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Slovakia cannot afford to stop importing Russian natural gas and will pay for it in roubles if necessary, Slovak Economy Minister Richard Sulík said on Sunday. Analysts believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin insists Russian natural gas be paid for...

A 19-year-old student has been charged with murdering his teacher in Thursday’s machete attack at a school in Prague, the Czech News Agency reported on Sunday. The defendant could face between 12 to 20 years in jail if convicted. After...

Serbia’s strongman Aleksandar Vučić claimed a landslide victory in general elections Sunday (3 April) paving the way for another term as president and extending his decade-long rule in the Balkan nation. Official results were set to be announced late Monday...

Lithuania is the first EU country to have completely stopped importing Russian gas, the energy ministry announced on Saturday. The move to become fully independent from Russian gas was made in response to Russia’s energy blackmailing  Europe and the war...

Swedes are the European citizens most in favour of new spending on defence, a new Novus opinion poll reported by Radio Ekot on Sunday shows. Swedes are also less worried about the Ukrainian war’s adverse effects than the EU average,...

Avoiding a recession due to the Ukrainian war will be difficult, but Ireland’s government is determined to do so, Deputy Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said this weekend. The world is heading into a recession, Varadkar said, adding that Ireland can...

During a visit to Moldova alongside his Czech and Slovak counterparts, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg pledged to provide increased aid to Moldova as it buckles under the influx of refugees. “You are not alone, and you can count on...

The number of people in the Netherlands hospitalised for COVID-19 reached 1,714 on Sunday, 10% less than the week before. The number of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) was 117, the lowest since July 2021. From Saturday to Sunday...

President Emmanuel Macron held his first and probably final political campaign rally on Saturday – eight days before the first round of the presidential election on 10 April. According to the organisers, 30,000 people attended the rally. Macron called on...

Everyone likes a good election, but April won’t provide one. Instead, we are being served up possibly Europe’s least interesting set of polls in 2022: a tale of three autocrats and Europe’s erstwhile poster boy, French President Emmanuel Macron. We...

The manner in which Russian soldiers allegedly killed Ukrainian civilians in the Kyiv region has reminded Poles of the Katyn Massacre – a series of mass executions carried of nearly 22,000 Poles carried out by the Soviet Union during the...

Finland’s decision on NATO membership should be made in the spring, Prime Minister Sanna Marin told the Social Democratic Party Council on Saturday without revealing her personal view. An increasing number of Finns are now backing NATO membership, and President Sauli Niinistö...

The government is set to unveil a new energy strategy this week that will shift the UK away from oil and gas imports as it faces hefty price increases and supply disruption caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ministers have...

Oil and gas sanctions are one of the options Germany will consider following the atrocities Russian troops committed on the outskirts of Kyiv, Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said. “There has to be a reaction,” the social democrat minister said in...

Serbia's incumbent president Aleksandar Vučić is set to win presidential elections on Sunday with 59.8 percent of the votes, according to a projection by Ipsos and CeSID, Reuters reported. Zdravko Ponoš, a retired army general representing the pro-European, centrist Alliance for Victory coalition is set to come second with 17.1 percent. Vučić's Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) would likely fail to secure enough seats in the 250 parliament to rule alone.

In a surprisingly massive win, Hungary's nationalist prime minister Viktor Orbán, Russian president Vladimir Putin's closest EU ally, has secured another majority in Sunday's general election against a united opposition.

In a surprisingly massive win, Hungary's nationalist prime minister Viktor Orbán, Russian president Vladimir Putin's closest EU ally, has secured another majority in Sunday's general election against a united opposition.

In a surprisingly massive win, Hungary's nationalist prime minister Viktor Orbán, Russian president Vladimir Putin's closest EU ally, has secured another majority in Sunday's general election against a united opposition.

Hardened criminals could use the Ukraine war to sneak into the EU bringing with them more firearms and drugs, European police fear.

China will continue "normal" trade with Russia it said one day after the EU urged Chinese leaders not to undermine Western sanctions.