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Berlin
Germany will not provide any new cash to Ukraine due to budget constraints, as according to the government the support is mainly funded by interest on frozen Russian assets. Read more.
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Paris
Macron is under pressure to appoint a prime minister. Leaders of the left-wing France Indomitable party have threatened to launch impeachment proceedings against President Emmanuel Macron over what they call an “anti-democratic institutional coup” over the appointment of the next prime minister. Read more.
Nordic and Baltic countries
Oslo | Stockholm
Norway’s concerns about Swedish gangs are growing. Norway is increasingly concerned about Swedish criminal gangs, known for their crimes in Denmark, operating across the country and linked to a number of serious violent crimes. Read more.
Southern Europe
Athens
Experts: EU and Greece should change their mindset to deal with future wildfires. Thousands of hectares of forests in Greece were burned again within a few days. A Greek expert told the European Activities reporter that if EU countries only focus on extinguishing fires without taking overall preventive measures, it will be difficult to cope with future wildfires. Read more.
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Rome
Italy’s Meroni interrupted his vacation to attend an important meeting on the candidates for commissioner. Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meroni briefly interrupted his summer vacation to meet with Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini in Masseria, in Puglia, to discuss the Italian candidate for European Commissioner, which must be submitted to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen by August 30. Read more.
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Madrid
A large number of illegal immigrants have entered Spain, and various regions are in urgent need of help. In the first two weeks of August, the number of illegal immigrants from Africa arriving in Spain reached a record level. The number of illegal immigrants in the Canary Islands increased by 126%, and the number of illegal immigrants in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta increased by 143%. All regions are in urgent need of help. Read more.
Eastern Europe
Prague
The tender for the European Space Agency’s headquarters in Prague has suffered a setback. The City of Prague has cancelled plans to award the contract to PORR for the construction of the Nová Palmovka building, which was to become the new headquarters of the European Space Agency. Read more.
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Warsaw
Lukashenko misquoted a Polish minister as saying Polish mercenaries assisted in the Kursk Offensive. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told Russian state television that Polish mercenaries fought alongside Ukrainian troops in the Kursk Offensive, but misquoted Polish Interior Minister Tomasz Simoniak. Read more.
Balkan News
Sophia
Bulgaria’s president ignores Council of Europe’s call to approve new anti-LGBTI law. Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has not vetoed the new anti-LGBTI law that would have banned any form of educational programmes on “non-traditional sexual orientations” in Bulgarian schools, ignoring calls from the Council of Europe and civil society activists. Read more.
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(Editing by Sarantis Michalopoulos, Daniel Eck and Alice Taylor)
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