EU hardens the tone in Kosovo-Serbia standoff
The EU on Sunday (14 August) used unusually tough language to warn against escalation between Kosovo and Serbia.
EUROPE
-
EUROPE
August 16, 2022 -
EUROPE 
August 14, 2022 Brussels’ flower carpet blooms despite heatwave
The creators of Brussels’ vast flower carpet, unfurled every two years in front of city hall, are opting for more heat-resistant blooms and the use of pot plants for the first time in the art project’s 50-year history to adapt to Europe’s heatwave.
-
EUROPE
August 13, 2022 Increasing climate disasters could drive the EU to revamp its crisis response
While the EU plays an expanding but still limited role in disaster response, climate change effects in the long-term could force the bloc to rethink the management of its capacities, EU Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič told EURACTIV.
-
EUROPE
August 12, 2022 France gets help from EU partners as wildfires rage
Firefighting teams and equipment from six EU nations started to arrive in France on Thursday (11 August) to help battle a spate of wildfires, including a fierce blaze in the parched southwest that has forced thousands to evacuate.
-
EUROPE
August 8, 2022 EU plan to cut gas use by 15% set to come into effect
An EU plan to cut gas consumption across the bloc by 15 per cent to cope with an energy price crisis spurred by Russia’s war in Ukraine comes into effect on Tuesday (9 August).
-
EUROPE
August 7, 2022 State of play in EU labour policy
This article is part of our special report A hard winter up ahead. After significant progress in the EU’s employment and social rights policy in the first semester of 2022, all eyes are now on the Czech presidency of the EU Council to see whether this momentum will continue in the second half of the year.
-
EUROPE
August 5, 2022 Serbia and Kosovo leaders to meet EU over tensions
The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo will meet the EU foreign policy chief in Brussels later this month, officials said Friday (5 August) , as the international community scrambles to soothe rising tensions.
-
EUROPE
August 4, 2022 Driest July in memory imperils Europe’s crops
As much of Europe bakes in a third heatwave since June, fears are growing that extreme drought driven by climate change in the continent’s breadbasket nations will dent stable crop yields and deepen the cost-of-living crisis.
-
EUROPE
August 3, 2022 Italy’s centre-left seals pact for September election
Italy’s centre-left Democratic Party teamed up with a smaller centrist group Tuesday (2 August) to fight September’s election, in a bid to stop the hard right winning power in the eurozone’s third-largest economy.
-
EUROPE
August 2, 2022 Mark Rutte becomes Netherlands’ longest-serving prime minister
Mark Rutte became the longest-serving prime minister in the Netherlands’ history on Tuesday (2 August), a testament to his energy for the job – as well as the political survival skills he has honed over his 12-year tenure.
