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One of Europe’s flagship projects is faltering. The passport-free Schengen area is under a continued assault from a growing number of countries that maintain or have re-introduced internal border checks, citing migration or terrorism worries.

A former head of the breakaway ethnic Armenian government in Nagorno-Karabakh was arrested by Azerbaijan on 27 September as he tried to escape into Armenia as part of an exodus of tens of thousands of people.

Advanced digital applications rely on high-quality internet service. With some technical  amendments, the Gigabit Infrastructure Act can reduce the cost and time of bringing Gigabit  connectivity to citizens – ensuring that Europe’s policies keep pace with that of digital  innovations.

Formal negotiations on the accession of Ukraine and Moldova to the European Union should begin by the end of the year, according to European Parliament President Roberta Mesola, who has called on member states not to “disappoint millions of people”....

Flemish political parties agreed on Wednesday to discuss the establishment of a parliamentary committee of inquiry into sexual abuse in the church, following a request by the Vooruit party (S&D). Members of parliament’s justice committee will discuss the matter as...

The German government will drop its opposition to controversial parts of the EU migration deal, despite fierce opposition from the ruling Greens, who claim the move would threaten the rule of law in Europe. Over the weekend, Green Foreign Minister...

France’s signing of agreements on raw materials with Canada and Australia is a major step forward for European “raw materials diplomacy”, the French Energy Ministry said on Wednesday. After Australian Resources Minister Madeleine King warned the EU that it was...

US President Joe Biden will host European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel on 20 October, just before a deadline to resolve a bilateral dispute over steel tariffs.

Austria maintaining its veto to prevent Romania from joining the Schengen border-free zone is impacting Romanian leaders, who are now looking for alternative solutions “other than the diplomatic way” while Euroscepticism in the country continues to grow. Austria is blocking...

Russian coal continues to arrive in Poland despite the latter being one of the first countries to call for a boycott of Russian natural resources, according to recordings released by Senator Krzysztof Brejza. While Russian coal used to be a...

European industrial goods must be given preferential treatment across the continent, which requires getting rid of “obsolete dogmas”, French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire told journalists on Wednesday, making this his “political fight” in the run-up to the EU elections....

To combat energy poverty, governments should direct funding to energy efficiency options and clean technologies that offer a structural solution to rising energy bills, rather than supporting fossil fuel heating, writes Vlasios Oikonomou.

In the mud and debris of the flooded village of Metamorfosi in central Greece, 60-year-old farmer Athanasios Kostis is throwing out the memories of a lifetime.

Foreign ministers of five central European states met in Vienna and urged that lines of communication with Russia be kept open through the OSCE to facilitate a path to peace in Ukraine. The foreign ministers of Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czechia...

Six young people from areas in Portugal ravaged by wildfires and heatwaves went head-to-head with 32 European governments on Wednesday (27 September), alleging in court that their failure to act fast enough on climate change is a violation of their human rights.

The European Commission, together with other EU institutions, has kicked off a campaign to introduce October as the 'European Cybersecurity Month', aimed at raising cyber-awareness across the bloc amid increasing concern around online safety.

France's 2024 budget treads a fine line, with green transition financing and the battle against inflation taking precedence over reducing public debt - though the high deficit raises fears the Commission may trigger an excessive deficit procedure.

Germany has announced an increase in police checks on its border with Poland and the Czech Republic — in a bid to respond to irregular migration along smuggling routes.

Emily O'Reilly cited the post-pandemic recovery funds, the windfall taxes on energy companies, and the joint purchase of vaccines, as procedures which received limited scrutiny from the national parliaments — as a result of emergency decision-making powers that bypassed parliament.

Cities across Europe are increasingly challenging the dominance of automobiles by restricting their access to urban centres. But as a recent campaign decrying automotive bans by the centre-right EPP group shows, the issue risks descending into a left-vs-right culture war...