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After the meeting, which he called “highly constructive” in a post on X, Magyar struck a confident tone. “EU funds will soon start arriving in Hungary,” he said, while stressing the bloc was not imposing conditions “contrary to Hungary’s national interests.” Von der Leyen echoed the message in an X post of her own: “A very good exchange with Péter Magyar in Brussels today. We discussed the steps necessary to unlock EU funds earmarked for Hungary that are frozen due to corruption and rule-of-law concerns. The European Commission will support your work to address these issues and realign with shared…
The Greek authorities have put in place new Civil Protection measures for Santorini, following the recommendations of scientific committees monitoring the seismic and volcanic risk, following the recent extraordinary meeting of the Standing Scientific Committee for Seismic Risk Assessment and Seismic Risk Reduction. The measures mainly concern the control of access and stay in specific areas due to possible geological phenomena and will be in force until 31 March 2027. The main provisions have to do with the control of traffic in the main port of Santorini in order to avoid overcrowding and to reduce the time vehicles spend on…
And while the government lifted the ban on defense exports last September, these exports were still severely limited by a reluctant government, with Zelenskyy even lashing out at some defense producers that struck deals with foreign countries. “I know about some 10 factories, built in different parts of the world behind the state’s back,” Zelenskyy said last month, during a video call with several reporters, also attended by POLITICO. Tuesday’s announcement puts formal procedures in place to finally make homegrown defense exports a reality. Zelenskyy said Kyiv had proposed to its partners “a special form of cooperation,” where Ukraine would…
Published on 29/04/2026 – 19:25 GMT+2•Updated 19:33 Prime Minister-elect Péter Magyar said EU funds could soon be released to Hungary following a series of high-level meetings in Brussels on Wednesday. Magyar met European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in their first direct talks since his election victory on 12 April. The pair discussed steps to unlock billions of euros in EU funding currently frozen over concerns about corruption and rule of law. Hungary risks losing around €10 billion in post-pandemic funds intended to support its economy unless Magyar secures a deal before an August deadline. Magyar will return to…
Dans son analyse, l’IPP explique la pauvre récolte de la taxe sur les profits pétroliers de 2022 par un périmètre plus restreint que prévu d’entreprises concernées, mais aussi le fait que les compagnies pouvaient imputer leurs pertes des années passées. L’IPP estime “quelques dizaines d’entreprises représentant 72% des superprofits” ont été épargnées. C’est pourquoi, dans la proposition de loi qu’elle a récemment déposée, la députée Ecologiste Eva Sas propose d’élargir le périmètre, de modifier la base d’imposition et d’augmenter le taux de taxation. “On peut apprendre des leçons de 2022 pour éviter un coup d’épée dans l’eau”, pense Bastien Gebel…
Published on 29/04/2026 – 18:23 GMT+2 Sweden has confiscated a cargo ship believed to be part of Russia’s “shadow fleet” which was seized in early March suspected of transporting stolen Ukrainian grain, the country’s prosecution service said on Wednesday. The 96-metre Caffa was headed for St. Petersburg when armed Swedish police boarded it on 6 March. They detained a crew member “suspected of violations of the maritime code and the ship safety act, as well as the use of a forged document.” The Swedish Prosecution Authority said in a statement on Wednesday that the ship had now been confiscated following…
Italy and weddings are a match made in heaven. The country has seen dozens of high-profile ceremonies, including George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin in Venice, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West in Florence, and Emily Blunt with John Krasinski on Lake Como. Now, Dua Lipa and partner Callum Turner are reportedly planning a three-day bash in Palermo, the capital of the island of Sicily. The city has a less starry profile than other Italian holiday favourites like the Amalfi Coast, Lake Como or Capri, but romance it delivers in droves. The pending nuptials of the British singer may see the Sicilian…
Klingbeil’s comments are likely to irritate his coalition partners in German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats, who have rejected calls from the left for additional borrowing. The conservatives are under pressure from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party — now leading in many national polls — which has frequently attacked the chancellor for taking on hundreds of billions of euros of debt in an effort to stimulate growth. Berlin is now putting the defibrillators on an economy facing a fourth straight year of stagnation. It will borrow nearly €200 billion next year under the outline of a budget draft…
The European Union will ease its strict state aid rules to help fuel-dependent sectors cope with surging energy prices and other economic effects of the crisis in the Middle East, the European Commission announced on Wednesday. The emergency, short-term measures will allow national governments to subsidise up to 70% of the extra cost of fuel and fertilisers for farmers, fishing firms and road transport carriers. The measures are “a targeted, temporary and proportionate response that will help to shield European businesses from the immediately felt effects of the Middle East conflict,” EU Commission Vice President Teresa Ribera said on Wednesday.…
Published on 29/04/2026 – 16:06 GMT+2 Gulf leaders gathered in Jeddah on Tuesday for their first in-person summit since the outbreak of the Iran war, projecting a unified front, even as the meeting stopped short of announcing concrete joint measures. Chaired by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the consultative Gulf Cooperation Council meeting focused on coordination, diplomacy and regional security after weeks of Iranian missile and drone attacks on energy and civilian infrastructure across the bloc. The meeting was as much about signalling unity as delivering concrete outcomes. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally received Qatar’s Emir Tamim…