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The long-term public saving vehicle will not be sufficient to cover in full future age-related costs, an analysis entitled ‘Future-proofing the Public Finances – the Next Steps’ published by Ireland’s Finance  Minister on Wednesday reads. The report, which focused on...

Marc Tarabella, who was conditionally released from his electronic ankle bracelet on Tuesday, once again claimed his innocence before the press Wednesday and appeared visibly emotional while recounting his story. Tarabella has been charged with public corruption, money laundering and...

The Austrian government introduced on Wednesday a series of new measures, including the absorption of profits and tighter reporting obligations for energy companies, amid increasing inflation. On Wednesday, Austria’s conservative-Green government presented a package to help curb inflation after it...

Russia's refusal to cooperate within the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is pushing its remaining members to adapt their way of working.

Allegations of cronyism against Economy Minister Robert Habeck’s right hand, Patrick Graichen, were debated in parliament on Wednesday after Graichen appointed his best man for a top job at the state-owned German Energy Agency. Graichen, who is a state secretary...

The head of Macron’s party described Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s immigration policy as inhumane following a string of insults from the French side, which has left Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini angered while Meloni focuses on turning the...

The separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik has called on Turkish citizens to vote for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in next Sunday’s election, saying his persistence and patriotism have turned Turkey into ‘a progressive and modern country’. Dodik, the president...

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala and his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, showcased their strong relationship as Fiala admitted to sharing close opinions during Meloni’s first visit as prime minister to Prague. On Wednesday, the European Conservative and Reformists Party (ECR)...

New e-cigarettes shaped like cartoon characters have caused concern in Spain, as the tobacco industry is increasingly trying to reach younger audiences with attractive flavours and designs via unevenly regulated e-cigarette products, Spain’s National Committee for Smoking Prevention warned. Even...

The government is set to approve urgent measures to ease the severe economic impact of the historic drought in the country, Spain’s Ecological Transition Minister Teresa Ribera confirmed ahead of an extraordinary government meeting on Thursday. The Council of Ministers...

Dutch entities that unnecessarily terminated their Gazprom contracts due to government pressure to comply with EU sanctions will be reimbursed entirely, Climate and Energy Minister Rob Jetten (D66/Renew) wrote in a letter to parliament on Wednesday. For fear that the...

Russia restored visa-free travel for citizens of Georgia on 10 May and lifted a ban on flights between the two countries. Georgia’s government welcomed the move, but the country’s President denounced it as a “provocation”, while angry citizens staged protests.

Replacing Kaliningrad’s name with Królewiec, the city’s original name from the Middle Ages, is madness, the Kremlin said after the Polish geographical standard body’s decision was made public. In 1945, the city was placed under Soviet administration under the Potsdam...

NATO member states' failure to spend more on defence may threaten its ability to defend and deter aggression, NATO's Military Committee chief warned on Wednesday (10 May), as the alliance redesigns its plans ahead of July's Vilnius Summit.

In a parliamentary debate on the European Commission’s proposal for new fiscal rules, EU lawmakers offered views diverging widely along both ideological and national lines, putting the Parliament’s ability to make its voice heard in the upcoming negotiations in doubt.

EU lawmakers expressed concerns over the EU budget’s capacity to repay funds borrowed for the coronavirus recovery plan without new sources of income, calling on the European Commission to consider new streams of revenue.

Several EU countries are blocking agreement on a new law to promote sustainable product design in an unfolding dispute over whether to include a ban on destroying unsold textiles.

Qualified majority voting could become a bulwark against Russia and Poland should lead the movement towards it, writes Pierre Haroche.

Many things have been called the “new oil” - data, water and hydrogen among them. But as the world wants to reduce harmful CO2 emissions, the one that probably comes closest is electric power.

Last week, EU health ministers gathered in Sweden to discuss accessibility to drugs at a time when shortages of medicines across the bloc are still perceived as a tangible threat that could materialise at any moment.