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The Consumer Price Index in March 2022, in comparison with March 2021, increased by 8.8%, while the Retail Price Index increased by 9.6%, while it was 7,6% in February, the State Statistical Office reported. On a monthly comparison basis, consumer...

Any political strategy to counter the Orbán system in Hungary must seriously take into consideration and address the roots and narratives of its “success”, writes Peter Hefele.

Over the next decade, 45% of French farmers will retire, presenting a significant challenge for the next president regarding food self-sufficiency and generational renewal. EURACTIV France reports.

The Dayton agreement has been violated in a series of instances, Serb member of Bosnia’s three-member Presidency Milorad Dodik said, stressing that he has written about this matter to the UN Secretary General, the UN General Assembly President and has...

Political leaders in the Western Balkans do not have enough vision about the region’s integration into the EU, and they need to be more courageous, a representative of the EU Delegation to Serbia, Nicola Bertolini, stated in Belgrade on Thursday....

European Central Bank policymakers disagreed last month on how to respond to runaway inflation and economic uncertainty caused by the Ukraine war, minutes from their meeting showed on Thursday (7 April).

Sanctions imposed by Western countries on Russia will not stop the war in Ukraine, which can only be stopped with the help of diplomacy, Croatian President Zoran Milanović said during a visit to Switzerland. The Croatian president said, having followed...

The office of the Czech President is suspected of prematurely shredding 32 classified documents, Czech Radio reported on Thursday. These included intelligence information on the activities of Russian armed forces on the border with Ukraine and NATO information on the security...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has agreed to participate in a videoconference session at the parliament, although a date is yet to be set, the speaker of the Portuguese parliament, Augusto Santos Silva, said on Thursday. “This morning, I received the...

Alberto Nuñez Feijóo, recently elected as the new head of the PP, said that Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez had not accepted any of his proposals to help mitigate the impact of inflation on the most vulnerable, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported....

The positions of Rome and Amsterdam on the energy price cap continue to diverge “but progress has been made”, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said at the end of a meeting with his Dutch counterpart, Mark Rutte, on Thursday. An...

The international community should unanimously condemn the aggression and war crimes committed by Russia and classify them as genocide, according to a statement adopted Thursday by the foreign affairs committee of the Lithuanian parliament. Read more. The committee also called...

Ukrainians seeking protection in Sweden should begin working as quickly as possible, said Migration and Integration Minister Anders Ygeman and Employment Minister Eva Nordmark at a press conference on Thursday. The ministers confirmed that the government would actively encourage Ukrainian...

The Danish government is still selling timber to a group owned by oligarchs close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, while many Danish companies have stopped their activities in the country, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation DR has revealed.  The Danish Nature...

EU member states on Thursday (7 April) green-lighted an embargo on Russian coal and the closing of the bloc's ports to Russian vessels over Moscow's war in Ukraine, but attention has already shifted to who may stand in the way of possible future energy sanctions.

Irish lawmakers have passed the country’s first carbon budget, establishing legal limits on greenhouse gas emissions until 2030. The measure faced such little resistance, with fewer than 10 lawmakers opposing it, that a formal vote in the parliament was not...

Ruling party VVD wants Russian hackers added to the EU’s list of sanctioned people to ensure they lose access to their financial accounts in Europe. “They are hackers who daily attack companies in the Netherlands, our small and medium-sized enterprises,...

The Bundestag has rejected a proposal by government parties to make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for certain groups, revealing divisions within the governing coalition. The majority of German MPs voted against a proposal to make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for anyone over...

The European Commission has approved Bulgaria’s €6 billion recovery plan, but Commissioner President von der Leyen has made it clear that the money will not come without reforms. In Sofia on Thursday, von der Leyen assured the government that the Bulgarian plan...

While Polish law prevents the confiscation of Russian assets in Poland, the Law and Justice party (PiS) has submitted a draft constitutional amendment to allow the confiscation of Russian property, which the opposition says is unnecessary. The proposal to allow...