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The chairman of the parliamentary group of the leading “There is such a people” (ITN) party, Toshko Yordanov, called MEP Radan Kanev (Democratic Bulgaria, EPP) “garbage”. The latter had asked for the EU’s help with efforts to increase the number of vaccinated...

One of the statements after the meeting between Angela Merkel and prime ministers of six Western Balkans EU hopefuls underlined the need for further work on the so-called Berlin Process as one of the most important diplomatic initiatives since 2014,...

The Slovak defence ministry is planning the largest purchase in the country’s history. The government already approved the purchase of 152 tracked and 76 wheeled combat armoured vehicles. Estimated price tag is over €2 billion, EURACTIV Slovakia reports. According to...

Fidesz politicians have strongly criticised the resolution calling for cross-bloc recognition of same marriage, Telex reported. MEP Balázs Hidvéghi said that it is another “madness” from Brussels, while Justice Minister Judit Varga described the European Parliament’s resolution “a completely groundless political position”. The resolution...

Will the World Tourism Organization leave Madrid for Riyadh? Stricken at the thought, Spain is making major diplomatic efforts to prevent Saudi from snatching the only UN agency headquartered in the Iberian peninsular.

Latest polls show that the ruling party in Poland is regaining some popularity after last months’ losses at the expense of leading opposition parties. The 10 September United Surveys poll for WP.pl showed Law and Justice (PiS) support at 36.4%,...

Ahead of Czech parliamentary elections due on 8-9 October 2021, Czech social democrats face hard times. Unlike their German counterparts, they are losing ground and opinion polls suggest they might not even pass the 5% threshold required to win a...

A survey by the European Council on Foreign Relations shows that the Portuguese are among the top three European peoples who would choose outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the position of “president” of Europe. The European Council on Foreign...

Ecological transition Minister Roberto Cingolani warned Italians that they should brace for a 40% increase in their electricity and gas bills in the next couple of months. Speaking at a conference in Genova, Cingolani said “the government is committed to...

A group of EU member states have joined Ireland at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in opposing a more restrictive interpretation of a data law integral to an Irish murder case. As part of a suit brought by Graham...

China’s ambassador to the UK, Zheng Zeguang, has been banned from entering the UK Parliament while sanctions remain in place by the Chinese government against a number of UK MPs and peers. Beijing’s man in London had been due to...

At a European Police Congress on Tuesday, Interior Minister Karl Nehammer criticised the EU for its alleged hesitancy to address migration issues sufficiently and reiterated that Austria won’t admit Afghan refugees. Nehammer also refuted the notion that the Austrian refusal...

The German extreme right group “III. Weg” (German: The Third Way) has made waves as it placed posters that read “Hang the Greens” around election campaign posters by the Greens party. The group had been ordered to take down its...

The EU’s centre-right camp, a dominant force in European politics in the past 20 years, is bracing for a major hit as the elections in Germany are looming closer. The German centre-right CDU is facing possibly the worst electoral result in its history, even though it...

Record high power prices in European Union countries show the bloc must wean itself off fossil fuels and speed up the transition to green energy, the EU's top climate change official said on Tuesday (14 September).

Creating a single electricty market across Africa is an immmense task, but will mean cheaper, reliable and renewable electricity, increasing the number of people who have access to power, writes Johan van den Berg.

Brussels institutions are devoting time not to Israel's illegal settlements and the two-state solution, but to an entirely different, peripheral issue: an EU-funded study of Palestinian Authority schoolbooks, published in June by the Georg-Eckert Institute in Germany.

Millions in Afghanistan are at risk of famine, but the trauma of the 2015 migration crisis hangs over prospects of EU refuge for those trying to flee.

The United States said Tuesday (14 September) it had evacuated nearly 500 "military and civilian" Afghans from Uzbekistan, while the Central Asian country declared there were now no Afghan refugees on its territory.

Spain's left-wing government approved Tuesday (14 September) a fresh package of measures, including a tax cut, to curb soaring household electricity bills that have hurt businesses and angered voters.