European Commission Reduces Spokesperson Team

London (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – Downing Street announced on Monday that US President Donald Trump is expected to meet UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a private visit to Scotland later this month. 
Meanwhile, Trump’s state visit to the UK is scheduled for September 17 to 19, 2025, with King Charles III and Queen Camilla hosting Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at Windsor Castle, BBC

X stated it had removed the posts and clarified that the issue was not related to the chatbot’s underlying large language model.
Nonetheless, the Commission has summoned the company for a “technical meeting” about Grok, spokesperson Thomas Regnier mentioned.
X is classified as a very large online platform according to the EU’s Digital Services Act, requiring adherence to strict transparency regula

Brussels – Concerns over American tariffs at 30 percent were expressed by Europeans. This statement was made on Monday in Brussels by Vladimír Šimoňák, State Secretary of the Slovak Republic’s Ministry of Economy, following a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council focused on trade. This was reported by TASR correspondent.
Šimoňák indicated that trade relations between the EU and the USA

Antwerp (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – Scammers using Lèff d’Anvers’ name tricked over 40 job seekers in Antwerp with fake cashier trial days. Owner Margot Verhille warns that never share bank information.  Police are involved.
As VRT News reported, a clothing store in Antwerp, Lèff d’Anvers, is warning about a job scam. Scammers are pretending to be the store to trick people looking for work. O

The scheduling of the invitation coinciding with a House of Commons recess has sparked curiosity.
Officials emphasized Monday that the schedule was orchestrated by Buckingham Palace and was not meant to dodge a parliamentary response to the divisive U.S. leader.
Nigel Farage, a steadfast Trump supporter and head of Britain’s Reform UK party, insisted Monday that parliament should “without doubt” b

The Constitutional Court of Albania has unveiled the second volume of its Jurisprudence Guide, attended by prominent state officials.
Holta Zaçe, Chairwoman of the Constitutional Court, highlighted that this is the first instance where the complete jurisprudence of the court is presented in a structured and detailed manner, facilitating a better understanding and application of constitutional pri

Brussels (Brussels morning Newspaper) – Teresa Ribera, the EU’s vice president for the clean transition, told AFP that the European Union aims for “fair competition” with China, not a race to lower wages and environmental standards.
There are significant tensions regarding economic ties between the EU and Beijing. Brussels fears that extensive state subsidies might lead to a manufacturing oversu

Brussels is currently attempting to balance maintaining open negotiation channels with ensuring that threats of retaliation remain credible. This was evident over the weekend when the EU executive, responsible for coordinating trade for the EU’s 27 member states, postponed the implementation of an initial set of countermeasures while advancing a second set of retaliatory tariffs on approxima

Stockholm – The EU agency Euipo has issued a warning in a report regarding the significant volume of counterfeit food products in the market, particularly within e-commerce platforms.
Items such as cookies, candy, pasta, and chips frequently face manipulation, with alcoholic beverages also posing a substantial issue. This can range from fraudulent labeling and packaging to improper manufacturing m

Pyongyang (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that his nation was prepared to “unconditionally support” Russia’s efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict, during high-level strategic discussions between the two countries, Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Sunday.
The North Korean leader met with the Russian Foreign