Portugal supports the Ukrainians on their path to the European Union and their aspirations to join NATO, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said on Tuesday, marking Ukraine’s “1,000 days of courageous resistance” against Russia.
By Martin Banks The European Parliament has held an extraordinary plenary session with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, marking 1000 days since Russia’s full-scale invasion.
A group of leading European foreign ministers met in Warsaw on Tuesday (19 November) to reaffirm solidarity with Ukraine in spite of potentially reduced US assistance, reject imposed peace solutions and explore the use of eurobonds for defence funding.
By Martin Banks Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will this week address MEPs from Ukraine in a special plenary session of the EU parliament.
Bulgaria’s new parliament has been unable to muster a majority to elect a speaker for the past week, blocking its work and increasing the risk of another early general election.
A Bulgarian-led initiative to bring down electricity prices by improving energy interconnection in the region of southeastern Europe was backed by eight countries at COP29 in Baku on Wednesday (13 November).
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time since December 2022 on Friday afternoon (15 November), urging him to start “serious” talks with Ukraine.
By Martin Banks A conference held in Estonia has heard that low-carbon hydrogen is a “key” component of the energy transition and “can make it happen.”
The European Commission on Thursday gave Portugal and five other countries two months to fully transpose the EU directive on motor insurance into national law, threatening to take the matter to court.
Romanian senators on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill authorising contracts to purchase the world’s most advanced fighter aircraft, the F-35, with the first delivery expected in 2031.
