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Record-high September temperatures are "beyond belief" as our world hurtles towards breaching a key warming benchmark, the head of the European Union's climate monitor told AFP.

Moscow criticised Norway’s decision to ban Russian-registered private cars with nine or fewer seats – which came into force on Wednesday as part of EU sanctions against Russia – and promised a coordinated response with relevant ministries. “Including Norway in...

The EU Commission’s anti-fraud office, OLAF, has concluded its investigations into corruption in the disbursement of EU funds through the IPARD II agricultural programme in Albania, with no more disbursements scheduled until 2025. The IPARD II programme is pre-accession assistance...

Changes to Serbia’s excise tax law came into force on 1 October, raising excise duties on fuel, cigarettes, alcohol and coffee by eight per cent. However, this decision does not necessarily mean that these products will become eight per cent...

EU transport commissioner Adina Vălean launched the European Declaration on Cycling on Wednesday (4 October), signalling Brussels’ willingness to throw its political weight behind travelling by two wheels.

Read this op-ed in Romanian. The ongoing revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) has drawn a spotlight that casts shadows far and wide. From the halls of the European Parliament to the stock rooms of cafes and...

Romania has weathered the economic shocks of the pandemic, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and the subsequent spike in energy and food costs, but while it has managed to reduce its budget deficit significantly, it needs to do more, an IMF...

An infantry company from the Romanian armed forces is to be sent to Kosovo to join the 80 soldiers already there as part of the NATO-led KFOR operation. The decision was made in response to a request from Supreme Allied...

The campaign leading up to the EU elections next June will put our democracies to the test, said Czech President Petr Pavel, who warned against populism and short-term political gains at a plenary session of the European Parliament on Wednesday....

The YouTubers suspected of having illegal contact with underage girls will be investigated, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced Wednesday, after it was revealed that several content creators were involved in attempted sexual relations with minors. Morawiecki’s announcement came after...

A United Nations-mandated inquiry into what investigators say are continuing atrocities in Ethiopia faces closure after a UN website on Wednesday (4 October) showed that no motion has been received to renew it.

The Spanish government has succeeded in blocking a regional law that would legalise further irrigation around the already-water-scarce Doñana National Park, instead aiming to support sustainable practices financially.

The Council for the Catalan Republic, chaired by separatist leader Carles Puigdemont from his self-imposed exile in Belgium, will hold an internal vote later this month on whether secessionist parties should vote to reinstate Spain’s acting Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez....

French President Emmanuel Macron pitched his bid to revise the constitution to extend and simplify the use of referendums on Wednesday and reiterated his goal of securing a constitutional right to abortion despite needing backing from other parties to make...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will agree bilateral initiatives with Belgium, Bulgaria and Serbia on Thursday (5 October) aimed at tackling organised crime linked to illegal migration, his office said.

Slovakia’s Foreign Ministry summoned Russian Ambassador Igor Bratchikov to explain claims made by Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Director Sergei Naryshkin two days before the elections, that there was a US plot to put progressives in the lead. In the statement,...

The Italian government, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, is seeking European solutions to stop irregular migratory flows while at the same time issuing a far-reaching decree to bring in migrants to fill gaps in the labour market without providing...

Pro-Russian party Vazrazhdane and the populist ITN party are preparing a vote of no confidence in the Bulgarian government before local elections on 29 October. The two formations are also looking for help from the other pro-Russian party in the...

Germany’s liberal FDP, a member of the country’s three-way coalition government, is calling for an immediate yet temporary halt to EU legislation that would impose additional red tape on businesses, such as the European Green Deal.

EU enlargement should not have fixed deadlines, but its institutions must be reformed to accommodate new members, particularly when it comes to decision-making, but it is also essential newcomers do their homework, the Portuguese government said on Wednesday. “It is...