Brussels gives more leeway
European Commission allows Athens another €500 mln in spending via escape clause.
5 mayors are suspended from duty as authorities expand the crackdown on Turkey’s opposition
Turkish authorities suspended five elected mayors from duty Thursday as part of an ongoing crackdown on the country’s opposition.
Where is the money the EU promised workers to go green?
The European Union’s flagship Just Transition Fund has spent less than 3% of its €26.7 billion ($30.5 billion US) to support regions and communities’ shift away from fossil fuel industries, despite running for more than four years.
Ukraine’s drone strikes are a strategic game-changer
On Sunday, Ukraine executed one of the most extraordinary asymmetric operations in modern military history. Using domestically built first-person-view (FPV) drones deployed from deep inside Russian territory, Kyiv launched a coordinated assault against several military airbases as far as eastern Siberia, the border with Mongolia, and the Arctic.
Turkey’s big play in Syria
Henri Barkey joins Thanos Davelis as we dig into Washington’s green-lighting of Turkey and Qatar’s embrace of Syria, and look at how this could impact Erdogan at home.
Trump asks Balkan states to accept deportees, Bloomberg reports
President Donald Trump’s administration is pushing Serbia and other Balkan countries to take in migrants deported from the United States, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.
Gun believed to have been used in attack on EYP agents found
Police in northern Greece have found a gun that is believed to have been used in an armed attack against agents of the Greek Intelligence Service (EYP) in the port city of Thessaloniki on May 27, it was reported on Thursday.
Shein hit with complaint from EU consumer group over ‘dark patterns’
Pan-European consumers’ organization BEUC filed a complaint with the European Commission on Thursday against online fast-fashion retailer Shein over its use of “dark patterns,” tactics designed to make people buy more on its app and website.
EU warns Greece over lack of water strategy
Greece faces a European Court of Justice ruling on Thursday over its failure to complete flood risk management plans required under EU water directives, highlighting the country’s struggles with water management.
A boost for the housing market
Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis has announced a plan for the immediate stimulation of the supply of new housing on the market by introducing state-owned assets.