Europe in brief: Alleged corruption in the EU Parliament, hydrogen pipeline between Spain and France, EU-US subsidies dispute and can Bosnia and Herzegovina expect EU candidacy?

Europe in brief: Alleged corruption in the EU Parliament, hydrogen pipeline between Spain and France, EU-US subsidies dispute and can Bosnia and Herzegovina expect EU candidacy?

by Belga, dpa, FENA, EFE | 13.Dec 2022 | Europe in brief

The European Parliament has been in the eye of the storm since it was announced that a large-scale corruption case is under investigation. Other news: A green hydrogen pipeline to be built between the Iberian Peninsula and the rest of Europe, subsidy dispute between the EU and the US, and potential EU enlargement in the Western Balkans.

Europe in brief: EU states want cash ceiling of 10,000 euros, airlines will have to pay for CO2 emissions on intra-EU flights, EU and Western Balkan states meet in Tirana and EU wants to overcome Hungary’s blockade of aid to Ukraine

Europe in brief: EU states want cash ceiling of 10,000 euros, airlines will have to pay for CO2 emissions on intra-EU flights, EU and Western Balkan states meet in Tirana and EU wants to overcome Hungary’s blockade of aid to Ukraine

by APA, AFP, FENA, Belga | 09.Dec 2022 | Europe in brief

In a bid to combat money laundering, the EU states have called for a cash ceiling of 10,000 euros. EU airlines will have to pay for CO2 emissions produced on intra-EU flights. In Tirana, leaders have called to accelerate the EU accession process of Western Balkan states. And the EU Council works on overcoming the Hungarian blockage of aid for Ukraine.

The long and winding road to Schengen

The long and winding road to Schengen

by AGERPRES, BTA, dpa, FENA, HINA, STA | 09.Dec 2022 | Key Stories

Every summer, tourists used to spend hours stuck in traffic jams on the border with Croatia. This will soon be a thing of the past. The Adriatic country is going to join the Schengen area without border controls as early as 2023. But for Bulgaria and Romania, the borderless dream has not come true yet.

Europe in brief: Brussels proposes Frontex on non-EU Western Balkans borders, West agrees to cap price on Russian oil, Von der Leyen responds to US President Biden’s climate package plan and Dutch opposition to Bulgaria’s Schengen accession causes reactions in Sofia

Europe in brief: Brussels proposes Frontex on non-EU Western Balkans borders, West agrees to cap price on Russian oil, Von der Leyen responds to US President Biden’s climate package plan and Dutch opposition to Bulgaria’s Schengen accession causes reactions in Sofia

by HINA, Belga, dpa, BTA | 06.Dec 2022 | Europe in brief

Frontex could soon be deployed to non-EU borders in the Western Balkans to curb illegal migration. The EU, G7 and Australia have agreed to place a price cap on Russian oil. Von der Leyen calls for the EU to adapt state-aid schemes in response to the US green energy subsidy package. The Netherlands’ rejection of Bulgaria’s accession to the Schengen area causes strong reactions in Sofia

Posts falsely claim Qatar banned German football team from landing because of plane’s pro-diversity logo

Posts falsely claim Qatar banned German football team from landing because of plane’s pro-diversity logo

by AFP | 06.Dec 2022 | Fact check

Facebook posts shared thousands of times in Africa claim that a Lufthansa plane carrying the German football team to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup tournament was banned from landing because of its “gay logo”. But the claim is false: the players flew to Oman on the so-called “Diversity” plane for a friendly match, before switching to a smaller aircraft without any branding to head to Qatar. AFP Fact Check also found that “Diversity” landed in Doha on at least three occasions in November 2022.