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On Monday, Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation with partners from China and the United Arab Emirates on producing the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine in Serbia, and once again urged citizens to get their...

Moldova's main pro-European party has won a resounding victory in parliamentary polls, results showed Monday (12 July), strengthening the hand of President Maia Sandu as the former World Bank economist pushes to reform her ex-Soviet country.

During a visit to the EU foreign affairs council in Brussels, Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korčok appealed for a meeting with his Belgian counterpart, Sophie Wilmès, to discuss the investigation into the death of Slovak citizen, Jan Chovanec, in Belgian...

The Hungarian recovery plan and the €7.2 billion in grants requested from Brussels for post-pandemic reconstruction continues to be examined by EU officials, the European Commission announced on Monday as the deadline for it to give its blessing expired. “Currently...

Czechia will not take part in this year’s UN conference against racism taking place in September in New York. “I’ve taken this decision due to historic concerns regarding antisemitism and the misuse of the platform for attacks against Israel,” stated Czech...

Poland’s Constitutional Court – controlled by the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party – will decide on Tuesday, on Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s request, whether certain provisions in the EU’s Treaties are compatible with Poland’s Constitution and whether the EU...

Israels new foreign minister, Yair Lapid, told EU counterparts in Brussels Monday the new Israeli coalition, which included hardliners, had no plan to create a Palestinian state. "It's no secret that I support a two-state solution. Unfortunately, there is no current plan for this," Lapid said. "If there's eventually a Palestinian state, it must be a peace-loving democracy," he added, while pledging support for humanitarian and economic aid to Palestinians.

With COVID-19 cases rising again in Italy as 1,391 new cases and seven deaths were recorded on Monday and 24 million citizens remain unvaccinated, the government is mulling the introduction of new measures just five weeks after the country started...

Greek authorities refused entry into the country to Turkish football team Galatasaray on Monday after its members refused to get a COVID-19 rapid test. Galatasaray landed in Athens on a private flight for a friendly game with Olympiacos. The team...

Tourism in Portugal should reach 2019 levels by 2023, the president of Portugal’s tourist board, Luís Araújo said at a presentation in Ponta Delgada of the “Reactivate tourism. Build the future” programme. Luís Araújo said that this goal is perfectly...

A renewed appeal has been made for Ireland to assist Irish citizens living abroad who want to return home but have received a vaccine not accepted by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the Irish Times reported. Fianna Fail Senator Micheal...

Finance Minister Gernot Blümel has ruled out the suspension of the Austrian digital tax that was introduced in 2020, while the European Commission announced on Monday that it would put the proposed digital levy on hold until a deal among...

Germany’s main political parties are showing clear differences when it comes to a number of European policy issues with the upcoming election in September set to focus partially on the size of the EU budget. With Chancellor Angela Merkel’s 16-year...

With coronavirus infection rates on the rise again across France, President Emmanuel Macron called for a “summer of mobilisation”, announcing the mandatory vaccination for healthcare workers in a televised address to the nation on Monday. “If the health situation remains...

The recovery plans of 12 member states are expected to be adopted by EU finance ministers at a meeting on Tuesday. For now, the atmosphere is positive but things are expected to change when the first payment requests are made...

US President Joe Biden’s decision to pull out from Afghanistan combined with the increasing advancement of Taliban insurgents has caused severe headaches in Brussels, as Europe fears a new migration wave from the east, an EU diplomat told EURACTIV. “The...

The European Union said on Monday (12 July) it wanted to agree by the end of July the legal framework for a sanctions regime targeting Lebanese leaders, but cautioned that the measure would not be immediately implemented.

Europe will need to increase the amount of carbon stored by its forests and wetlands to meet a new, more ambitious target for carbon removals in Europe, according to a leaked policy draft seen by EURACTIV.

Although agri-food sector has recovered from the worst of the pandemic, it must keep one eye on the present and one on future crisis management, Slovenia's Agriculture Minister Jože Podgoršek told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview.

Ethiopian officials involved in blocking aid to the war-torn Tigray region should face EU sanctions, EU foreign relations chief Josep Borrell said Monday. Ethiopia was using "famine as a weapon of war", with over 1.8 million people at risk of starvation, he said. "Water in the Nile can be used in a way that benefits everyone," Borrell also said, on Ethiopia's plan to launch a new dam, threatening Egypt's supplies.