Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, has once again called for the speedy approval of a four-year, €50 billion Ukraine Facility assistance plan for Ukraine as part of the EU’s mid-term budget review. Source: Ursula von der Leyen at a press conference on the occasion of the arrival of the College of […]
A protest challenging the certification of Mary McDonald, a Democrat, as a candidate in the Republican Primary for Montgomery County Commission accuses her of several improprieties including improperly filing an intent to run and submitting defective petitions. >> RELATED COVERAGE: Trotwood mayor loses re-election The protest, detailed in papers filed Thursday by Mohamed Al-Hamdani, Montgomery […]
Poland has received a letter from the European Commission demanding that the indefinite embargo on duty-free imports of certain agricultural products from Ukraine be lifted. Source: Czesław Siekierski, the Minister of Agriculture of Poland, reported this to the Polish media Quote from Siekierski: “We have received a letter from the European Commission demanding that the […]
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (the government) has approved the project of the Ukraine Facility plan for submission to the European Commission. Source: Interfax Ukraine, citing Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, as reported by European Pravda. Quote: “Today, we are approving the project of the Ukraine Facility plan for submission to the European Commission. […]
A Washington state agency has dismissed a complaint filed against a Tri-City political action committee over some controversial campaign signs. The complaint centered on allegations that false and intentionally misleading signs were placed next to a Kennewick School Board candidate’s signs. The We Want Accountability PAC posted signs pointed at school board President Michael Connors’ […]
Lithuanian MEP Petras Auštravičius has said that signatures are being collected in the European Parliament for a vote of no confidence in the European Commission due to the unfreezing of €10 billion for Hungary on the eve of the recent Ukraine-focused EU summit. Source: Auštrevičius said this in an interview with Delfi, reports European Pravda […]
The government approved a draft of the Ukraine Facility plan for submission to the European Commission, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Dec. 29. “Today, we are approving the project of the Ukraine Facility plan for submission to the European Commission. Together with businesses, the public sector, the deputies’ corps, and (Ukraine’s) regions, we have […]
LANSING — A divided Michigan redistricting commission sank into dysfunction Thursday, unable to make a decision on whether to appeal a recent court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional 13 of the Detroit-area legislative maps it drew. One commissioner cried “sabotage” after three others did not return after a closed session that lasted more than […]
Dec. 28—The Western Montana Conservation Commission recently received $9 million in mostly federal funds to tackle water quality issues throughout the western part of the state. Awarded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the money will help the commission work toward toxic pollution and septic leachate toxic reduction, and public education on the importance of water […]
Dec. 27—NEW ALBANY — The Indiana Natural Resources Commission upheld a decision in favor of a company planning to remove Providence Mill Dam from Silver Creek. Elizabeth Gamboa, the chief administrative law judge for the Natural Resources Commission, previously granted Ecosystems Connections Institute’s request for a summary judgement, which was issued on Aug. 25. A […]
Former European Commission President Jacques Delors, a founding father of the European Union’s historic single currency project, died on Wednesday at the age of 98. Mr Delors, an ardent advocate of post-war European integration, served as president of the European Commission, the EU executive, for three terms – longer than any other holder of the […]
Jacques Delors, the former president of the European Commission, has died at the age of 98, according to French media reports citing his daughter Martine Aubry. French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to him on the online platform X as a “fighter for human justice”. A French Socialist, Delors ran the European Commission from 1985 […]