting
Both leaders pointedly blamed the European Union and the previous U.S. administration for prolonging the war in Ukraine The United States has granted Hungary a one-year exemption from U.S. sanctions for using Russian oil and gas, a White House official said on Friday (7 November), after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor…
Sanctioned Magnitsky oligarch engineers Bulgarian parliament probe into Soros
The developments unfold despite the fact that two of the three current deputy prime ministers worked at the Open Society Foundation, founded by George Soros. The Bulgarian parliament has set up a temporary commission to investigate the activities of George Soros, his son Alexander, and their foundations operating in the…
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…