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Tourism is the sector most severely affected by the coronavirus crisis, according to a report by the EU Commission. On average, eleven percent of the jobs in Europe depend on the industry, and in some countries that figure is much higher, reaching 23 percent in Croatia or 22 percent in Cyprus. More and more countries are therefore opening their doors to holidaymakers - a worrying trend in the eyes of some observers.

Protests against the government's crisis management led by right-wing parties took place in Rome and other Italian cities on Italy's Republic Day. As with rallies in other countries, those taking part were a heterogeneous crowd including citizens suffering from the economic effects of the pandemic, supporters of conspiracy theories and anti-vaccine activists. How powerful is the movement?

Donald Trump and Twitter have been exchanging blows for a week now. After the Internet company slapped fake news warnings on tweets by the US president, Trump signed a decree restricting the rights of social networks. Now Twitter has again flagged a Trump tweet for glorifying violence. What will be the upshot of the conflict?

On 4 June Hungary will mark the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Trianon in 1920. When the First World War ended, the country had to give up two-thirds of its territory, as a result of which a quarter of the native speakers of Hungarian were left living outside the new borders. The Orbán government introduced this day of remembrance after taking office in 2010. Commentators take the opportunity to reflect on the commemoration policy.

Today the EU and the world are confronted by an unprecedented health and economic crisis and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic is rightly the immediate priority for everyone. The energy sector across the EU, with nuclear energy at its core, continues to play an important role in that effort - we are reliably maintaining essential power supplies, whilst ensuring the safety of our employees, customers, the public and the environment.

It is very difficult to make EU's main farm policy greener when figures on the bottom line are red, said budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn in an attempt to uphold the latest proposal of increased spending for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

Europe tried to reassure Russia during a UN Security Conference video call Tuesday (2 June) after a French warship intercepted an oil tanker off the coast of Libya under an operation to halt the flow of arms to the North African country.

US Ambassador to Serbia Anthony Godfrey has commented on the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed African-American man who died at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer.  “The deaths of George Floyd and others are tragic reminders of our...

Serbia has only partially implemented two of recommendations of the Council of Europe’s Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), according to ECRI’s press release published Tuesday (2 June). The two recommendations are linked to prohibiting the use of hate speech...