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Romania’s ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD) are reluctant to pass legislation recognising same-sex marriage, despite the Strasbourg-based European Human Rights Court calling on Romania to urgently change its laws. On Monday, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human...

Chinese hackers who breached Microsoft's email platform this year managed to steal tens of thousands of emails from US State Department accounts, a Senate staffer told Reuters on Wednesday (27 September).

Wopke Hoekstra's proposed appointment as the next EU Climate Commissioner risks undermining the bloc's Green Deal, argues Anja Hazekamp.

Two far-right Republika’s social media posts in which AI is used to mimic the voice of Progressives leader Michal Šimečka and spread falsehoods, like plans to raise the cost of beer, were eventually removed from YouTube but remained available on Facebook.

The Czech government has approved the purchase of 24 F-35 fighter jets, adding to a growing group of European countries waiting for the advanced aircraft to be delivered. The US State Department already greenlighted the sale. “The first F-35s will...

Italy, France and Germany have agreed on a common line to tackle the current migration crisis in Italy, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday, with Berlin reportedly expected to...

The leader of the centre-right Partido Popular, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, failed in his first attempt in parliament to become Spain’s next prime minister on Wednesday, although he will have a final chance on Friday, which is also likely to fail....

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.