Sandor Zsiros

Europe News

Afghan crisis a 'massive defeat' for NATO but an opportunity for EU

The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan makes the case for the EU's strategic autonomy, historian Timothy Garton Ash tells Euronews.

06/09/2021

Europe News

Ryanair CEO: European countries must stop 'stupid' travel restrictions

Michael O’Leary thinks the latest round of restrictions imposed due to the spread of the Delta variant are "nonsensical" because the EU's COVID certificate is enough to normalise travel.

01/07/2021

Europe News

Does greenwashing threaten to derail the EU's climate ambitions?

Greenwashing is the deceptive marketing method that makes people believe the advertised products, services or projects are environmentally friendly, when, in fact, they are not.

31/05/2021

Republic of North Macedonia

EU's credibility 'undermined' if North Macedonia delayed from joining

On Thursday it emerged Brussels could press ahead in talks with Albania over membership of the EU, leaving North Macedonia behind.

07/05/2021

Europe News

EU countries should lower price of PCR tests, says commissioner

The European Commission expects to start negotiations on the green pass at the beginning of May and launch a pilot project in early June, justice commissioner Reynders explained.

21/04/2021

Europe News

Orbán, Salvini and Morawiecki form new right-wing European alliance

They met in Budapest on Thursday to introduce the alliance, vowing to create a "European renaissance based on Christian values".

01/04/2021

Europe News

EU will have 400M COVID vaccine doses by June, says von der Leyen

If no other vaccines are obtained in the meantime, that's only enough doses to inoculate fewer than half of the EU's 447 million population.

03/02/2021

Europe News

Orbán responsible for corruption in Hungary, says former Belgian PM

Top MEP and former Belgian Prime Minister, Guy Verhofstadt, told Euronews that the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, must take responsibility for Hungary's position at the top of the EU's anti-fraud agency's corruption list.

26/11/2020

World

European Commission widens its horizons in crackdown on corruption and abuse of law

The issue of the rule of law has become a central issue in the European Union over the last decade. Up until recently, the spotlight was mainly on concerns over Hungary and Poland. But now the European Commission has decided to widen its horizons.

02/10/2020

World

Laura Codruta Kövesi: Corruption exists in almost all countries

The European Public Prosecutor's Office will soon be able to investigate crimes related to the European budget in Member States as Europe steps up its efforts to fight corruption.

06/07/2020

Europe News

Eco groups fear green recovery may get watered down

Updated communications on the EU Green Deal proposal appear to provide wiggle-room for some fossil fuels.

11/06/2020

Europe News

Coronavirus in Europe: one million job losses in two weeks

Trade unions are calling on the EU to save jobs with income replacement systems. For this to work, a 200-400 billion euro fund is needed

31/03/2020

Europe News

Croatian EU presidency says no to sanctions on Hungary and Poland

The European Parlament last week requested strong action from the Croatian presidency on rule of law. Here is the reaction from the Croatian presidency.

20/01/2020

Hungary

Democracy NGO casts doubts over Orban's 2018 supermajority in Hungary

NGO Unhack Democracy Europe heard reports of vote buying, intimidation, forged logs, and voters being brought in from neighbouring countries during Hungary's 2018 election

09/12/2019

Europe News

The Brief: von der Leyen prepares for first foreign trip as Commission President

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced she will take her first foreign trip to Ethiopia.

04/12/2019

Hungary

Hungary's economic figures 'prove' there is no systematic corruption

Hungary's foreign minister Péter Szijjártó told Euronews that there was no systematic corruption in his country. The EU's anti-fraud office begs to differ.

12/11/2019

Europe News

Where's the money? Farming subsidy exposure creates stir in EP

An article in the New York Times has sparked a stir for the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture. According to the report, the European Union's agricultural subsidies are not reaching their intended destination, but rather populist politicians and their business circles.

07/11/2019

Europe News

EU summit divided over Western Balkans

Divisions over the opening of negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia to join the EU left the summit in a stalemate.

18/10/2019

Europe News

On two wheels between the two seats of the EU Parliament | Part two

In this video we take a look back at the bicycle journey of our correspondent between Brussels and Strasbourg.

20/09/2019

Europe News

On two wheels between the two seats of the EU Parliament | Part one

In this video, our correspondent cycles between the two seats of the EU parliament, Brussels and Strasbourg

20/09/2019