“According to our information, Russia is fulfilling the existing supply agreements… We do not know about the deliberate disregard of the existing contracts,” Ungrad stated, as cited by RIA Novosti. She stressed that the department is monitoring the situation with gas prices, but believes that the market should be the …
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European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly, the EU’s top accountability and governance officer, launched an inquiry into the European Commission’s refusal to hand over the contents of communications between von der Leyen and a CEO of an unnamed pharmaceutical company about a Covid-19 vaccine contract. As a first step, O’Reilly asked the …
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The price of the October futures on the TTF hub in the Netherlands on September 14 surpassed $800 per 1,000 cubic meters, or 65.50 euro per megawatt-hour in household terms. Gaining over $70 per 1,000 cubic meters in just one day, the price of gas in Europe is now at …
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Sending shockwaves through football when it was announced in April, the competition was originally made up of 12 rebel outfits from Europe, with six representing the Premier League alone. Atletico Madrid, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur were the other clubs involved, …
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Russia’s Gazprom subsidiary, Swiss-based Nord Stream 2 AG, involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, lost a court battle over exclusive access to the infrastructure earlier this week. The company was seeking an exemption from the provisions of the EU Gas Directive that bans a single firm …
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“Humour activates repressed emotions, releases inhibitions, and enables an immediate and spontaneous exchange of feelings,” read a report by the European Commission released in February but widely shared online in recent days. Humor, the report continues, can influence “changes in perspective,” and increase camaraderie within one’s own group. That’s what …
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The European Parliament backed a resolution on Thursday advocating reprisals against Hungary over a new law that bans the portrayal and promotion of LGBTQ lifestyles in schools. The resolution called for the country to suffer financial penalties, and encouraged EU member states to pursue Hungary through the EU’s courts. MEPs …
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John Quelch, dean of the University of Miami Business School, says the reason is that it is quite profitable for countries to fine Big Tech – and also politically popular, since there are strong privacy concerns in Europe. Investigative journalist Ben Swann points out that, while the European competition regulators …
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There can hardly be a soul alive who isn’t aware of taking the knee and its significance. While it was spurred on by a reaction to anti-black discrimination, it was a sign that equality isn’t universal. It began several years ago with NFL star Colin Kaepernick and swept through the …
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The Hungarian government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban has lost a suit at the EU’s Court of Justice challenging the legality of a 2018 motion by the European Parliament calling for investigation of Budapest’s alleged violations of the EU’s rule of law, that could lead to sanctions and to reduced …
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