TAG: Balkans
German budget crisis: Government reaches spending deal for 2024
Leaders of Germany's three-party ruling coalition agreed on a new draft budget for next year after w...
8 months ago
EU floats radical change to how it funds poorer members
BRUSSELS ― Countries may soon have to meet targets in return for their share of a large part of the EU budget under far-reaching plans drawn up by the European Commission.Until now, the bulk of so-called cohesion funding, which was worth €392 billion over...
6 months ago
Wildfire rages out of control on the outskirts of Athens
ATHENS — A massive wildfire fueled by gale-force winds is burning out of control on the outskirts of Athens Monday and is forcing mass evacuations.Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis flew back to Athens, cutting short his vacation on the island of Cr...
2 months ago
From Paris with love: Serbia’s east-west balancing act pays off
BELGRADE — French President Emmanuel Macron and his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vučić plugged their ears to the outside noise on Thursday evening to back a series of multi-billion-euro agreements.The deals were struck despite security concerns regardin...
1 month ago
EU Commission mulls delaying budget proposal until after German election
BRUSSELS ― The European Commission is considering postponing setting out plans for its €1.2 trillion seven-year budget until after next year's German national election.With Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats trailing in the polls behind the Christi...
1 month ago