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Belarus authorities in late July launched a crackdown against civil society, says exiled Belarus youth leader Vorykhava. She said the regime in Minsk is now using the migrant border crisis to divert international attention away from repression inside the country.

The EU regulator fined the world's most popular internet search engine back in 2017. over the use of its own price-comparison shopping service to gain an unfair advantage over smaller European rivals.

The EU is not only turning a blind eye to Israel's belligerent and illegal gas extractions but outrightly colluding by financing and otherwise supporting costly infrastructure projects. The ongoing gas crisis affecting the EU is no excuse for this behaviour

Romania’s caretaker government adopted the first documents needed to implement the recovery and resilience plan. Still, socialists, who could enter the government as soon as next week, want the plan to be renegotiated with the EU. EU finance ministers approved...

After Slovakia’s economy ministry stopped the sale of minority shares of Stredoslovenská energetika a.s. (SSE) to Hungarian state energy giant MVM, minister Richard Sulík (SaS/ECR) said he does not like the idea of Hungary making significant financial investments in Slovakia. 49%...

European Council President Charles Michel has arrived in Warsaw as the situation on the Belarusian-Polish border continues to escalate. “I came to Poland because I wanted to express the solidarity of the European Union towards Poland. We take this crisis...

The United States on Wednesday (10 November) warned Russia against making another "serious mistake" on Ukraine as it sought clarity about troop movements near the border.

Márki-Zay Péter, the independent mayor running as the joint opposition candidate against Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán in next year’s elections, has called for caution from the EU to give Hungary more money. “Of course, the opposition would like Hungary to...

Portugal has 86% of the population fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and 87% with at least one dose of the vaccine, the national health authority (DGS) announced Wednesday (10 November). According to the DGS weekly report, 8,904,253 people are now fully...

Spain unveiled on Wednesday (10 November) details of its “operational plan” for the implementation of projects financed under the EU funding schemes, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported. The plan contains “nothing” new as the main guidelines were already disclosed weeks ago,...

Outgoing Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, in office since 2014, handed his resignation letter to the speaker of parliament on Wednesday afternoon, likely opening the way for Finance Minister, Magdalena Andersson. Andersson, who took over the chairmanship of the Social...

Triggering Article 16 to suspend the Northern Ireland protocol will not improve the situation and will put the EU-UK free trade agreement at risk, Irish Deputy Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has warned British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. “You were part...

European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen met on Wednesday (10 November) with US President Joe Biden while Council President Charles Michel was on Poland to express “full solidarity” with the country suffering a hybrid attack from Belarus.

Checks of COVID-19 passes will be tightened in the coming weeks, government spokesperson Gabriel Attal told a press conference on Wednesday. Speaking to the press the day after President Emmanuel Macron’s address to the nation, during which the head of...

Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein held an emergency meeting Wednesday evening with the state governors of Upper Austria and Salzburg and recommended implementing a lockdown for the unvaccinated to prevent the number of new cases increasing. On Wednesday (10 November), over...

Prague prosecutor’s office asked the newly-elected Czech parliament to strip outgoing Prime Minister Andrej Babiš of parliamentary immunity. As the majority of the new parliament is now formed by opposition parties critical of Babiš, it is expected they will comply...

A third COVID-19 dose will be available for those in the 40-60 age group from 1 December, Health Minister Roberto Speranza announced on Wednesday. This means another 15 million will be eligible for boosters. “The third dose is absolutely strategic...

In reference to the migrant situation at the Belarusian-Polish border and its implications, Estonian Defence Minister Kalle Laanet said its severity is unparalleled to anything the EU and NATO have faced in the last 30 years. Speaking to ERR News on Monday,...

In a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the situation at the Poland-Belarus border and sought to get Putin to exert his influence on Belarus’ strongman President Alexander Lukashenko. The “instrumentalisation of migrants by...

Bulgaria has activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism because of the problematic COVID-19 situation in the country. A Commission spokesperson said that authorities had requested a range of medical items via the mechanism, including a significant amount of ventilators, patient monitors,...