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The best way of dealing with Russia's energy war on the European Union is by using it as an opportunity, and speeding up the energy transition can kill three birds with one stone: energy security, climate crisis, and energy poverty, writes Alice Stollmeyer and Lukas Trakimavičius.

Greece's intelligence chief has resigned, the government said on Friday (5 August) amid a scandal over alleged spying of an opposition politician.

The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo will meet the EU foreign policy chief in Brussels later this month, officials said Friday (5 August) , as the international community scrambles to soothe rising tensions.

The Ethiopian government has chastised EU and US envoys who visited the war-stricken region of Tigray, accusing them of siding with the rebels' stance on peace talks and aid.

Greece is having a better-than-expected summer tourism season and this year's revenues will help alleviate the impact of soaring energy prices on society, government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou said on Thursday (4 August).

US and Hungarian conservatives must join forces in 2024 elections to "take back" institutions in Washington and Brussels from liberals who threaten western civilization, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Thursday (4 August).

Ukraine said on 4 August it had been forced to cede some territory in the east in the face of a Russian offensive, and the head of the NATO military alliance said Moscow must not be allowed to win the war.

Ending the war in Ukraine and starting a new one in Syria are expected to dominate talks on Friday (5 August) between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

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Italy's outgoing government approved on Thursday (4 August) a decree to reform the country's notoriously slow criminal justice system, according to government officials, paving the way for the finalisation of a broader reform needed to keep European Union funds flowing.

The EU member states imposed sanctions Thursday (4 August) on Ukraine's ousted pro-Russian former president Viktor Yanukovych and his son Oleksandr for their alleged role in threatening Ukraine's security.

EU antitrust regulators have asked app developers whether Alphabet unit Google's threat to remove apps from its Play Store if they use other payment options instead of its own billing system has hurt their business, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Negotiators kicked off a fresh round of talks over Iran's nuclear programme in Vienna on Thursday (4 August), seeking to salvage the agreement on Tehran's atomic ambitions.

More than 100 firefighters battled on Thursday (4 August) to contain a fire that triggered explosions and burned out of control after it broke out at an ammunitions dump in western Berlin, officials said.

Wildfires raging through Europe this summer have burned the second-largest area on record, even though the region is only halfway through its typical fire season, according to data from the European Union's Joint Research Centre.

Hundreds of migrants were ferried off the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa Thursday (4 August) ahead of a visit by anti-immigrant leader Matteo Salvini, who is campaigning for September elections and vowing to stop new arrivals.

The Bank of England unleashed Thursday its most significant interest rate hike since 1995 as it forecast inflation topping 13 per cent this year and warned of a looming year-long recession. And forecast inflation will top 13 per cent this...

Italy's tax police have seized assets worth over €141 million from an architect who designed a luxury estate on the Black Sea which has been dubbed "Putin's palace" by opponents of the Russian president.

Following the European Commission’s proposal on due diligence rules presented in February, the debate on companies’ obligations to respect human rights and avoid environmental harm is set to pick up speed in September. The EU’s proposal on corporate accountability requires...

Ukraine said Russia had started creating a military strike force aimed at President Zelenskyy's hometown of Kryvyi Rih, as NATO moved closer to the most significant expansion of the alliance in decades as it responds to the invasion of Ukraine.