SACRAMENTO, California — State leaders are grappling with how to restructure funding for roads as California transitions to an electric vehicle future — and they’re running out of time to find solutions. State officials, lawmakers, industry representatives and labor leaders joined POLITICO California policy editor Debra Kahn at a live event Tuesday to discuss how […]
(Reuters) -Microsoft is close to reaching a multimillion-euro deal with an Amazon-backed cloud lobby to get it to drop an antitrust complaint with the European Commission, Politico reported on Saturday. The deal, which hasn’t been accepted yet by members of the lobby group Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE), would see the providers withdraw […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden has secretly given Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia – solely near the area of Kharkiv – with American weapons, Politico reported on Thursday, citing a U.S. official and two other people familiar with the plan. “The president recently directed his team to ensure that Ukraine is able […]
Politico sources in the EU believe that the change in the position of European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen regarding the negotiation schedule with Ukraine about its accession is related to the upcoming European elections. Source: European Pravda with reference to Politico Details: At a press conference on 21 February, von der Leyen assessed […]
EU leaders reached a compromise with Hungary to approve the allocation of a macro-financial assistance package of €50 billion to Ukraine and prevent a veto from Viktor Orbán. Source: Politico, citing three European diplomats, as reported by European Pravda Details: Sources say that European leaders persuaded Orbán with three proposals, including an annual report by […]
The European Union is confident that an agreement to provide Ukraine with €50 billion ($54.3 billion USD) in aid can be finalized within the next few weeks, Politico reported on Jan. 16, citing anonymous diplomats and officials. Despite this confidence, there is still no consensus on what concessions to offer Hungary in exchange for approving […]
Hungary has signalled to the European Union that it is ready to withdraw its opposition to new long-term funding for Ukraine. Source: European Pravda, citing Politico Details: Several European diplomats and officials, speaking to the publication, have reported that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is approaching a compromise on the use of funds from the […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to use the EU summit on 1 February, dedicated to the mid-term review of the EU budget, to urge partners to send more weapons to Ukraine. Source: Politico with reference to an official of the German government, reported by European Pravda Details: As is known, on 1 February, EU leaders […]
Hungary claims that it may lift its veto from the €50 billion EU aid package for Ukraine on condition that the funding will be reviewed annually. Source: European Pravda with reference to Politico Details: According to three EU diplomats, Budapest has claimed that it may lift its veto on condition that the European Council will […]
European leaders have approved the opening of accession negotiations for Ukraine, European Council President Charles Michel announced Thursday. The announcement comes at a critical time for Ukraine as its counteroffensive against Russia’s invasion stalled in recent weeks and $60 billion in aid from the U.S. is stuck in Congress. While accession talks are likely to […]
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — As long as it takes? Or as long as we feel like it? For nearly two years, the EU has promised to support “Ukraine and its people for as long as it takes” — taking in millions of Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s war […]
COP28 wrapped on Wednesday with officials touting a pledge to triple the world’s renewable energy capacity by 2030. It even came twinned with a vow to double global energy-saving efforts over the same period. Predictably, the promise came with some high-flying rhetoric. COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber, the oil CEO helming the talks, claimed the goal […]