EU to speed up buying of fire-fighting helicopters

Nick Aiossa, deputy director of Transparency International EU said there is a "culture of impunity" in the parliament among MEPs, which contributed to the Qatargate scandal that has rocked the insitution at the end of last year.

If just one-in-five barriers were removed from EU internal border regions, it could gain around two percent in GDP.

The director of Amnesty International Greece on the political spying scandal that now threatens to bring down prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Activists and NGO staff work with the constant fear that they are being spied on.

A no-confidence vote on the Greek government is set for Friday, following revelations of state-led surveillance on senior military officials and a minister.

Czech foreign minister Jan Lipavsky writes that it is self-evident that Vladimir Putin and his cronies must be held accountable for planning and ordering a war of aggression — whatever the legal hurdles.

The United Arab Emirates presented a high-tech vision to lead the world into a green future at this year's climate summit, COP28. But it wants to do so while massively expanding oil production.