European Union

The United States and the European Union pledged to work to ensure gas supplies can respond to disruptions in pipeline gas flows, as tensions rise over the massing of troops on Ukraine's borders by Russia, Europe's biggest gas supplier.

Leaving Nato membership open to Ukraine risked war in Europe, Russian president Vladimir Putin warned Macron in Moscow.

Germany’s vice-chancellor Robert Habeck said that Berlin would examine the contentious proposal by the European Commission to include nuclear power and fossil gas in the EU’s sustainable finance rules and potentially file a lawsuit.

ECB president Christine Lagarde signalled monetary tightening, but some MEPs underlined a threat to jobs and urged her to keep easy money flowing into the economy.

An EU-funded certification scheme using blockchain is being developed for rare earths as automakers demand proof that materials used to make magnets for electric vehicles (EVs) are not linked to toxic pollution. The system will set global standards and give...

Andrzej Duda said his rule-of-law proposal was met with approval and "relief" by both the EU Commission's Ursula von der Leyen and the European Council's Charles Michel.

The Serbian opposition Freedom and Justice Party leader Dragan Đilas has unveiled a video that, according to him, reveals the scheme of how Serbs from the Bosnian entity Republika Srpska are registered as new “inhabitants” of Belgrade, so they can...

As Europe searches for alternative energy sources, concerns mount among green groups over Europe's continued dependence on fossil fuels.

Austria has disputed claims by the French EU presidency of an informal agreement about one the most contentious issues surrounding migration and asylum.

The European Investment Bank Group invested €853 million in the Western Balkans in 2021, supporting sustainable development, green transition, digitisation and small and medium enterprises, it was announced on Monday. The EIB invested €560 million in SMEs in the region...

Andrej Plenković, HDZ President and Croatian prime ministe, said after the joint sessions of the presidencies of HDZ and HDZ BiH, said there was still a chance to talk to Bosniak parties about changing the election law and that there...

The Democrats party called for protests on Wednesday near the Church of Christ’s Resurrection if the Assembly Speaker, Aleksa Bečić, is ousted. The discussion was going on in the Assembly on Monday evening. Bečić is the Democrat’s President. Democrats stated that...

Albania ranked first in the region and fifth in Eastern Europe and Central Asia for the number of COVID infections between January 2020 and September 2021, according to a study published by The Lancet, a peer-reviewed medical journal. The study, which looked...

A war in Ukraine would lead to an influx of refugees, and an unprecedented energy shortage. A Chinese takeover of Taiwan would shut down our economy due to a scarcity of semiconductors.

The European Commission is mulling additional oversight of the EU's powerful border and coast guard agency, Frontex. "We should at least once a year have a political management board for Frontex with ministers," said EU home affairs commissioner, Ylva Johansson.

Slovenia recorded an excess mortality rate of 15% last year, when the COVID-19 pandemic was in full swing. November was the worst month, with 49% more people dying on average than in the same period from 2015 to 2019. A...

The Croatian government passed a decree setting the highest prices for petroleum products for a litre of Eurosuper95 at 11.37 kuna (€1.516), Eurodiesel for 11.29 kuna (€1.505) and Eurodiesel BS blue for 6.5 kuna (€0.86) per litre, including VAT. Prime...

Dacian Ciolos has resigned as president of USR, the main opposition party, just four months after he was elected. Ciolos said his resignation was the proper decision after his program to reform the party was rejected by its leadership. After...

KEME Energy, a Portuguese company that implements renewable energy self-consumption projects, will invest €5.2 million in installing a green hydrogen production plant in Sines (Setúbal), it was reported on Monday. The investment aims to install “a green hydrogen production plant by photo...

Czech experts are calling on the government to take concrete measures to limit disinformation’s negative impact on Czech society. “The Czech Republic needs a comprehensive strategy to address this problem and an increase in the resources allocated to it,” experts have said,...