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Aalst (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – Foster parents in Aalst protested the council’s decision to abolish the Childcare Service by handing out dirty diapers during a tense municipal meeting. They are demonstrating against the elimination of the city’s foster parent program. Ten foster parents and seventy children are impacted. The city council placed a cross through…

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office is investigating numerous instances where Greek individuals improperly obtained EU agricultural funds for lands they neither owned nor rented, or for agricultural activities they did not perform, thereby depriving genuine farmers of these funds. This long-standing, large-scale fraud was highlighted in a previous POLITICO report this year. The Greek government…

Brussels – Slovenia views the proceedings against Hungary under Article 7 of the EU treaty mainly as a chance for dialogue, according to State Secretary at the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Marko Štucin, ahead of the EU affairs ministers’ discussion on Hungary’s rule of law. “Article 7 is the sole mechanism available to the…

Portugal, along with 16 other EU Member States, urged the European Commission to take action against Hungary’s ban on the LGTBI+ march planned for June. The call to action, supported by Portugal, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Slovenia, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and Sweden, was announced by…

Brussels – Key topics at Monday’s EU Council for Agriculture and Fisheries meeting in Brussels included the future of the common agricultural policy, foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), and the state of agriculture in Ukraine and its implications for the EU. This was announced by Richard Takáč, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Slovakia, following…

Bratislava – Slovakia has significant geothermal energy potential, yet only 2% is currently harnessed. This was emphasized by Ján Ferenčák, a member of the National Council and chairman of the Committee for European Affairs, during a press conference on Monday, where he was joined by a delegation of Members of the European Parliament from the…

Bratislava – The Delegation of the European Parliament (EP) Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) intends to withhold investments in infrastructure, healthcare, education modernization, social service expansion, and energy efficiency for small and medium-sized enterprises in Slovakia. This announcement was made on Monday during a press conference by Interior Minister and Hlas-SD party leader, Matúš Šutaj…

Brussels – Today, fifteen member states, including the Czech Republic, voiced their concerns in Brussels regarding the inadequacy of the tobacco taxation directive. A letter signed by the finance and economy ministers, including Zbyňek Stanjura, states that the current legislative framework is obsolete and fails to adequately address the current tobacco market landscape, particularly with…

Haaltert (Eurotoday) – The old train station in Haaltert, which was purchased by the city for €160,000 in 2021, is now valued at just €50,000 and requires an estimated €1 million in renovations, according to alderman Nathalie Meganck. As reported by VRT News, the station—located in the East Flanders municipality of Haaltert—is no longer operational.…

As Israel continues its latest military offensive in the Gaza Strip, prompting widespread concern over a deteriorating humanitarian situation, German officials are beginning to signal a potential shift in the country’s stance. In light of an 11-week blockade that has left many Gazans at risk of starvation, according to humanitarian organizations, Christian Democratic Union (CDU)…