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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the launching of power transmissions to Romania was the start of a process that could help Europe reduce its dependence on Russian hydrocarbons.

With the 2021-2027 budgetary period supporting exploratory drilling, the Slovak government has decided to remove one of the main barriers to geothermal energy development in the country, though the Commission still needs to give its green light.

The European Commission has launched investigations into whether the planned public support for the extension of the Czech Dukovany nuclear plant is in line with EU competition rules.

The law dismantling the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court does not fulfil the conditions for the Commission to disburse the Recovery Fund money, European Commission Vice-President Věra Jourová said on Thursday. Asked in the European Parliament whether the bill...

Infrastructure and Transport Minister Pedro Nuno Santos made a “serious mistake” in announcing a policy concerning a new airport for Lisbon, Prime Minister António Costa said on Thursday though he then “promptly corrected” it. Costa made these comments to journalists in Lisbon...

The government will discuss whether to resume domestic gas drilling in the following few weeks, Prime Minister Mario Draghi told reporters following the Council of Ministers meeting on Thursday (30 June).

Finland is the European country with the most drug-related deaths among people under 25 in proportion to its population, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction has found. In its European Drug Report for 2022, the European monitoring...

Finland lifted the entry restrictions it imposed because of the pandemic on Friday, meaning everyone travelling to the country will no longer have to present COVID-related documentation. From 1 July, those travelling from non-EU and non-Schengen countries will no longer...

Appearing at a festival after parliamentary parties could not agree to invite him to the country’s legislative, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Austria to increase support for his country in a speech broadcast live on Thursday night. Previously, Zelenskyy...

Romania’s independent media community is feeling increasingly pessimistic over a series of journalistic violations and what they consider backsliding due to political figures, making it the latest in a growing line of EU countries to experience problems with media freedom....

The Lithuanian law introduced in response to migrants coming from Belarus last year, which orders the automatic detention of people who cross irregularly into the country and denies the right to asylum,  is incompatible with EU law, the Court of...

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez hinted on Thursday he will ask his left-wing coalition partner Unidas Podemos (United We Can) for support to fulfil Madrid’s fresh commitments with US President Joe Biden and NATO. In an interview aired Thursday morning by Spanish public...

There is no thawing of relations between Hungary and the European People’s Party yet or possibly even at all European Parliament Presidents Roberta Metsola told EURACTIV.fr following reports from Budapest that former Commissioner Tibor Navracsics was working on bringing  Fidesz...

A new row over migration policy between Africa and the EU has broken out in response to the deaths of dozens of migrants attempting to cross from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Melilla last week.

The European Commission lacks comprehensive guidelines on the use of external consultants, according to EU auditors, who have warned of risks over conflict of interest and overdependence on a small number of consultancy firms.

The French government is unlikely to follow through on its climate ambitions, the country's High Council on Climate (HCC) said on Thursday (30 June) in a report containing recommendations for the executive.

The European Commission concluded negotiations on a free trade deal with New Zealand on Thursday (30 June), slashing much of the remaining tariffs between the two trading partners while keeping certain protections for agricultural products and including unprecedented sustainability provisions.

While teachers welcome Ukrainian refugee students into schools across the bloc, many are faced with the challenge of language barriers. Academics have called for empathy and solidarity to guide their integration into EU society. 

Russian forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island on Thursday (30 June), in a major victory for Ukraine that could loosen the grip of Russia's blockade on Ukrainian ports.

The EU seems to be backing down and is in talks to exempt the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad from sanctions after Lithuania started treating the flow of goods from mainland Russia to its Baltic Sea outpost as trade subject to the latest package of measures.