European Union

EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker announced on Friday that the results of an EU-wide survey on Daylight Saving Time would be respected. More than 80 percent of the 4.6 million respondents said the time change should be scrapped. For commentators the decision is long overdue.

The governments of Serbia and Kosovo are discussing redrawing the border between their countries in a bid to resolve the frozen Kosovo conflict. Areas that are mainly inhabited by Serbs in the north of Kosovo could be swapped for municipalities in the south of Serbia with mainly ethnic Albanian populations. Commentators see this as a bad idea.

After the rioting by far-right demonstrators in the city of Chemnitz in eastern Germany on Sunday and Monday, the debate about xenophobia in Germany continues. Some commentators blame Merkel's open borders policy for the rise in anti-foreigner sentiment. Others, however, see cracks in this reasoning.

Media group Tamedia has replaced the long-standing editor-in-chief of La Tribune de Genève, Pierre Ruetschi, with his deputy. In view of tensions between the company's management and its employees many are saying the move was forced. Tamedia employees had protested against the company's cost-cutting measures this summer. What are the ramifications for the Swiss media landscape?

The Swedish furniture group Ikea opened its first branch in Latvia on Thursday. Latvian journalists are delighted - not just at the prospect of cheap furniture and scented candles.

The Czech senate is Europe's most active national parliamentary body when it comes to the number of EU debates, according to a study by the Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies. Hours spent on EU debates ranged from 300 yearly in the Austrian Nationalrat to over 1,000 hours in the Dutch Tweede Kamer or the UK House of Commons. Lithuania and Cyprus spent the least time on EU discussions.

Romania’s governing coalition is pressing on with plans to bring the judiciary under control, despite the massive protests just a few weeks ago. And leaders of the ruling parties got an unexpected helper from Washington.

A bus crash apparently caused by inadequate asphalt has exposed fraud and corruption in Bulgaria's road construction and prompted Prime Minister Boyko Borissov to abruptly sack three ministers on Friday (31 August).