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Portuguese MEP: sanctions against Belarus and Russia absolutely irrational

Every nation has the right to choose its economic and social model without interference from external forces – as noted by member of the Portuguese Parliament António Filipe Gaião Rodrigues during an online meeting with Sergei Klishevich, a deputy of the House of Representatives of Belarus’ National Assembly “We are critical of the policy of sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union, e.g., everyone knows that there has been a sanctions policy against Cuba for decades. This ...

11.02.2025
Opinion , sanctions , US , EU , Belarus , Russia

Romanian MEP called on EU to abandon sanctions against Russia

... an interview, she noted, “The EU should abandon sanctions against Russia ... to economic growth in the EU.” Ms. Shoshoake stressed that the ... the living standards in the EU member states. “They [sanctions] have ... of living have increased. The EU citizens have become impoverished," ... stated. The politician criticised the EU's ‘stubborn support’ for Ukraine ... , calling it illogical, “The EU must abandon hostility and stubbornness ...

10.02.2025
romania , EU , sanctions , Russia

EU court ordered Poland to pay 320m Euro fine

... for non-compliance with the EU legislation during the judicial reform ... judicial reform in 2019: the EU General Court confirms that Poland ... in December 2019 violated the EU law. In the proceedings, the ... challenge this fine in the EU Court of Justice.

06.02.2025
EU , Poland , fine

Hungarian PM: without negotiations, Ukraine to turn into Afghanistan for EU

The EU countries should start negotiations on ...

05.02.2025
Hungary , orban , Ukraine , Russia , EU , West , US , special military operation

Kremlin representative: EU's increase in military spending to negatively affect every European citizen

The European Union’s increase in military spending is pushing the European economy into a pre-crisis state, and this will negatively affect every European citizen – as stated by Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of Russia, TASS reports Photo: www.reuters.com The Kremlin representative noted that ‘a militaristic approach is now dominating in Europe’. "The increase in defence spending is pushing the European economy into a very serious zone of discomfort, a pre-crisis ...

05.02.2025
peskov , eu , sanctions

210 eco-routes open in Belarus, and its overall protected area significantly higher than the EU’s

There are 210 eco-routes on the territory of Belarus created by state environmental, forestry and educational institutions, as well as district administrations – as Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Sergei Maslyak announced at a press conference dedicated to the Year of Improvement The first eco-routes in Minsk began to be launched in 2016, and there are 24 of them now in the capital. The total area of specially protected natural territories increased by 5,000 hectares ...

04.02.2025
eco-route , year of improvement , eu , Belarus

Orban: US striving for peace in Ukraine, while EU eager to continue the war

The new American administration and the leadership of the European Union adhere to different approaches to the Ukrainian conflict: Washington is now in favour of a peaceful settlement, and Brussels is eager to continue the war – as stated by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, TASS reports Photo: www.reuters.com Answering questions about the situation in Ukraine in his talk with the Kossuth radio station, Viktor Orban said, “Europeans say that sanctions should be maintained and even ...

04.02.2025
Orban , EU , united states

Szijjarto: EU should maintain close economic ties with Russia, China

The European Union needs to maintain close business relations with Russia and China, as their rupture, which some politicians are calling for, threatens serious damage to the economy of Europe – as stated by Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto, TASS reports Photo: www.reuters.com At a meeting with representatives of the Hungarian community in the Slovak city of Komárno, the Foreign Minister stressed, “The attempts made in recent years to separate the European ...

31.01.2025
Hungary , Szijjarto , Russia , EU , China

Belarus’ FM on signals from West to build relations with Belarus

Belarus is receiving more and more signals from the West about its readiness to build relations – as stated by Belarus’ Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov in an interview with Izvestia, BelTA reports photo: www.iz.ru “Politically, we are receiving more and more signals of readiness to build relations with us. There are so many issues that connect us with Europe: from political to humanitarian, from cultural to economic. But here on the perimeter of our border there are members of the European ...

