EUROPEAN HEADLINES: Fidesz Quits EPP
Fidesz Quits EPP This week's European Headlines focuses on Fidesz's withdrawal from the EPP group following a vote to facilitate MEP exclusion. We take a look at reporting from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Spain and Slovenia. Tweet about this Burning Bridges Idnes reports on Orbán’s exit from the European People’s Party (EPP) as a result of several years of internal conflict in the party. [...]
Youth from the region ready for action to achieve cleaner air!
From February 25 to 28, 2021, a total of 16 students from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Kosovo* gathered for a training seminar for the project "Regional Green Youth Charter" on Tara Mountain. They had the opportunity to, through working with experts in the field of ecology and public advocacy, improve their knowledge of the economic and environmental benefits [...]
EUROPEAN HEADLINES: Digital Platforms and Workers’ Rights
Digital Platforms and Workers' Rights This week's European Headlines focuses on recent developments involving platform workers' rights and the "gig economy" following the launch of a consultation on the rights of platform workers by the Commission on Wednesday. We take a look at reporting in Malta, Spain, Portugal, and Italy. Tweet about this Taxi-ing Defeat for Uber [...]
Regional Green Youth Charter – training seminar on Tara Mountain – ANNOUNCEMENT
The next activity of the project "Regional Green Youth Charter” is a training seminar that will be held from February 25 to 28 on the Tara Mountain. Participants from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Kosovo * will have the opportunity to improve their knowledge of the economic and environmental benefits of the transition to renewable energy production, as well [...]
EUROPEAN HEADLINES: Travel and Borders
Travel and Borders This week's European Headlines focuses on travel and border restrictions across Europe. We take a look at reporting from Slovakia, Ireland, Germany, and Belgium to see how the pandemic and increasing spread of virus variants are affecting border controls. Tweet about this Austria Offers Aid Pravda reports that Slovakia has tightened conditions for crossing [...]
The speech of Tobias Flessenkemper at the “Contribution of the Year to Europe” ceremony
We are transmitting the speech of Tobias Flessenkemper, Head of the Council of Europe Mission in Belgrade, in full: Good evening! Dear Excellencies, dear Jelica, dear Zvezdana, dear Mrs. Vasilic, congratulations on the award, dear members of the European Movement in Serbia, who follow us live and online, Thank you for the invitation to the General Assembly. There are only [...]
The speech of H.E. Sam Fabrizi at the “Contribution of the Year to Europe” ceremony
We are transmitting the speech of H.E. Sem Fabrizi, the Ambassador and Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia, in full: Thank you all for the invitation. I remember the eighties, when I was a university student, and how the federalist movement "JEF" encouraged many of us. Also, I remember my stay in Brussels [...]
The speech of H.E. Maria Virginia Pina and Dorothea Gieselmann at the “Contribution of the Year to Europe” ceremony
We are transmitting the speech of H.E. Maria Virginia Pina, the Ambassador of Portugal, the country holding the presidency of the European Photo by: Marko Vlaovic Union since January 1, 2021, in full: Thank you for the invitation. I will start by praising my colleague and friend, Tobias Flessenkemper from the Council of Europe, for this wonderful initiative. [...]
