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Prime Minister Ana Brnabic thanked US President Donald Trump and his administration on Tuesday for consistently abiding by what they say on the necessity of Kosovo lifting the tariffs on goods coming from Serbia, and called on the EU to...

Almost like in London’s “Ripley’s Believe It or Not”, President Zoran Milanović’s decision to remove all busts from the vestibule of his office has become a contentious political issue. The vestibule was until recently decorated by the busts of prominent...

The likely candidate for new Slovenian foreign minister, Anže Logar (SDS-EPP), spoke on Tuesday in favour of strengthening relations with Croatia while protecting Slovenian national interests on Tuesday (10 March), adding that Slovenia would have a better insight into their...

Boris Johnson’s government will end ten years of Conservative austerity on Wednesday (10 March) when it is expected to lay out plans to increase infrastructure spending to its highest level in decades. Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s first post-Brexit budget is set...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron are set to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Istanbul on Tuesday (17 March) to reach an agreement on the on-going refugee dispute, which began when the Turkish president...

In Spain, the government will launch extra stimuli to boost the country’s economy and contribute to mitigating the negative impact of the coronavirus crisis in the most sensitive economic sectors, like tourism, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported. On Tuesday (10 March),...

Following EU leaders’ emergency teleconference over the coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday (10 March), Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov twice said that one of the issues that came up was that 70% of Europe’s population could be infected by the virus....

Joe Biden rolled to commanding victories in pivotal Michigan and two other states on Tuesday (10 March), taking a big step toward the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination and dealing a stinging blow to rival Bernie Sanders’ fading White House bid.

EU institutions and member states agreed on Tuesday (10 March) to ease EU spending rules and mobilise at least €25 billion of EU funds to address the economic fallout from the coronavirus.

The European Commission will not look into the possibility of revising the bloc's competition rules until at least 2021, despite recent pressure from a group of EU member states.

The Russians have sent their only pipe-laying vessel equipped with dynamic positioning system – Akademik Cherskiy – to Europe. But can the tiny ship without previous experience in pipe-laying do the job, Mateusz Kubiak ponders.

The EU commission has published new ideas on how to help industry handle the digital revolution, but decarbonisation and 2050 climate goals took second place.

The jury is still out on Josep Borrell; more recruitment is under way and he has a chance to have more women channelled women towards leadership positions.

Some three million more Syrian refugees are being "deliberately" pushed by Russia toward Europe, US diplomats have warned.

The European Commission is traveling to Athens to discuss tension on the Greece-Turkey border. It wants to find a better response on getting EU states to take in unaccompanied minors. It also wants to discuss Greece's controversial asylum-suspension measures.

As Italy went into lockdown EU leaders discussed a more coordinated response to the outbreak. The commission promised financial help, as more and more meetings are cancelled in the EU institutions.

As Italy went into lockdown EU leaders discussed a more coordinated response to the outbreak. The commission promised financial help, as more and more meetings are cancelled in the EU institutions.

The New York Times newspaper has revealed a secret Greek centre used to deport arriving asylum seekers without due process in what François Crépeau, a former UN special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, has described as a "black site". Those detained are said to be kept in secret and without access to legal recourse.

The city council of Madrid announced on Wednesday that all education centres will be closed for two weeks, El País reported. The decision will affect over 1.5m students from early education to university. A city in the Basque region took the same measures earlier. All regions have reported cases of coronavirus, but about 60 percent of cases are concentrated in three regions: La Rioja, Madrid and the Basque Country.

A member of Russia's ruling party has proposed amending the constitution in a way that would reset president Vladimir Putin's term count back to zero, the Guardian writes. Currently, Putin is required by the constitution to step down in 2024 when his second sequential presidential term ends. If the amendment is approved Putin could thus be able to remain president of Russia until 2036.