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As Russia’s war on Ukraine enters its third month, Germany’s vice-chancellor Robert Habeck called for unprecedented measures to decrease the country's reliance on Russian gas and counter the Kremlin's energy blackmail.

Maintaining a safe and secure environment in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) requires “some kind of international force with an adequate mandate,” US State Secretary Antony Blinken told Congrees during a discussion on security in BiH. US Senator Jeanne Shaheen, who...

Russian energy giant Gazprom’s suspension of gas delivery to Poland and Bulgaria does not affect the Serbian gas supply, Energy Minister Zorana Mihajlović said on Wednesday, adding that Serbia gets gas through the Balkans via Bulgaria, as a transit country....

The outgoing government’s purchase of 45 Boxer armoured utility vehicles for €343 million could make it more difficult for the presumptive new prime minister to forge a broad coalition. The deal will be signed before the end of the month,...

Quiet negotiations amid crisis followed by prisoners walking free onto the tarmac. With Wednesday's (27 April) choreographed inmate swap, the United States and Russia are finding new use for a Cold War rite.

The NATO membership of Sweden and Finland should be separated from electoral reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić Radman said on Wednesday, after President Zoran Milanović saying the opposite had signalled a shift in Croatian...

Eleni Touloupaki, Greece’s former head of the Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, will inform MEPs on Thursday about the rule of law in Greece, EURACTIV.com has learnt. Touloupaki will speak before the Democracy, Rule of Law, and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group (DRFMG)...

We European citizens are scared by the return of war at the heart of Europe. The Russian invasion of Ukraine exposes the weaknesses and dependencies of the European Union and its member states, and their inability to project peace and...

Albania’s beekeeping sector will be regulated as the government has proposed the final draft of a new law that would impact those with just one hive, in an effort to align with the EU acquis. But not all beekeepers are buzzing over the news.

An immediate halt on gas deliveries from Russia would cause problems for Slovakia, so a timeframe for getting rid of Russian gas must thus be “realistic” and “feasible”, President Zuzana Čaputová has said. Gazprom stopped gas deliveries to Poland and...

The previously united opposition was unable to agree with the ruling Fidesz party on divvying up committee seats in the Hungarian legislature in an apparent sign of difficulties in continuing collaboration after their crushing defeat at the polls. No agreement...

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned of lightning-fast retaliation if countries interfere in Ukraine as European leaders accused Russia of "blackmail" over its cuts to gas supplies.

Russian energy giant Gazprom’s decision to cut supplies to Poland means Poland is now fully independent from Russia, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced during a press briefing on Wednesday. On Wednesday morning, Gazprom halted gas supplies to Poland under the Yamal contract...

1,400 Ukrainian refugees in Portugal have been given work contracts, and 29,000 more jobs await refugees across the country, Labour Minister Ana Mendes Godinho announced on Wednesday. “We have 1,400 work contract contracts signed with these Ukrainian citizens,” Mendes Godinho...

Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles is “politically unfit” and should resign over her inability to clarify Spain’s “worst espionage scandal of the last decades”, the pro-independence president of the Catalan regional government Pere Aragonès said on Wednesday. Last week, Citizen...

The Italian government is ready “to contribute to finding a lasting solution to the crisis,” Prime Minister Mario Draghi told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the phone on Wednesday. “The conversation focused on the latest developments in the situation on...

Ukrainian refugee children will be taught in English and Ukrainian in Danish schools, according to an agreement backed by a large majority in the Danish Folketing on Wednesday. The news was announced via a government press release and was backed...

Fewer Ukrainian refugees than expected have applied for asylum and protection in Sweden, and some of them have already returned to Ukraine, said Integration and Migration Minister Anders Ygeman during a press conference on Wednesday. “There has also been a...

Russia is still supplying the Netherlands with gas even as it refuses to pay for it in roubles since the country’s state-owned companies have direct contracts with Russia, NOS reports. Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to cut off countries...

The government cabinet has agreed on a supplementary budget by taking on €39.2 billion extra debt this year to help soften the economic blow caused by Russian sanctions and the war in Ukraine. “We are dealing with two crises,” Finance...