The war between Russia and Ukraine has put in check the distribution of natural gas, on which many European countries depend largely for Russian exports. It should be noted that the gas arriving in Europe from Russia is done through the network of gas pipelines as North Stream, which is directly connected to Germany by […]
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Poland and Hungary block EU agreement on minimum tax for large companies
The European Union’s (EU) effort to implement an internationally agreed minimum tax on large multinationals was met with opposition from Poland and Hungary. EU members are still seeking to sign into law a landmark agreement among OECD countries that obliges governments to impose a minimum 15% tax on the world’s biggest companies. Under France’s recently […]
European Union would cut billions to anti-democratic members
In a matter of weeks, the European Union could take steps to sanction countries that do not respect the bloc’s democratic standards. It could withhold emergency pandemic aid as well as payments stemming from the EU budget. Poland, which has clashed with the EU on multiple rule-of-law fronts, could lose more than 130 billion euros […]
Confiscated by the Nazis, Masonic treasures are preserved in Poland
The imposing collection of Masonic objects in Poznan, in Poland, preserves its treasures, with its squares and compasses, engravings, old books and albums, some bearing the seal of the sinister Nazi dignitary Heinrich Himmler. Around 80,000 volumes spread over more than a kilometer of shelves, many very old, others more recent, preserved in the library […]
A thousand people still remain in the center on the Belarusian-Polish border
Updated on 12/11/2021 11:17 am About 1,000 migrants, including 150 minors, have been staying for more than a month in the Bruzgui industrial warehouse near the border Belarusian-Polish, they told Efe today in the Belarusian office of the Red Cross. “Currently the logistics center accommodates about 1,000 people, including 150 children,” said a spokesman for […]
Keys to understanding the migration crisis on the border between Poland and Belarus
The arrival of hundreds of migrants to the border between Poland and Belarus It caused a diplomatic crisis between these two countries and Europe’s concern. These five questions help to understand this complex situation: What is the situation at the border? Several thousand migrants who wanted to enter the European Union (EU) are blocked in […]
Poland, a dynamic country emerging unscathed from the crisis
Updated on 10/19/2021 04:15 pm Director of Financial and Business Affairs of the OECD since August 2021. As the world begins to recover from the pandemic, financial markets will play a crucial role, allowing entrepreneurs to raise capital to invest and innovate. The role of these markets is essential not only to get out of […]
European Union: Hungary threatens to cut EU funds
Ursula von der Leyen does not waste any time. On the agenda in the European Parliament is the debate on the EU summit, at which Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron tried in vain to push through an EU summit with Vladimir Putin in addition to further sanctions against Russia. For the head […]