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Both Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bislimi were absent from an informal gathering of regional leaders in Tirana on Monday, with the latter denying claims they were not invited or even refused entry. The meeting...

Almost a quarter of Serbs do not want members of the LGBTI+ population as colleagues, while close to one in three does not want to be friends with them, Protection of Equality Commissioner Brankica Janković told EURACTIV, reacting to the...

The elderly care home scandal in Romania has prompted two political resignations, which Romanian President Klaus Iohannis deems enough for now, but not everyone is convinced. However, the social democrats are pushing for some resignation from the liberals. Last week,...

The proportion of Britons who say Brexit was a mistake hit a new record high this month, a survey from pollsters YouGov showed on Tuesday (18 July).

Iustitia, an organisation for the rights of judges and the protection of the rule of law in Poland, has announced that it is demanding the protection of the judge who handed down the verdict in the case of the Neo-Nazi...

Farmers, foresters, and several politicians are calling for regulation on brown bears as their attacks on farms and humans have reportedly increased. For the second year in a row, brown bears have become one of Slovakia’s hottest topics for debate....

Six in 10 young Spaniards do not feel represented in their country’s political system, but 86% of those eligible to vote will go to the polls on Sunday in the general elections, a study published by the Youth Council reveals....

League leader Matteo Salvini believes Italians are hostages of the Tax Agency and that citizens’ small debts should be scrapped by asking only for partial payment. Transport Minister and League (ID) leader Matteo Salvini is pushing for a fiscal peace...

Sweden is not worried about Turkey not having yet approved or given any information about when it would ratify Sweden’s NATO application, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told the press Monday, despite Ankara last week promising to give the go...

People with pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme will automatically have their status extended in September by two years before it expires if they have not obtained settled status, according to the New Immigration Rules presented in parliament on...

The Dutch Labour Party (PvdA/S&D) and GroenLinks (GL/Greens) will present a joint electoral list and programme for the national elections in November, the two parties announced on Monday after a referendum among party members showed overwhelming support for the idea....

Two wildfires, fanned by strong winds, raged uncontrolled through coastal towns near Athens on Monday (17 July) forcing residents to flee their homes and prompting the evacuation of hundreds of children from a summer camp.

The authority responsible for advising the government on public health matters came out in favour of assisted suicide in exceptional cases, listing conditions and excluding euthanasia from its recommendations. 

Russia halted participation on Monday (17 July) in the year-old UN-brokered deal that lets Ukraine export grain through the Black Sea, causing concern in poorer countries that price rises will put food out of reach.

Interest in the CEE-China Initiative is dwindling amongst its Central and Eastern European members and minimal economic returns and China’s foreign policy are largely to blame, writes Patrick Triglavcanin.

The Baltic states are set to decouple from the Russian power grid in early 2025 despite calls from Lithuania for an earlier exit, Estonian Prime Minister told Reuters.

Bulgarian arms exports increased by 200% in 2022 when Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, Bulgarian Economy Minister Bogdan Bogdanov told state television on Monday. Last year, Bulgaria’s export of specialised weapons production was worth €1.7 billion, equal to 2%...

Europe will become an equal player in the global format only when it becomes a federation, Czech Minister for European Affairs Martin Dvořák told EURACTIV.cz in an exclusive interview.

Pressure to ratify the EU-Mercosur trade agreement is mounting on Austrian chancellor Karl Nehmanner, as the industry and the parts of his own party urged him to lift his veto.

Spain wants to lead the future EU relations with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), but while majority parties, centre-left PSOE (S&D) and centre-right PP (EPP), avoid talking about Spain’s colonial past and leftist SUMAR (Left/Greens) is...