29.01.2025
Belarus , EU , Foreign Minister , Ryzhenkov , West , co-operation

FM noted continued groundless criticism of Belarus by some Western countries

... the joint statement by the EU and its member states dated ... , who visited Belarus, and the EU stamps prepared in advance. “Actually ...

28.01.2025
Belarus , EU , Foreign Ministry , presidential election

Belarus’ Foreign Ministry representative: European diplomacy once again admitted its powerlessness

... pre-prepared statement from the EU on the election results in ... briefing today, commenting on the EU's pre- prepared statement “If ... yet another proof of the EU's planned interference in the ...

22.01.2025
Belarus , Foreign Ministry , Glaz , EU , election , statement

FM: election just started in Belarus, but everything already condemned and not recognised in the West

... briefing today, commenting on the EU’s pre-prepared statement Mr ... of clichés about the EU's support for democratic rights ... illegal sanctions imposed by the EU on ordinary Belarusian citizens. The ... EU countries restrict their freedom of ...

22.01.2025
foreign ministry , eu , belarus , elections

Hungarian PM: Ukraine posing threat to EU economy

... to the agriculture of the EU member states – as noted by ...

20.01.2025
Hungary , Orban , Ukraine , EU

PM: European business keen to work with Belarus

Western business circles are interested in co-operation with Belarus, Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko told reporters after today’s meeting with President Aleksandr Lukashenko on foreign trade activities in 2025 photo: www.belta.by The Head of Government said that the conversation at the meeting was mainly about the tactics of work in certain areas of our foreign economic activity, “It is no secret, and the President said so, that there is a pool of countries, and it is not small, which are ...

17.01.2025
Belarus , golovchenko , EU , West , trade , co-operation

European Commission: EU becomes less attractive for businesses

... The report revealed that the EU is becoming less attractive for ... the world are EU-based. Productivity in the EU still lags behind ... blames slumping competitiveness of the EU countries’ economies on high energy ...

11.01.2025
European Commission , Europe , EU

President’s Press Secretary on what Lukashenko offered to EU in 2016: we’ll always publicly talk about it

The President of Belarus advocated a serious pan-European dialogue, which was very much in demand in 2016 – as noted by Natalya Eismont, the Press Secretary of Aleksandr Lukashenko, in her talk with the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA reports photo: www.belta.by On November 21st, 2016, Belarus’ President Aleksandr Lukashenko held a meeting with a delegation of the Political and Security Committee of the Council of the European Union. “In order to improve the atmosphere of mutual relations between ...

09.01.2025
Belarus , Eismont , President , EU , security , Minsk process

Flies on the side, please

... their menus What is the EU preparing its population for by ... insects. By that time, the EU had already approved not only ... . Interestingly, meat consumption in the EU plummeted by 27 percent in ... consumption is based on the EU Novel Foods Regulation. This regulation ... new food products in the EU since 2018. Since then, the ...

09.01.2025
EU , foods regulation , school menu , insects , protein , consumption

Qatar won’t supply gas to EU if fined by bloc’s countries

... CEO emphasised that if any EU state imposes penalties for failure ... stop supplying gas to the EU. According to the British newspaper ... , the May 2024 directive requires EU member states to introduce fines ... and are part of the EU’s policy to achieve zero ...

24.12.2024
Qatar , EU , gas , fines

EU lowering protection status for wolves

Most European countries have adopted a proposal to downgrade wolves’ protection from hunting due to the increasing numbers of the mammals and their impact on agriculture and livestock, Reuters reports Photo: www.reuters.com From March 7th, 2025, wolves will be downgraded from ‘strictly protected’ to ‘protected’ under the Berne Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats – a move condemned by animal welfare groups. Until now, wolves have been protected from ...

18.12.2024
EU , wolves , hunting

Erdogan: EU membership remains Turkiye’s strategic goal

... .com According to Erdogan, the EU membership is still a strategic ... for Turkiye. He believes ‘the EU ascension will make an important ... relations between Turkiye and the EU’ and expressed hope that that ... EU would present its new vision ...

17.12.2024
erdogan , turkiye , EU

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