Andrew Rettman
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EU to ban sales of toilets to Russia on war anniversary
New EU sanctions meant to degrade Russia's war machine include symbolic items, while letting strategic industries off the hook. → Read More
Polish MEP also went on freelance Azerbaijan trip
A fourth MEP's undeclared Azerbaijan trip adds to pressure for EU Parliament reform. → Read More
Tiny Kox: Russian spy in Strasbourg was 'no James Bond'
"He was there, but not saying or doing anything. I'm not sure if that's part of the behaviour of spies," Kox said. → Read More
Hundreds more Serb police join 'dangerous' Kosovo boycott
Hundreds more Kosovar-Serb police have resigned in northern Kosovo in a rolling protest that risks looking like de facto secession. → Read More
EU anti-Muslim hatred post still vacant
An EU office for combatting anti-Muslim hatred has stood empty for over a year, in what risks smelling of neglect. → Read More
Putin weaponising winter against the EU, Kyiv warns
Russia's destruction of Ukraine's power supplies is meant to push freezing refugees into the EU, Kyiv has warned. → Read More
France and Germany seek EU ban on killing male chicks
Nine EU countries are pushing for a Europe-wide ban to the systematic extermination of male chicks in farms. → Read More
Putin's diamond firm off the hook in EU sanctions
The EU is giving Russia carte blanche to keep selling diamonds to Antwerp and the rest of Europe, despite grave escalation in Ukraine. → Read More
Ireland joins EU hawks on Russia, as outrage spreads
Ireland has joined Poland and the Baltic states in lobbying for more hawkish Russia sanctions, in a sign of widening moral outrage in Europe. → Read More
'No big fish left' for further EU sanctions on Russians
EU diplomats are having to be ever-more creative in finding Russians to blacklist, after already designating 1,206 names. → Read More
Kosovo sets new deadline for car-plate sovereignty
Kosovo has started a 61-day countdown to a potential new flashpoint with Serbia amid EU appeals for calm. → Read More
Italy poised to elect far-right rulers
Italy has lurched closer to electing a far-right government in September after a centre-left coalition broke down on Sunday. → Read More
France and Italy ratify Nato expansion
Lawmakers in France, Italy, and the US have voted to let Finland and Sweden join Nato. → Read More
Lithuania only EU state to back Pelosi on Taiwan
Lithuania has become the only EU country to publicly endorse a controversial US visit to Taiwan by House speaker Nancy Pelosi. → Read More
Ethnic clashes on Kosovo-Serb border cause EU alarm
Kosovo has put off new border rules with Serbia following another flare-up in ethnic violence. → Read More
North Macedonia to finally open EU accession talks
North Macedonia is to finally open accession talks with the EU on Tuesday after MPs backed a deal to end Bulgaria's veto. → Read More
Turkey sends mixed signals on Sweden's entry into Nato
Turkey has let Sweden advance toward Nato despite an escalating dispute about extraditions and arms sales. → Read More
Israel smeared Palestinian activists, EU admits
The EU has overturned a funding ban on two Palestinian NGOs, effectively debunking an Israeli campaign to smear them as terrorists. → Read More
Finland and Sweden to join Nato, as Erdoğan drops veto
Turkey has agreed to let Finland and Sweden join Nato after a deal on Kurdish separatists and arms exports. → Read More
Anti-Muslim hatred ignored by EU, activists say
The EU has a problem with anti-Muslim hatred and its institutions are doing little to help, some 41 civil society groups have said. → Read More