Friday
28th Jul 2017
By EUOBSERVER
Alexis Tsipras' Greek government plans to hire 20,000 civil servants over the next year to help Greece's austerity hit education and health services. Government officials believe that the hiring will not run into objections from representatives of Greece’s international creditors, Kathimerini newspaper reports. The same sources denied that such a move could render the civil service beholden to leftist SYRIZA.
Mariano Rajoy takes on a reform of the Catalan parliament that would facilitate a vote to declare the region's independence.
US senators have backed extra Russia sanctions, which could see US fines imposed on EU investors in Russian energy projects and put at risk a new gas pipeline.
France nationalised a shipbuilding company to prevent an Italian takeover, just days after Rome had criticised a meeting between French and Libyan leaders in Paris.
The Labour leader has put his Brexit cards on the table again but it stands to divide the party, which still has a strong pro-EU following.
Fico convinced the EU commission chief to take action in the perceived problem of discriminatory food practices, even though the evidence for the phenomenon is anecdotal.
With two landmark court cases approaching, the European Court of Justice's decisions could have far-reaching effects on citizens' cyber rights.
