Tag: Ylva Johansson
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EU Commissioner calls on Poland to clarify the visa affair
In the affair surrounding possibly hundreds of thousands of purchased work visas for the EU Schengen area, EU Interior Commissioner Ylva Johansson is demanding clarification from Poland, according to the “Bild” newspaper. Johansson wrote a letter with eleven questions to Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau and set a deadline of October 3rd, the paper wrote…
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Demand of the EU Commission: Three Balkan countries should join Schengen
Dhe EU Commission called on the member states on Wednesday to immediately admit Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia to the Schengen area. The three states had “strongly demonstrated” that they met the necessary conditions, said the responsible Interior Commissioner Ylva Johansson in Brussels. “They have established the tools, structures and procedures to control the external borders,…
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War displaced persons: Protection extended for Ukrainians in the EU
DThe EU Commission has extended the special protection for Ukrainian war refugees by one year until March 2024. As Interior Commissioner Ylva Johansson announced on Monday, 4.2 million Ukrainians are currently recognized as temporarily in need of protection in the EU. This status, which the member states activated for the first time shortly after the…
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Nord Stream 1 and 2: Sweden’s coastguard reports fourth leak in pipelines
DThe Swedish Coast Guard has pointed out a fourth leak in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipes. So far, two leaks have been reported in the Danish exclusive economic zone and one in the Swedish, close to the Danish island of Bornholm. But there are two leaks in the Swedish economic zone, the coast…
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Ukrainians in the EU: Anything but a quota
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War displaced persons in the EU: “We have to prepare for millions”
ZTwo figures on Sunday showed how dramatic the influx of war refugees into the European Union is. On Sunday morning, with reference to the UN refugee agency, there was talk of 150,000 Ukrainians who had already entered the country. When the EU interior commissioner arrived in the early afternoon for a special meeting of interior…
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Ukraine crisis: Europe prepares for a wave of refugees
ZA threatening wave of refugees is one of the challenges for which the countries of Central Europe are preparing in the event of a broad attack by Russia on Ukraine. Depending on the scenario, hundreds of thousands or even millions of refugees are expected. “We are very vigilant and prepared for all possible scenarios,” said…
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EU asylum policy: the next conflict with Poland is looming
F.Nancy Faeser didn’t want to answer on Thursday. The new Federal Minister of the Interior contented herself with a few sentences when she made her first appearance in Brussels. “Scandalous and inhuman” is how the SPD politician called the Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko about migrants. It is good that the EU has stood together so…
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Baerbock in Paris and Brussels: “No closer friend than France”
D.he new German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has assured her French colleague Jean-Yves Le Drian that she will work as closely as possible with her first official act. Baerbock had traveled to Paris late on Wednesday evening to start work. After the interview with Le Drian on Thursday morning, she said that Germany had “no…