The German Chancellor emphasized that there were «good reasons for that»

Numan Kurtulmus intends to convey greetings from Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the Russian President

According to Chief of Israel’s General Staff Herzi Halevi, the IDF is targeting combat infrastructure that Hezbollah has been building for the past 20 years

Such drones are made of cheap components and carry no quality cameras or other additional radio transmitting devices

This analysis discusses specific issues regarding the proposal for a Directive on the transparency of third-country lobbying. It highlights complex questions in relation to civil society organisations and the need for uniform implementation and effective judicial protection. If designed and implemented well, the Directive could establish a transparent framework for foreign governments to engage in lobbying within the EU. This document was provided by the Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies at the request of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO). Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

Implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), which began in 2021, will go on until the end of 2026. In 2024, the fourth year, this implementation is well under way, although with some differences having emerged across EU Member States. In August 2024, disbursements had reached €170.8 billion in grants and €94.6 billion in loans, or 41 % of the total RRF funding available. With the exception of pre-financing, the condition for disbursing RRF funds to Member States is the successful achievement of pre-defined milestones and targets, or qualitative and quantitative steps. They are laid out in the annexes to the Council implementing decisions endorsing the individual national recovery and resilience plans, and linked to each payment request. The RRF Regulation envisages the possibility of suspending all or part of the financial contribution available to Member States if milestones and targets have not been satisfactorily achieved. At an early stage of RRF implementation, both the European Court of Auditors and the European Parliament urged the European Commission to develop a methodology that would allow the impact of not meeting a milestone or target to be quantified. In February 2023, the Commission delivered on that request and published a methodology for partial suspension of payments. As a result, the Commission has been able to proceed with partial payments to Member States corresponding to what they have achieved, despite the non-fulfilment (or partial fulfilment) of one or more milestones or targets linked to a given request. This has helped keep RRF implementation on track. The suspension payment methodology has already been applied in several instances. The first country to be subject to it was Lithuania, followed by Romania, Portugal, Italy, Spain and Belgium. In 2023, a total of €841 million was withheld (0.13 % of all RRF funds). While Member States have generally welcomed the methodology, it is still perceived as lacking in clarity and raises questions, not least as to the discretion it affords the Commission in defining the amounts to be suspended. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

Despite considerable progress towards a Banking Union in the euro area, banks in the EU continue to be subject to widely varying insolvency law as applied to their lending customers. This paper provides evidence that bank interest margins tend to be higher in countries with weaker loan enforcement. Higher bank interest margins are a sign of less efficient bank intermediation, and hence the evidence of this paper suggests that bank intermediation is less efficient in countries with weaker loan enforcement. This policy-induced national variability in bank efficiency is incompatible with banking union. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

A microscopic parasite that has the potential to wipe out entire populations of fish has made its way to B.C. Scientists are concerned because once whirling disease is present in an ecosystem, it's nearly impossible to get rid of.

Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault in a northeastern Ontario court as his trial gets underway.

Saskatchewan's highest court will start hearing the appeal on Monday of an earlier ruling the province lost concerning its pronoun consent law.

The regulator noted that the total volume of loans issued under all state mortgage programs increased by 6% in August to about 196 billion rubles ($2.1 bln)

Massoud Pezeshkian said his country had never approved of what he described as aggression against Ukraine

The yuan-to-ruble exchange rate rose by 0.19% in a day, to 13.14 rubles

Flipping how one electoral vote in Nebraska is allocated means slightly more scenarios in which Donald Trump, not Kamnala Harris, becomes president.

A note from Trump’s would-be assassin Ryan Routh, revealed in a court filing, promised $150,000 to anyone willing to “finish the job” Read Full Article at RT.com

The Israel Defense Forces has reportedly killed hundreds in its widening air campaign against Hezbollah Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia’s bailiff service is set to capture more of its activity on video in order to improve its work Read Full Article at RT.com

Foreign backers financed only 27% of Kiev’s state budget in the first half of 2024, according to Vedomosti newspaper Read Full Article at RT.com

Hezbollah announces ‘battle of reckoning’ and fires hundreds of rockets into Israel as IDF jets pounded Lebanon in a major escalation Read Full Article at RT.com

In late August, the number of profitable banks increased to 261, and their share of the total number of banks - to about 82%

Yoav Gallant has held a security meeting in the command and control center of the Israeli Air Force which was attended by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the chief of the General Staff and the commander of the Israeli Air Force

According to the broadcast, Abdul Moneim Mahna, Ali Aburia and Amin Saad died during the shelling attacks

There have been no casualties

Vitaly Ganchev specified that over the past two weeks, Russian troops had achieved certain success the Kharkov Region

[Daily Trust] The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has released a weather outlook predicting thunderstorms nationwide from Monday, September 23, to Wednesday, September 25, 2024.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- A military cargo ship said to be from Egypt docked at Mogadishu's port on Sunday, delivering what officials describe as the largest shipment of heavy artillery and anti-tank weapons to Somalia since the United Nations lifted its arms embargo in December 2023.

[RFI] Kenyan President William Ruto, on a visit to Haiti, said this weekend that he was open to Kenya's anti-gang mission in the country being converted to a full UN peacekeeping operation.

Elon Musk’s social media platform vows to comply with Brazil Supreme Court orders after being banned for failing to censor “disinformation” Read Full Article at RT.com

The versatile yeast spread has collaborated with a number brands over the years, creating peculiar creations with everything from cheese to popcorn and even sausages.

In footage obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com, Diddy, 54, stands, champagne glass in hand, like a dictator on his balcony as he calls in the quid pro quo for the hospitality so far extended.

Rachel Reeves insisted she would not 'duck decisions' as she took to the stage in Liverpool shortly after delegates booed the postponement of a vote on the winter fuel axe.

The Duke of Sussex said his late mother would be 'proud' of them as he took part in the 14th Concordia Annual Summit in support of The Diana Award on his eight-day solo trip to the East Coast and the UK.

The boxer, 25, was loudly booed by the 96,000 fans in attendance at the Stadium, in the wake of his split from Molly-Mae Hague last month.

The Sligoville police in St Catherine have launched an investigation after the body of an unidentified man was found on the grounds of a church in Top Jackson district in the parish. The police were called to the scene about 11:...