EU MEMBER STATES

Local council’s guilty verdict turns up heat on Czech PM Babiš

The Czech Republic’s billionaire prime minister is back in the headlines. His local council found him guilty of breaching conflict of interest rules by...

Popular Polish politician ‘springs’ to action

A progressive political party aimed at challenging Poland’s governing right-wing party has been launched by Robert Biedron, the popular former mayor of the northern...

Irish farmers could be compensated in case of a no-deal Brexit

Irish farmers could be compensated by the European Union for a collapse in beef and dairy prices in the event of a no-deal Brexit,...

France critical of EU competition rules

The European Union’s competition rules are absurd and need to be overhauled, according to France’s Europe affairs minister, Nathalie Loiseau. She pointed to the...

Venezuela’s Maduro rejects EU ultimatum to call elections

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro rejected an ultimatum from European countries to call elections. In an interview with Spanish TV network Sexta, he said he would...

Popular