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The Finnish government submitted on Thursday a proposal to parliament, which would restrict freedom of movement and introduce mandatory face mask wearing for three weeks in the country’s most affected areas.  The new measures would cover the Helsinki Metropolitan area...

The Irish government does not support the establishment of a citizens assembly to discuss what a united Ireland may look like, said Foreign Minister Simon Coveney at the third meeting of the shared island dialogue series. Coveney commented that such...

The UK may be set to begin the process of easing COVID-19 restrictions next week but on Thursday, lawmakers voted to extend emergency coronavirus powers, which give ministers sweeping powers, for another six months. The emergency law has been used...

The lower house of parliament approved the legislation for the EU recovery plan on Thursday, with Chancellor Angela Merkel stressing that the EU’s plan to take on joint debt and channel the money to member states worst hit by COVID-19...

After an alleged incident at the Belarusian nuclear plant in Ostrovets earlier this month, radiation monitoring stations across the country went dark, making the publicly accessible radiation monitoring data in Belarus disappear for several hours, Lithuanian officials said. On 7...

The suspension of traffic through the Suez Canal has deepened problems for shipping lines that were already facing disruption and delays in supplying retail goods to consumers, shipping sources said.

The Conference on the Future of Europe should not be a PR exercise but a genuine people’s convention to deliberate all the tough issues we face together and to hear what citizens expect from Europe, argues Hans van Baalen.

Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and the Bulgarian government changed the country’s COVID-19 measures for the first time in 10 days on Thursday, allowing large non-food stores to open if they limit their capacity,  but changed measures again just a mere five...

The Croatian government adopted a proposal to prolong its job-keeping aid for sectors affected by the COVID-19 pandemic throughout April on Thursday, saying that 10 billion kunas (€1.3 billion) had been granted for that purpose, covering around 120,000 employers and...

Slovenia’s National Assembly rejected a motion of no confidence against Culture Minister Vasko Simoniti, with 43 votes in favour of his dismissal and 40 against, but still falling short of the majority of 46 votes needed. Three MPs of the...

The European Parliament adopted on Thursday the report of MEP Vladimir Bilčík on Serbia’s progress towards EU accession, seeing 538 MEPs voting in favour of the report, 69 voting against, and 79 abstaining. In the report based on the European Commission’s report...

We are counting on the wisdom of the speaker of parliament and the prime minister, and the ability of the leaders of political parties to see the essence when they go through mutual frictions due to the change of government...

As the biggest opposition Democratic Party (DP) and the governing Socialist Party (SP) started their campaigns on Thursday evening, the public took to the streets to show support. To prevent clashes between supporters of the two parties, law enforcement cordoned...

Spain has absorbed 50% of its allocated European Union structural and investment funds for the 2014-20 period, the country's finance minister, María Jesús Montero, has said. EURACTIV’s partner EFE reports.

Elma jumped in her car with her mother and brother as soon as she heard that Serbia was offering free COVID-19 vaccines to foreigners, and made the five-hour trip from her home in Bosnia to queue up for a shot.

The European Commission has made it clear that industries covered by the EU’s upcoming carbon border levy will no longer receive free CO2 allowances under the bloc’s carbon market, the emissions trading scheme (EU ETS).

MEPs have said that "a lack of political will and resources" had resulted in a laggard approach to enforcement of the EU's general data protection regulation (GDPR), singling out in particular the lack of sanctions dished out by the Irish data protection authority.

European Union leaders are ready to boost cooperation with Turkey if a "current de-escalation is sustained", they said in a video summit on Thursday (25 March) following a spike in tensions.

President of the Global Alliance for Vaccines (Gavi), José Manuel Barroso, on Thursday called on the European Union to accelerate access to vaccines in developing countries by increasing multilateral contributions and donating excess doses through the Covax platform. “We have...

The European Commission is currently working on the drafting of the Single-Use Plastics Directive Guidelines, the main purpose of which is to clarify which products are to be considered included in the scope of the Directive.