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Europe
Spain Imposes Minimum Spending for Non-EU Tourists
Spain recently imposed a requirement that non-EU tourists provide evidence of sufficient funds for their trips at the rate of €100 per day as a minimum spending limit, a policy not been welcomed by many.
Guidelines published by the Spanish...
Energy
EU Nations Urged to Cut Gas Usage Amid New Putin Warning
The European Union (EU) told member states on Wednesday to cut gas usage by 15 percent until March as an emergency step after President Vladimir Putin warned that Russian supplies sent via the biggest pipeline to Europe could be...
Europe
EU Mulls Possible Diplomatic Boycott of Olympics
Foreign ministers of nations belonging to the European Union are meeting today on whether or not to join in the diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics amid increasing calls for them to take action.
The foreign minister of Lithuania...
Business
Facebook Announces 10,000 New EU Jobs for “Metaverse” Platform
Facebook is planning to hire 10,000 people in the EU to develop a so-called "metaverse," it announced on Monday. This is an online world where people can game, work and communicate in a virtual environment, often using VR headsets.
Facebook...
Europe
European ID Cards No Longer Accepted at Post-Brexit UK Borders
A post-Brexit rule banning the use of ID cards from the EU and European Economic Area (EEA) for entering Britain came into effect on Friday, according to the UK government.
Under plans announced by the government one year ago, most...
Economy
Yanis Varoufakis Warns Euro Will Fail and Will Bring EU Down With it
Appearing on the TV program BBC This Week, former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis launched a savage attack on the EU, claiming it is destined to fail because the euro is doomed.
The BBC’s Andrew Neil asked him what he...
Business
Greece Among 10 EU Countries to Ask for Internet Companies Taxation
Greece is among ten countries which have signed a statement calling on the European Commission to examine the feasibility of the so-called equalisation tax, a tax of large internet companies on their turnover in each EU state, rather than...
Greece
In Pnyx hill, Macron Presents European Vision for a More Integrated Union
The stage of the ancient Greek public forum in the Pnyx hill was the perfect set for a memorable, inspirational, pan-European speech and French president Emmanuel Macron tried his utmost to rise to the occasion.
Borrowing the preacher-like techniques which...
Economy
Greece and Cyprus Among Most Changed in Job Mobility in EU
A social mobility report by Eurofound, the EU Agency for the improvement of living and working conditions, shows that Greece, Cyprus, Finland and Poland have changed the most, having seen massive mobility out of agriculture towards manufacturing and services...
Greece
Greece Will be Ready for Returning Refugees, Migration Minister tells the Guardian
Conditions have improved and will meet EU criteria, Migration minister Yannis Mouzalas told British newspaper The Guardian in an interview about housing returning refugees from EU countries.
“The paperwork has begun and we expect returns to begin over the next...