European Union leaders will hold a face-to-face summit in Brussels on May 25 to discuss the coronavirus crisis, the battle against climate change and tensions with Russia, a spokesman said. Several recent EU gatherings have been held by videoconference as a Covid-19 safety measure, but a spokesman for European CouncilContinue Reading

Unkari on EU:n toiseksi nopein koronarokottaja heti piskuisen Maltan jälkeen. Tästä huolimatta epidemiatilanne on maassa huono ja koronakuolemat lisääntyvät ennätystahtia. Unkarissa kiistellään myös siitä, kuka saa kertoa mitäkin koronasta. Yksinvaltaisen pääministerin Viktor Orbánin hallintoa syytetään tilanteen vakavuuden salaamisesta. Kokosimme kysymyksiä ja vastauksia Unkarin koronatilanteesta. Mikä on salailusyytösten taustalla? 28 riippumattomanContinue Reading

Latvia still has much to do in order to submit its application for the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility to the European Commission, said European Commission vice president Valdis Dombrovskis (New Unity). “Negotiations among Latvia’s representations and responsible European Commission’s services have launched. The first observation is that plan meetsContinue Reading

Minister of Finance Matti Vanhanen said a common EU recovery plan is in Finland's interest

A majority of parliamentary groups have expressed their support for Finland’s participation in the EU’s Covid recovery plan. Minister of Finance Matti Vanhanen (Cen) said that EU’s joint plan supports Finland’s and the EU’s recovery from the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. SDP MP Johannes Koskinen brought upContinue Reading

Lithuania would back softening of self-isolation requirements for incoming people by increasing the rate threshold that makes self-isolation mandatory, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says, adding that a common position of the EU or at least the Baltic states is needed for that. “Speaking of countries that are subjected toContinue Reading