EU’s plan for money-laundering checks on football inflamed by Chelsea claims
Recent revelations about financial misdealings at Chelsea FC have lit a fire under EU plans to make football subject to tough anti-money laundering restrictions.
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‘We are on the West’s side’: Georgian President Salomé Zourabichvili says
“Georgian political leaders have started again to talk a very pro-European language, which for some time they had subdued in some ways,” said the French-born Zourabichvili, who was elected to Georgia’s largely ceremonial presidency in 2018 with the backing of the now-ruling Georgian Dream party. Last month, Georgian Dream led an unsuccessful effort in Georgia’s parliament to oust Zourabichvili in the country’s first-ever impeachment vote. The party’s leader accused her of violating the constitution by visiting Europe to lobby support for EU membership without first seeking the government’s consent.
Paris 2024 organisers say security plans 'on track' despite French industry gripes
PARIS : Organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympics said on Friday their security plans were "on track" after some representatives of the French security industry complained authorities were being too slow in awarding contracts.
EU’s plan for money-laundering checks on football inflamed by Chelsea claims
Recent revelations about financial misdealings at Chelsea FC have lit a fire under EU plans to make football subject to tough anti-money laundering restrictions.
The Vareš silver mine: A brighter future for Bosnia and Herzegovina?
In a few weeks, the Vareš polymetallic underground silver mine in Bosnia and Herzegovina is set to launch full-scale operations. Silver, gold, lead, zinc, copper, antimony, and other metals could then be extracted from the host rocks.
Wind of change: Germany gets serious about plans to make military 'fit for war'
With Russia and Ukraine still locked in combat after nearly two years and a major Israeli-Palestinian conflict underway, the European Union and NATO are feeling their way into a chaotic new world security order – and Europe's largest economy is shaking up decades-old ideas on what its military is actually for.
The long road towards better air quality in the European Union
As we get around, heat our homes and grow food, we emit harmful molecules we breathe in every day. This pollution causes thousands of people in Europe to fall ill each year.
Government minister in Manchester on day of crunch reshuffle heaps praise on David Cameron appointment
A key government minister has remained tight-lipped on the decision to sack Suella Braverman from the cabinet this morning - but did heap praise on new Foreign Secretary David Cameron.