€1.8B worth of fraud in EU in 2022, watchdog says (www.politico.eu)
The EU’s anti-fraud watchdog found irregularities worth €1.77 billion in 2022 as the number of cases it investigated increased, it said in a report published Thursday....
Europeans Are Becoming Poorer. ‘Yes, We’re All Worse Off.’ (www.wsj.com)
Germany's Manufacturing PMI drops 38.8, steepest deterioration May 2020 (NYSEARCA:EWG) (seekingalpha.com)
Couple caught trying to smuggle Ukraine war rocket launchers into UK (www.standard.co.uk)
Amsterdam bans cruise ships to limit visitors and curb pollution (www.bbc.com)
Ukrainian Refugees Exploited: 'In Britain, We Have No Rights – We Are Nothing At All' (bylinetimes.com)
The Brits have a massive floating cage where they keep asylum seekers (nitter.net)
‘I woz here!’ Why do tourists keep defacing the Colosseum? (www.theguardian.com)
Britons are 'pulling their own teeth out with pliers' because they can't access NHS dentists (news.sky.com)
Deadly tickborne virus that’s spreading in Europe ‘likely to reach UK’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Will the Ukraine war be the undoing for the European Union? (www.meer.com)
French fury grows over EU antitrust pick (www.politico.eu)
EU has apparently decided to directly hire American officials for top EU jobs. Worse, this is a person who’d be tasked to regulate US companies she’s herself worked for!...
‘Choose drugs?’ 30 years after he wrote Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh says life is tougher now (www.theguardian.com)
European Union lawmakers back a major plan to protect nature and fight climate change (apnews.com)
More than 135 billion euros of direct investment left Germany last year, while only 10.5 billion euros came in. (archive.ph)
Emmanuel Macron sent severed finger ‘from living human’ in the post (ca.sports.yahoo.com)
UK faces long-term debt surge risk but pressure growing now - budget office (www.reuters.com)
Italy heatwave could push temperatures close to European record (www.theguardian.com)
High pressure forecast to raise temperatures to 48C as hot weather sweeps Spain, France, Germany and Poland
What is the law like on unwanted fatherhood in your country?
Let’s talk about safe sex in Europe. It’s quite the big legal subject, but one needn’t get into all the details....
EU politicians pass vote on controversial Nature Restoration Law (www.irishtimes.com)
How is the war going? — Mid July 2023 (www.youtube.com)
Video by @anderspuck .
Paris to charge SUV drivers higher parking fees to tackle ‘auto-besity’ (www.theguardian.com)
I wonder if other cities in Europe have acted similar policies