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Russians who plan to buy property abroad are most interested in investing in Cyprus and Hungary, Russian media outlet RBC reported on Nov. 22, citing research from real estate agency NF Group.

Poland is set to receive more than 5 billion euros ($5.5 billion) in EU funds after the European Commission gave a positive assessment Tuesday of the country's revised recovery plan that includes green reforms and investments. The 5.1 billion euros pre-financing is part of the bloc's REPowerEU program aimed at helping the 27 EU nations recover from the energy crisis that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, and reduce their dependance to Russian fossil fuels. The a...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission on Monday said it would extend a loosening of state aid rules by three more months than initially planned, to end June 2024, to allow EU countries to compensate companies for high energy prices resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and tensions in the Middle East. The EU executive relaxed its state aid rules in March last year after thousands of companies were hit by the war in Ukraine, saying the easier regime would end in December this ye...

He was one of two openly gay ministers in the previous cabinet along with Culture Minister Miquel Iceta, who Sanchez has now replaced. PILAR ALEGRIA - EDUCATION AND SPORT The Socialist Party's main spokesperson for the past two years, Alegria, 46, will continue heading the education system and has gained the additional Sport portfolio, which was previously within Iceta's purview. She also replaces Isabel Rodriguez as government spokesperson.

It took Croatia years to finally enter into Europe's passport-free travel zone that promised to ease access for other European nationals travelling to the country and boost its tourism-driven economy. After entering Croatia, Saifi said he was assaulted by police. 

The European Union made a major breakthrough Friday in efforts to stop sending its plastic trash to poor countries. Under a tentative agreement, the 27 EU countries will no longer be able to export their plastic waste outside the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development club of wealthy countries. The text now needs to be formally approved by both the council representing the EU member states and the EU Parliament to enter into force.

The government of the Czech Republic has asked the EU countries not to include the Russian Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant (NLMK) in the list of EU sanctions, as the country depends on the import of its products for its automotive industry.

The European Union will not supply one million artillery rounds to Ukraine by March 2024. Source: Boris Pistorius, Federal Minister of Defence of Germany, at a meeting of EU defence ministers on 14 November, as reported by European Pravda.

The European Union will not be able to provide Ukraine with one million artillery rounds by March 2024 as it had promised it would, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius admitted while talking to reporters on Nov. 14, Bloomberg reports.

The EU countries are discussing the option of financing military aid for Ukraine with the participation of not all the member states, if the planned format through the European Peace Facility cannot be agreed upon.