Euroscepticism

The European Commission proposed on Tuesday increased spending of EU money on Italy and other southern member states hit by the economic and migrant crises, while reducing funds for regions in the bloc's former communist eastern countries.

ROME (Sputnik) - Italian Prime Minister-Designate Giuseppe Conte couldn't form a new government, Ugo Zampetti, an official at the president's office, said Sunday.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has received an invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Moscow. According to a statement from the Kremlin, the invitation was extended during a telephone conversation between the two which took place at the Greek PM's initiative.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of the Peloponnese in a special ceremony on Friday at the Russian Embassy in Athens, which was attended by Alternate Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will on Feb. 14 use a major speech to warn that attempts to frustrate Brexit would lead to “ineradicable feelings of betrayal.”

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Monday he would continue talks with the three parties that may support his new government after President Milos Zeman's re-election won him more time for the negotiations, reported Reuters. 

The campaign website of Russian President Vladimir Putin who will be running for the nation's highest office as an independent candidate this coming March got started at putin2018.ru.

According to Elena Shmeleva, co-chair of Putin's campaign office, plans are to make this website as informative and convenient as possible.

Three months after the election of the populist Eurosceptic and billionaire Andrej Babis as prime minister, Czechs will once again head to the polls on Friday and Saturday to elect a new president.

The European Union will “survive” Britain’s Brexit departure and will remain strong, the bloc’s foreign policy chief said Jan. 3.

The unprecedented decision means that EU countries will be asked whether there was increased risk of Poland violating core EU values.

Polish news agency PAP is reporting that the move that could result in sanctions against Poland, including stripping the country of its voting rights and freezing billions of euros from EU funds.