European Union

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Germany struggling with the distribution of Ukrainian refugees, Ukraine expelling a Bulgarian far-right leader, and so much more.

The Party of European Socialists has stood by Former Slovak prime minister and Smer party leader Robert Fico after he announced he would pursue a coalition with the far-right Republika movement and likened NATO soldiers to Nazi troops. European socialists...

More than 255,000 refugees have entered Moldova since Russia’s first military attack on Ukraine. Around 100,000 of them are still in the country, Moldova’s Interior Minister Ana Revenco told news agency Agerpres. Of the total number of people fleeing the...

Russian missiles demolished the Albanian honorary consulate in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Sunday evening. The consulate issued an announcement about the attack, confirming its staff was safe and there had been no casualties. The Albanian foreign ministry condemned...

Kosovo’s request to join NATO appears highly unlikely due to a lack of consensus between members, and there are no foreseen processes that would speed up the process, according to a NATO official. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and fears...

Ukrainians have learned to distinguish the sound of death approaching such as the fighter jet,  flying rockets or ballistic missiles, all of which bring death and destruction to our population, writes Roman Rukomeda.

The Socialist People’s Party (SNP) will participate in the negotiations on the formation of the minority government, it was decided at the session of the party’s Executive Board. The president of the SNP, Vladimir Joković, said that at the session...

The latest poll by the International Republican Institute shows VMRO-DPMNE, the biggest opposition party, are likely to defeat the SDSM, the leading coalition party, at the next general elections. The conservative opposition party polled 20%, while SDSM obtained 17%. In...

The director of a major COVID hospital in Belgrade’s suburb of Batajnica, Dr Tatjana Adžić Vukićević, said that it’s time that COVID passes were scrapped. The hospital director said on 7 March that between a third and a quarter of...

Reporters at public broadcaster RTV Slovenija staged a rally on Monday to demand full editorial independence and protest against deteriorating working conditions and growing political pressure under new management. The protest came after weeks of mounting discontent with the new...

Breast cancer mortality has fallen in Croatia for the fifth consecutive year, the Croatian Public Health Institute (HZJZ) announced ahead of Daffodil Day, noting that the disease was no longer the leading cause of mortality in women. Breast cancer is...

Romania has no plans to limit cereal exports, despite several countries in the region doing so in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Exports from Russia and Ukraine, which account for 30% of the wheat trade, have practically stopped,...

 The government will no longer extend the state of alert, which was enforced due to the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning most restrictions will be lifted as of Wednesday. The decisions was based on improved figures in new infections and severe cases,...

Women are faced on a daily basis by the challenges that agrifood companies are trying to solve, and have a unique perspective on the specific needs across the sector. Still, many of them adopt more cautious or conservative approaches when...

Matteo Salvini, the leader of Italy’s right-wing League party and until now known as a strong supporter of Vladimir Putin, arrived in Poland Monday to take to Italy some of the Ukrainian refugees Poland received in recent days. Salvini, who...

The Hungarian national currency reached historic lows on Monday, weakening at a faster rate than its regional peers, leading experts to question whether it is due to the government’s policies. Starting at 388.19, the forint weakened steadily on Monday, crossing...

Portugal has received 1,670 requests for temporary protection since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Immigration and Borders Service (SEF) revealed to Lusa on Monday. The update made by SEF refers to the period between 24 February and...

The former chairman of the Banco Espirito Santo (BES), Ricardo Salgado, was sentenced to six years in prison by the Central Criminal Court of Lisbon on Monday. It is the first prison sentence in the trial of the separate case of Operation...

The number of COVID-19 cases, related deaths and admissions to intensive care units in Italy are decreasing though the incidence values in about half of the country’s provinces are at a standstill, the National Research Council (NRC) stated. Meanwhile, the...

The defence budget will be increased in 2023 by 18 billion DKK or €2.4 billion and receive a gradual boost from 2024 to ensure NATO’s 2% spending target is met, according to a major political agreement presented to the Danish...