Brexit has ushered in a new era of challenges and opportunities for European businesses. Navigating the complexities of the UK’s post-Brexit trade rules has been a significant hurdle for many companies. European firms now have to pay UK sales tax or VAT on sales, leading to increased costs and administrative burdens. This change has forced ...
The ANO opposition movement will establish a new faction in the European Parliament (EP), details will be announced next week. The chairman of ANO, Andrej Babiš, said this in an interview with CNN Prima News today and announced it on his profiles on social networks. He has not yet indicated with whom the movement will ...
Cities have significant hurdles on the road to sustainable mobility, but they also hold the key to taking action. More than 70% of Europeans live in cities, and urban regions account for around 23% of EU greenhouse gas emissions from transportation. At the same time, European cities are home to some of the most daring ...
The Czech government has revealed its priorities for the country’s next presidency of the EU Council, which will span from July 1 to December 31, this year. Managing the refugee problem caused by Ukraine’s war, as well as assisting in the country’s reconstruction, would be priority priorities, along with preserving Europe’s energy security and increasing ...
In an address to the Czech Parliament, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky asked for his nation to be granted EU candidate status as well as a seventh EU package of sanctions against Russia. During the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, he regularly reiterated the iconic words “we are with you, be with us.” The need ...
Czechia may soon have its own version of the 2012 US Magnitsky Act, which would allow the country to impose national sanctions on individuals and legal entities who are not on the EU sanctions list for egregious violations of international law. The government may, for example, deny them admission into the nation or seize their ...
German Jewish leaders have launched a blistering attack on Sir Keir Starmer, demanding that he apologise after he “erased the Holocaust” and “scored cheap political points” on his recent visit to Berlin. The Labour leader sparked controversy after he appeared in a party political video filmed with the backdrop of the German capital’s Holocaust memorial ...
Today, in connection with the unfavorable epidemic situation surrounding the covid-19 disease, the Slovak government approved a nationwide two-week closure, Economy Minister Richard Sulík told reporters. According to him, at the time of the so-called lockdown, only stores with basic needs will be open from the stores, and employers will check the covid certificates of employees ...
In a final vote today, MEPs approved a reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP), which will affect the shape of agriculture in the member states of the European bloc in the five-year period from 2023 and determine how European agricultural subsidies are redistributed. The planned changes are aimed at increasing environmental friendliness, better support for ...
