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Following pandemic restrictions and a series of political corruption scandals, Austrians feel increasingly restricted, 2021’s “freedom index” by the SORA Institute has shown. In the fourth edition of the study, 25% of those surveyed said they felt at least somewhat...

President Emmanuel Macron said he would push Europe to “engage in international competition” on space issues  – describing it as a central issue for European sovereignty – at a summit to be held in Toulouse on Wednesday. The summit will discuss...

The EU-Albania committee monitoring the country’s EU integration progress met on Tuesday with discussions including the fight against corruption and last year’s massive data leaks which saw almost a million people’s data including name, ID, salary, phone number, voting preference,...

Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss the Ukraine crisis and as the head of the OSCE, currently presided over by Poland. Rau stressed that his visit concerned the tense security situation...

The Spanish car industry could see 8,000 people lose their jobs in the future as electric cars require less workforce than combustion engine cars, Spanish car manufacturer SEAT has warned, newspaper Cinco Dias reported on Tuesday. SEAT – a member of the...

Italy, France, Spain, and Germany regularly meet and consult each other to find common ground and reach a wider consensus within the EU Council, Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese said at an event organised by EURACTIV Italy on Tuesday. Lamorgese...

Belgian employees will be able to work a four-day week after the government on Tuesday (15 February) agreed a new labour accord aimed at bringing flexibility to an otherwise rigid labour market.

The EU on Tuesday (15 February) condemned a bid by Russian lawmakers to have President Vladimir Putin recognise separatist regions in Ukraine as independent, saying it would violate the Minsk agreements Moscow had signed up to.

Despite global wealth hitting an all-time peak, people feel increasingly insecure in almost every country, including the countries with high levels of human development. Achim Steiner explains why we are so anxious and what should be done.

Britain's auto industry called on the country's government on Wednesday to mandate targets for rolling out electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and create a new regulatory body to oversee the market conditions and enforce minimum standards.

The French presidency of the Council of the EU is organising an informal meeting of space ministers.

Whilst the world's eyes are firmly fixed on Ukraine, EU peacekeeping troops in Bosnia are "at high readiness" in another test of Europe's geopolitical standing.

Germany and the US have urged Russia not to recognise the sovereignty of self-declared republics in Ukraine, in line with a call by the Russian parliament.

The rise of anti-LGBTI rhetoric by officials in Europe seen as part of a global effort by nationalist-conservative politicians to make political gains by scapegoating LGBTI people.

The stark gap in Covid-19 vaccination rates between Europe and Africa is likely to feed into the EU-AU summit negotiations. But a patent waiver still looks like a no-go for Europe.

After four hours of talks in the Kremlin, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday (15 February) that there would be enough common ground to continue diplomacy to avert war between Russia and Ukraine.

MEPs in the civil liberties committee are pressing to ban so-called Golden Passports and Golden Visas, often purchased by wealthy foreigners to obtain citizenship and national residency rights in the EU. "Golden passports undermine the essence of EU citizenship and should be phased out," they said in a statement. People implicated in financial crimes are among those who have bought into the so-called citizenship by investment schemes.

For many politicians in France, Europe is in the midst of a no-holds-barred culture war in which the real enemy is not Russia or China but with emboldened woke fighters on a mission to demolish the "European Way of Life."

The Brussels-based European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) warns the software could lead to an unprecedented level of intrusiveness into citizens' private lives and shake the foundations of a free-thinking society.

Hungary and Poland are turning increasingly authoritarian, a European rights group said on Tuesday (15 January), a day before the European Union's top court rules on whether to cut funding to member states flouting democratic rights and freedoms.