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As many as a third of all hospitals and medical facilities surveyed refuse to provide legal abortions on the grounds of conscientious objection, according to a study by the feminist organisation Possibility of Choice. Due to conscientious objection, individuals can refuse to perform...

The second round of the opposition primaries began on Sunday (10 October)  and will run until next Saturday. European social-democrat and federalist MEP Klára Dobrev will face off Christian conservative independent mayor Péter Márki-Zay to lead the opposition against Viktor...

Czech’s voted for a conservative shift, as social democrats and the communist party failed to reach the 5% threshold following Friday’s (8 October) elections. This means the ruling party led by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš are effectively ousted from the...

The EU commission is to deliver three new P150 patrol boats to the Libyan coast guard, despite a recent UN report citing possible crimes against humanity at Libyan detention centres.

Rule-of-law conflict in Europe is getting worse, but top EU officials also go to Kyiv for a summit, while MEPs hold talks on spiralling energy prices.

Environmental lawyers have warned the EU Commission that labelling some types of natural gas facilities as "green" would clash with EU laws and international commitments.

The former bad boy of Italian politics, Matteo Salvini, risks splitting his own party in an attempt to make the far-right League into a national force.

Lebanon’s power supplies were back to normal on Sunday (10 October) after a blackout the previous day when the country’s two biggest power stations shut down because of a fuel shortage, the Energy Ministry said. The closure piled further hardship...

Last year, we filled our doorways to clap and cheer in support of the health care and social service professionals keeping us safe. 19-months later and many of these vital services are still as underfunded and underrepresented in local, regional and national policies. Why?

Some 21 million people in Spain are free from COVID-19 restrictions as the incidence rate in the country dropped to ‘low risk’ for the first time in fifteen months. With over 77% of the population fully vaccinated, the 14-day incidence...

Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz resigned after he was accused of manipulating the media to the tune of more than €1 million in public funds.  In Greece, more than €30 million of state money has been given to the media by...

A protest against anti-COVID measures in Rome with 10,000 demonstrators resulted in the Roman headquarters of the national labour union CGIL being attacked, 38 injured police personnel, and the arrest of 12 protesters. Among the arrests were two key figures...

Investment in human capital, green transformation, and attention on human rights is essential for the further successful development of Kazakhstan, stakeholders at a recent forum in Nursultan said.

Following a previously secret decision, the Finnish government will lobby the European Union to declare nuclear power as a sustainable energy source. Wind and solar have been approved as sustainable by the EU, but decisions on gas and nuclear have...

Ireland’s Foreign Minister, Simon Coveney, has accused the British government of creating a “red line barrier to progress” in post-Brexit negotiations over the Northern Ireland protocol. The comment followed the release of excerpts of a speech that UK Brexit Minister...

The UK Home Office said that more than 1,000 migrants in over forty small boats made the Channel crossing from France to the UK in the last two days. The UK and France are currently embroiled in a dispute over responsibilities...

The former French prime minister Edouard Philippe revealed the name of his right-wing party – “Horizons” – on Saturday. Philippe has, however, ruled out a run for the upcoming presidency, stating that “my objective is that in 2022, Emmanuel Macron...

Influential German conservative union CDU/CSU members Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Peter Altmaier announced that they would relinquish their Bundestag mandate to allow young members to rejuvenate their party. “The younger ones need their chance now!” tweeted Altmaier, as Kramp-Karrenbauer called on...

On Sunday (10 October), some 200,000 people in 126 towns and cities across Poland, the rest of Europe and the world demonstrated against last week’s decision of Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal that ruled EU basic treaties are partially illegal. In Warsaw,...

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced his resignation on Saturday evening (9 October) over corruption allegations and a looming government crisis. Experts say that he will act as a shadow-chancellor and might return to office once cleared of the allegations.