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The Albanian government’s possible plan to publish the salary of every citizen on an annual basis could find itself up against a legal hurdle, particularly if it wants to join the EU. Prime Minister Edi Rama said he would ask...

Athens was surprised by the European Commission’s lukewarm initial reaction on the statement of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who said that for him Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis “no longer exists”.

Parliament elected Robert Golob prime minister by a 54 to 30 vote on Wednesday, just over a month after his green Freedom Movement won the general election in a landslide on a pledge to reform politics in the country. Immediately...

Croatia has chosen a hostile and destructive approach to its bilateral relations with Russia, which harms the interests of people in both countries, Moscow said on Wednesday, urging Zagreb to return to “constructive dialogue”. In a diplomatic note sent on...

The Romanian government decided on Wednesday to announce its intention to leave the International Bank for Economic Co-operation (IBEC) and the International Investment Bank (IBB), both of which count Russia as a main shareholder. “The withdrawal will be made within...

Bulgaria will most likely allow in vitro procedures to be performed with genetic material from deceased spouses, a health ministry proposal has stated. Bulgaria currently bans such procedures but some, including the ombudsman, said they want to change the law....

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday (25 May) savaged suggestions that Kyiv give up territory and make concessions to end the war with Russia, saying the idea smacked of attempts to appease Nazi Germany in 1938.

Criminal hacker group Black Cat is demanding $5 million in Bitcoin from the Austrian state of Carinthia in exchange for decryption software and sensitive data it claims to have accessed following a hacker attack that resulted in a massive IT...

Four opposition parties signed a declaration on Wednesday calling for more financial muscle to be handed over to local authorities as opponents of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party eye next year’s municipal elections as a chance to take...

Gang crime, juvenile delinquency, and rape are among the crimes that increased the most in 2021 compared to 2020, the annual internal security report approved by the Supreme Council for Internal Security on Wednesday has found. After the supreme council’s...

Over 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s war have arrived in Spain in the last three months, government data reads. The vast majority of almost 109,000 Ukrainian refugees in Spain have been granted temporary protection status, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported. Among those...

Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, whose country is Italy’s second-biggest gas supplier, will meet Prime Minister Mario Draghi at Palazzo Chigi in Rome Thursday morning as part of a three-day visit to the capital that marks a reinforcement of relations between...

Lithuania’s defence ministry and armed forces are preparing 20 M113 armoured vehicles, 10 military trucks, and 10 demining SUVs to be given to Ukraine. The equipment is worth about €15.5 million, the ministry wrote in a press release on Wednesday (25...

The Finnish economy will continue to recover and bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic before slowing down in 2023 due to growing inflation, tighter monetary policy, and the overall uncertainty caused by the Ukraine war, the OP Financial Group predicted...

An alert has been registered in the Council of Europe’s (CoE) press freedom platform after the head of Sinn Fein, Ireland’s largest opposition party, launched a defamation suit against broadcaster RTÉ. Mary Lou McDonald, leader of Sinn Féin, filed the...

Boris Johnson appears to have survived the final report into lockdown-breaking parties and social gatherings in his Downing Street residence at the height of the COVID pandemic on Wednesday but the prime minister may well have suffered terminal damage to...

The PvdA party, the GroenLinks party, and the D66 party officially confirmed on Wednesday that they would join forces to lead the administration of Amsterdam and focus on equal opportunities, a sustainable future, and responsible growth, Dutch News reports. The...

Serbia can use Hungary’s facilities to store 500 million cubic metres of gas to secure a steady supply during winter according to an agreement reached between both states in Budapest Wednesday. “We’ll start filling the storage by the end of...

The European Space Agency does not expect Russia to terminate the joint operation of the International Space Station (ISS) with the West, ESA Director-General Josef Aschbacher told Reuters on Wednesday (25 May).

The new anti-inflation package worth €1 billion proposed by the ruling OL’aNo party was adopted by the National Council on Wednesday with the help of far-right deputies after part of the ruling coalition refused to back the bill. The package,...