Finland temporarily closes all border-crossings with Russia to stop ruthless abuse of third-country asylum seekers in extreme winter weather conditions. Finland together with its partners and allies is determined to counter hybrid operations of any kind.

Parliament has chosen Donald Tusk as Poland's new prime minister. That paves the way for him to form a new government in the coming days, ending the eight-year rule of the national-conservative PiS party notesfrompoland.com/2023/12/11/tus…

The European Council has decided to open accession negotiations with Ukraine & Moldova. #EUCO granted candidate status to Georgia. And the EU will open negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina once the necessary degree of compliance with the membership criteria is reached and

Worth a rewatch today following the historic #EUCO decision 🇺🇦🇲🇩🇪🇺 How are teachers gonna explain this video in 50 years? 🤔

Alexander Stubb and Pekka Haavisto to face off in Finland presidential run-off on.ft.com/3HGMU5S

Grateful to Charles Michel and EU leaders for establishing the €50 billion Ukraine Facility for 2024-2027. It is very important that the decision was made by all 27 leaders, which once again proves strong EU unity. Continued EU financial support for Ukraine will strengthen

En historisk dag. Alla Natoländers parlament har nu röstat för Sveriges Natomedlemskap. Vi står redo att axla vår del av ansvaret för Natos säkerhet.

Nature Restoration Law adopted!

2024 #Turkish Local Election results. Social-democrat CHP became the most popular party nationwide, defeating Erdogan’s AK Party. CHP also won big in #Istanbul (10% margin) and #Ankara (30% margin) against Erdogan-backed candidates. #Turkey #Elections

Jeg har skrevet om Istanbuls genvalgte borgmester, Ekrem Imamoglu – præsident Erdogans største konkurrent lige nu og her. Og lidt ord om, hvorfor lokalvalget i Tyrkiet gik, som det gik. politiken.dk/9836820

🔴 #RSFIndex | RSF unveils the 2024 World Press Freedom Index 1: Norway🇳🇴 2: Denmark🇩🇰 3: Sweden🇸🇪 10: Germany🇩🇪 21: France🇫🇷 55: United States🇺🇸 101: Israel🇮🇱 162: Russia🇷🇺 172: China🇨🇳 178: Afghanistan🇦🇫 179: Syria🇸🇾 180: Eritrea🇪🇷 rsf.org/en/index

EU kritiserer igen svingdørslobbyismen i DK - No progress on introducing rules on ‘revolving doors’, skriver EU-Kommissionen i den nye retsstatsrapport Ingen ændringer siden mit interview med bl.a. professor Anne Rasmussen - @annerasmussen.bsky.social i 2021 #dkpol #eudk altinget.dk/artikel/ny-eu-…

Today is a huge win for European citizens and tax justice.   👉In its final judgment, EU Court of Justice confirms European Commission 2016 decision: Ireland granted illegal aid to Apple.   Ireland now has to release up to 13 billion euros of unpaid taxes.

I asked Margrethe Vestager whether her two wins in the EU's top court today -- against Apple and Google -- were a vindication of her work as the EU's competition commissioner over the past 10 years Here's what she said 👇

📌Turkey-watchers reporting that Istanbul mayor Imamoglu, detained on March 19, will appear in front of a judge shortly and that the judge will send him to jail. It says a lot about a system, if you know before a popular politician saw a judge, that they will end up in prison 🧶

am not seeing much coverage of the massive (and, according to the govt, illegal) pro-democracy protests in turkey

Today, Türkiye woke up to a profound betrayal.  The ongoing judicial process is far from being fair - it is an execution without trial. I invite our nation to fight for their rights. This fight is crucial for the future of our nation and our children.  For the future of

After canceling his diploma, raiding his house, arresting him, and seizing his companies, Turkey has now blocked Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s X account. Imamoglu was using this channel everyday very effectively. I’m sure Musk and his buddy JD Vance are very concerned.