European Union

Scotland's EU accession process could reasonably take four to five years. If the referendum were in held 2023 and the transition to statehood took three years, Scotland could join the EU at the start of the next decade.

Citizens participating in the Conference on the Future of Europe have shown an enormous appetite for structural EU reforms. EU commissioner for democracy Dubravka Šuica is convinced that this democratic experiment can live up to expectations and deliver feasible results.

Slovenian foreign policy officials have clarified the country’s position on ties with Taiwan and announced that a representative office planned for the island will refer to “Taipei” and will be designated as an economic and cultural office. There has been...

“If a decision is made to deploy NATO troops on the Eastern Flank, the Bulgarian government believes that this measure should be implemented with Bulgarian troops. We will have Bulgarian troops who will perform this task on Bulgarian territory with...

Talks between Belgrade and Priština have deteriorated since Albin Kurti took over as Kosovo’s prime minister, Serbian Foreign Minister Nikola Selaković said on Sunday, adding that talks are unlikely to be continued. The Belgrade-Priština dialogue will be the central theme...

German development bank KfW has confirmed on 28 January that it has dropped plans to finance the controversial Janjići hydropower plant on the river Bosna in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), RiverWatch announced. A €30 million loan agreement between KfW and public utility Elektroprivreda...

Representatives of Croatian and Bosniak political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), who were supposed to agree on changes to the electoral law during a three-day negotiation session, failed to come closer in their views, negotiators have said. General elections in...

Nine far-right and nationalist European leaders, among others Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and France’s Marine Le Pen, have agreed on a "roadmap" for a patriotic Europe during a meeting held last weekend in Madrid. EURACTIV’s partner EFE reports.

At least 37% of Albanians are suffering from energy poverty, far above the European average of 5%, according to a study from DOOR and EIHP to address energy poverty in energy community contracting parties. This drives them to use wood to heat...

More than 44% of Slovaks believe the US and NATO are responsible for the rising tension in Ukraine, while 34% believe Russia is to blame, a new survey conducted by Focus agency has found. Opinions on escalating the conflict in...

Almost 50,000 teachers are holding a two-hour strike on Monday, announced last December, as a warning shot that an indefinite walkout could follow on 16 March if the executive does not meet their demands, Telex reported. Teachers, represented by The Teachers’ Trade...

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called on the European Commission Sunday to approve the government plans to temporarily cut value-added tax on gas, a decision that the Commission has so far been unwilling to take. The PM said lowering VAT on...

Paramilitary fighters from the Russia-linked Wagner group star in a new film singing their praises for interventions against rebels in the Central African Republic and elsewhere on the continent.

Austria’s unvaccinated will no longer have to be in lockdown from Monday as COVID-19 vaccines will be made mandatory the following day on Tuesday, the government announced last week. “The lockdown for the unvaccinated will end Monday,” said Chancellor Karl...

Russia will move naval exercises scheduled to begin this week out of Ireland’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) following a backlash from the government and fishing industry. News broke last weekend that Russia planned to hold naval drills 240 kilometres off...

The UK government is under pressure to scrap a planned tax increase due to come into force in April, with lawmakers from the opposition and governing Conservative party warning that it will hurt workers facing hikes in the cost of...

Finnish diplomats working on missions abroad have been targeted with the Pegasus spyware developed by Israeli company NSO Group. The malware has infected Apple or Android phones without users noticing or taking action, the foreign ministry said. The ministry assured...

The Socialist Party and António Costa won Sunday’s snap parliamentary elections, with 41.7% and 117 seats giving Costa and his party the right to rule solo. A stable government is crucial for Portugal to make the most of a €16.6...

President Sergio Mattarella, whose mandate would have expired 3 February, was re-elected on  29 January with 759 votes to serve as Italy’s president for a second term. On the same day, Prime Minister Mario Draghi asked Mattarella to remain in...

The UK government will introduce new legislation allowing it to change or scrap retained European Union laws, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday (31 January) to mark two years since Brexit.