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EURACTIV reports on the ground about the refugee crisis at the Polish-Ukrainian border. Przemyśl has seen hundreds of refugees cross over since the war began here. For many of them, the train they take from Kyiv on leave is a...

The Croatian government has sent its decisions to deploy troops outside the country, including in Hungary as part of NATO’s presence, to parliament. The current security situation in eastern Europe poses one of the most serious threats to European security...

The government has sent parliament a bill on the introduction of the euro as legal tender in Croatia, which includes the basic principles of introducing the common currency, possibilities of exchanging kuna for euros and the period during which both...

Romania will host an international hub for humanitarian aid, which will collect and transport all donations for Ukraine. Romania is working together with the EU to make the hub operational as quickly as possible, said President Klaus Iohannis, in a...

More than 10,000 Slovaks issued a request for a new passport on Wednesday, which is an all-time record, police informed on Facebook, while telling people not to panic. According to the Police, the previous record was 7,773 requests on 23 May 2012. In...

Hungary would prefer to continue to be part of the Russia-led International Investment Bank (IIB) but said on Thursday it is yet unclear whether it will be financially able to do so. The development bank, which has recently moved headquarters to Budapest...

MPs in the lower house of the Czech Parliament voted on Thursday to strip ANO leader and former prime minister Andrej Babiš of his parliamentary immunity, opening the way for prosecution on charges of EU subsidy fraud. This is the...

From Portugal to Eastern Europe, civil society has mobilised to take humanitarian aid to Ukraine and the borders, with improvised locations filling up daily with boxes and bags waiting to travel. The Benfica parish council set up an operations centre to collect...

Defence Minister Margarita Robles on Thursday justified the government’s change of heart on sending lethal weapons to Ukraine because neither Spain nor the EU “can turn a blind eye” to the conflict. Robles, who represents the ruling PSOE party, stressed...

Italy is prepared to do its best to take in refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, said Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese during a meeting of EU justice and home affairs ministers on Thursday. “Italy is used to handling situations, including emergencies, via...

Denmark is ready to help countries that took in the bulk of the Ukrainian refugees and, if necessary, take some in themselves, the Danish government, which has a strict immigration policy, announced on Thursday. Denmark is ready to help, according...

One in three Swedes is fairly or very worried their country will be targeted by a military attack, according to a new survey by Novus published on Thursday. The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency is now beefing up its staff. According...

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former oligarch, jailed and later released by Russian President Vladimir Putin and now living in London in exile, delivered a stark warning about Russia’s intentions in an interview with the MTV3 channel on Wednesday. According to him, Putin...

The war in Ukraine is making politicians and citizens think again about Finland’s signing of the Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty of 1997 to eliminate anti-personnel landmines by November 2011. The treaty aims to eliminate the production, stockpiling, storage and use...

Ireland’s government met on Thursday to consider potential measures to offset increases in the cost of fuel and energy caused by the war in Ukraine. Ahead of the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said that ministers would look at...

The Austrian Health Minister Wolfgang Mückstein has announced his resignation less than a year after taking office, citing exhaustion due to managing the pandemic and death threats. For Austria, it is the second resignation of a health minister since the...

President Emmanuel Macron has officially announced his candidacy in the French elections due on 4 April to “invent with you [the French people], in the face of the challenges of the century, a unique French and European response”. This candidacy...

Supporters of the far-right pro-Russian Vazrazhdane party silenced the official ceremony celebrating Bulgaria’s national holiday on Shipka Peak by chanting “Russia”, “resignation” and “NATO out” as they waved Russian flags. As Prime Minister Kiril Petkov spoke during the ceremony, members...

Ukraine should be admitted to the European Union as per a resolution passed by the lower chamber of the Polish parliament known as the Sejm on Thursday. MPs called the EU Council to start the procedure of giving Ukraine candidate...

The street where the Russian embassy is located in Vilnius will be renamed Ukraine’s Heroes street, the city’s mayor, Remigijus Šimašius, announced on Thursday. A small cul de sac in Lithuania’s capital Vilnius did not have a name, and the...