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A senior UN official had "constructive discussions" in Moscow with Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov on facilitating Russian grain and fertilizer exports to global markets, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday (31 May).

Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday (31 May) denied breaching the UK government's ministerial code of conduct, as he bids to head off a growing Conservative revolt over the "Partygate" scandal.

The EU's first chief prosecutor's office opened 929 investigations, handed down 28 indictments, secured four convictions and froze €259m in assets — over four times the size of its annual budget — in its first year of operation.

While German cities are increasingly struggling to retain their diversity following the COVID-19 pandemic and the accelerated shift to online that comes with it, they have proven to be more resilient than previously expected.

Nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Tuesday (31 May) hailed Hungary's exemption from an EU Russian oil ban, but analysts warned he has only won more time and will need to adjust to the new reality.

German chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced a swap deal with Greece in order to deliver arms to Ukraine. The news comes after Berlin reportedly failed to deliver on previous similar deals.

Russian troops fought to take complete control of the eastern industrial city of Severodonetsk on 1 June as the US said it will provide Ukraine with advanced rockets to help it force Moscow to negotiate an end to the war.

Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking, the European Union’s public-private partnership dedicated to supporting European aviation industry’s path towards climate neutrality, has launched its first Call for Proposals for innovative solutions powering the next generation of climate-neutral aircraft of the future.

The European executive will look into the decision of the government in Budapest to only allow cars with Hungarian license plates to buy petrol at capped prices at the country’s petrol stations, a Commission source told EURACTIV. The government announced...

The European Court of Human Rights has found the Albanian government guilty of segregating Roma and Egyptian children at a school in Korca in the country’s south. The announcement was made public on Tuesday (31 May) and found the government...

Aleksander Vučić vowed to make Kosovo an integral part of Serbia’s territorial integrity as he was sworn in for a second term as president of Serbia on Tuesday. The oath read by Vučić is enshrined in the Constitution of Serbia...

The town of Prijedor in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina banned the ‘White Ribbons’ march on Tuesday, marking the start of massive ethnic cleansing in 1992, and instead tried to stage a celebration to mark the birthday of Hungarian Prime Minister...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Moscow of "madness" Tuesday (31 May) after Russian troops hit a chemical plant in their bid to complete the capture of a key eastern city.

Aleksandar Vučić was sworn in for a second term as Serbian president at a special parliament session Tuesday that was not attended by the opposition as new parliament members have not yet been appointed. Vučić was re-elected president in the...

EU sanctions against Russia are not working and the price will eventually be paid by European citizens, Croatia’s President Zoran Milanović said on Tuesday. Commenting in Zagreb on the outcome of a two-day EU summit on Ukraine, Milanović said, “the...

Dacian Ciolos, who served as chair of the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament from 2019 to 2021, has announced he will leave Romania’s liberal and progressive USR party, citing a change in values and promises among the party’s...

The Bulgarian governments abrupt decision to end its seaside housing programme for Ukrainian refugees has prompted calls for the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Kalina Konstantinova. Most of the refugees are currently staying in private hotels in seaside resorts, but...

The difficult oil deal talks that gave in to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s demands have weakened the EU’s overall position towards Russia despite benefiting Hungary, Czechia and Slovakia, showing why it is important that the EU switch to qualified...

“Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is misusing Visegrad cooperation by misrepresenting Budapest’s interests as joint positions, Czech parliament Speaker Markéta Pekarová Adamová told EURACTIV.cz. Adamová, leader of the TOP 09 junior coalition government party, is among Orbán’s most vocal critics...

Former European Council President Donald Tusk, who recently assumed leadership of Poland’s largest opposition party, has officially stepped down as president of the European People’s Party (EPP) and will be replaced by Manfred Weber, the head of the party’s European...