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The National Investigation Service’s investigation into the explosion on 1 May near the armoured limousine of Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev is also examining whether it was staged, Deputy Prosecutor General Borislav Sarafov told Bulgarian National Radio. On the day of...

The end of COVID, new cancer vaccines and a brand new laboratory with the biggest end-to-end production hub for Moderna outside of the US. EURACTIV's health team discovers Moderna's new landscape for vaccines together with Chantal Friebertshäuser of Moderna Europe.

Spain is prepared to defend NATO territory 'in any scenario', Jesus Viñas Barciela, captain of the Spanish frigate Alvaro de Bazan, which participated in alliance-led exercises in how to counter threats to critical underwater infrastructure, told EURACTIV’s partner EFE.

As the EU's borrowing costs increase, the European Parliament has called on the Commission to clarify what this means for the EU budget, concerned that spending on policy priorities might be hurt due to a lack of funding.

After Ambassador to Poland Sergey Andreev could not lay a wreath at the Soviet Military Cemetery in Warsaw to commemorate Victory Day, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced it would complain about the unfriendly approach from Poland. Despite Polish authorities’ recommendation,...

A legal definition of domestic violence, missing in the national legislation so far, was introduced into law in the Czech Republic on Tuesday. Despite alarming numbers, Czech legislation had no domestic violence definition, which brought significant uncertainty into police conduct...

Lasting solutions to challenges such as the war in Ukraine can only be found with dialogue, understanding, and consensus, Spain’s King Felipe VI said on Tuesday. The king was speaking at a ceremony in the Yuste monastery in the western...

The secretary of Sweden’s Liberal Party on Tuesday called on the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats to take action against one of its MPs over a highly controversial ‘culture wars’ remark following the party leader’s comments on drag queens. Sunday’s party...

US President Joe Biden's public approval was at 40% in recent days, close to the lowest level of his presidency, with Americans unhappy about his handling of immigration and inflation, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll showed.

The support for EU membership has remained strong and even increased since the start of the war in Ukraine, according to a survey published by a pro-market think-tank Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA), on Tuesday. Of the respondents, 64%...

A verbal altercation broke out in the Dutch parliament on Tuesday – Europe Day – after lawmakers attempted to give parliamentary speaker Vera Bergkamp (D66/Renew) an EU flag. Officially, a vote has to be conducted in order for a flag...

Civil Service, Public Enterprises, Telecommunications and Post Services Minister Petra De Sutter (Greens/EFA) had to explain herself before the Chamber on Tuesday regarding several controversies surrounding the links between the postal company Bpost and her cabinet. Two Bpost employees were...

Conservative Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) MEPs have thrown their weight behind their European political family’s (EPP) push to abandon essential parts of the European Green Deal, which the EU centre-right launched at its party conference last week. Last week, the...

While German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s speech in the EU Parliament could have been one of the most memorable events of his time in office, what we got instead was a heated argument about the lack of ambition of the German...

An odd telecom industry term – “large traffic generators” – recently made it into the European Commission’s “fair share” consultation about EU network fees. This misleading framing ignores the fact that it is telcos’ own customers that request, and thereby generate, data.

The European Commission has finally acknowledged the absence of carbon capture and storage (CCS) from its emissions-reduction strategy but much remains to be done, writes Chris Davies.

A resolution calling on France and the EU to work towards listing the Wagner group as a terrorist organisation, which is reportedly guilty of multiple crimes in Ukraine and Africa, was adopted by the French National Assembly on Tuesday. The...

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s party is reportedly considering nominating former Lombardy region governor Roberto Formigoni, a former politician convicted of corruption, in the upcoming 2024 European elections. According to rumours in the Italian press, Formigoni could be one of Fratelli...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama voiced strong support for incumbent Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, just days before Turkish citizens will vote in presidential elections. Rama’s intervention indicates the geopolitical balances in the region, with neighbouring Greece carefully watching the...

The Slovak economy is the most vulnerable when it comes to Chinese car imports and could lose approximately 0.4% of its GDP if no action is taken, according to a new study by German insurer Allianz. Chinese-built electric vehicles pose...