The European Commission has taken the first formal legal step against the Hungarian government that could lead to “financial measures” for failing to respect the rule of law. In a letter, the EU’s day-to-day management asks for clarification on European money in public tenders. The commission has said “serious […]
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US President Joe Biden has exercised his powers for the first time in his term to pardon convicts and shorten prison terms. The White House announced Tuesday that Biden has pardoned three people and reduced the prison terms of 75 others. According to the White House, the three people […]
Beijing residents are increasingly concerned about the coronavirus. In the Chinese capital, groceries are being bought en masse, while the approximately 3.5 million residents of a large district have been told that they must be tested several times. There is a fear among the population that Beijing, like Shanghai, […]
Russia seeks complete control of the eastern Donbas region and southern Ukraine to build a land bridge to the Crimean peninsula annexed by Moscow. According to the Russian news agency Interfax, a senior Russian general said this on Friday. “Since the beginning of the second phase of the special […]
Amazon’s European web store division has paid no tax for 2021. Bloomberg reported this based on documents it could view. The European part of the American company had a turnover of 51.3 billion euros last year but had a deficit of 1.2 billion euros below the line. As a […]
In its emissions targets, Shell no longer looks at the progress that society has made in that area. Shell previously stated that it always wanted to be emission-free by 2050, “depending on social progress”. According to Van Beurden, dropping that condition is “another step forward” that “represents the leading […]
Greek authorities have seized a Russian oil tanker off the island of Evia. In addition, new European Union sanctions over the war in Ukraine have banned ports in the Member States from allowing ships flying the Russian flag to enter. The Greek shipping ministry said that the nearly 250-meter […]
According to the Ukrainian border guard, more than 38,000 people re-entered the country on Saturday. In the other direction, about 32,000 Ukrainians have fled their country. However, Mayor Vitali Klitschko of Kyiv’s capital warns that it is still too early for citizens to return. Russia is again ramping up […]
E-commerce giant Amazon is appealing the union formation at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York. The company claims that the local office of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has not adhered to the rules. Recently, workers at the warehouse in question voted to form a union in […]
Car manufacturer Volkswagen expects to be badly affected by the war in Ukraine this year. It is already disrupting supply chains for materials and components. Moreover, rising prices for commodities like steel could cause even more financial pain. Nevertheless, in the first quarter, the German group still made a […]
