Swiss ready to seal EU deal

Swiss media cited diplomatic sources saying that all the issues had been agreed, with the exception of how much Switzerland should pay into the EU’s Cohesion Fund.
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Brussels ducks responsibility for Cyprus waste scandal

An EU fraud investigation into a โ‚ฌ46 million waste treatment project remains stuck in bureaucratic gridlock.

Leaked: Tense correspondence between EU commissioner hopefuls and Parliament

Still, the 23 nominees were cleared by the institution’s legal committee for hearings in early November.

Expert dismisses opposition claims Poland wonโ€™t profit from EU Cohesion Fund plan for flood victims

Poland will benefit from the cohesion funds European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said would be made available to help flood-hit regions, an economist told Euractiv Poland, dispelling earlier opposition claims that Warsaw would gain nothin…

5 takeaways on Ursula von der Leyenโ€™s new Commission

As the dust settles after weeks of wrangling, here are the key things you need to know.

EU too slow in getting back misspent funds, Court of Auditors warns

The European Commission is too slow when it comes to retrieving misspent EU funds, the EU Court of Auditors said in a new report published on Tuesday (7 May), noting that it takes particularly long for money that goes into third countries.