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A new study by Globsec Policy Institute, a Bratislava-based think-thank, shows that Serbia is the most susceptible to Russian and Chinese influence, followed by Hungary.

Sitting justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro down on the same bench as Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga or Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir might seem like a longshot, if not overkill - but shows just how desperate the Polish people have become.

Participants will discuss the most important foreign policy challenges for a new German government and Europe. What should Europe expect from German foreign policy under a new government – continuity or change?

Portugal is seventh in the EU for the lowest number of COVID-19 deaths and new daily infections per million inhabitants, according to the statistical website Our World in Data. Since last week, the epidemiological situation has worsened slightly, and the country...

President Sergio Mattarella praised the role of science in the fight against COVID-19 on Monday on the occasion of the inauguration of the academic year at the Sapienza University of Rome. “We are in a period of great changes; the society...

Finance Minister and Chair of the Social Democratic Party, Magdalena Andersson, has been given time until Wednesday morning to gather enough support in parliament to form a government and secure her place as the country’s first female prime minister. Andersson...

Finland will deliver 130,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine by the end of November to Estonia after it requested help from other EU countries, Finland’s social affairs and health ministry has announced. In return, Estonia has promised to send the...

The government may introduce vaccinations for primary school-aged children, with a potential start date in the New Year, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said. Ireland has a high vaccination rate amongst its adult population, with over 90% having received two doses....

UK trade minister Anne Marie Trevelyan on Monday indicated that London had no plans to suspend parts of the Northern Ireland protocol any time soon. “I don’t think anyone’s calling Article 16 before Christmas, absolutely not,” Trevelyan said in an...

Exiled Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has asked EU leaders to refrain from contacting Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko at the International Conference on Belarus in Vienna. She also criticised German Chancellor Angela Merkel for calling Lukashenko to ease tensions in...

On the sidelines of a trip to Amiens in northern France, President Emmanuel Macron has called for “calm and public order” in Guadeloupe as the French island in the Caribbean is shaken by a protest movement against the mandatory vaccination of...

President Zoran Milanović said his office would summon the Austrian ambassador to convey his concern over “fundamental human freedoms”. He also said if the Dutch can comment on Bosnia and Herzegovina every week, he can comment on the situation in...

Support for the ruling Law and Justice dropped to 30%, according to several opinion polls published over the last few days. The support of the democratic opposition remains steady at over 40%, often close to 50%, while the far-right Confederacy...

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Next Generation funds should supplement each other to boost innovation in the Spanish agrifood sector and help mitigate the economic side-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Agriculture Minister Luis Planas on Monday, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported....

As negotiations in Berlin over Germany’s first-ever three-way government continue, their ambitious timeline may be back on track. The rumour mill, previously busy with dubious “leaked” lists showing which people will take ministries, has now turned towards Tuesday when a...

More than 1,400 Albanians sought asylum in EU member states in August 2021, a 46% increase compared to July and more than double that of June, reverting to a pre-pandemic trend, according to EU data. This comes as reducing unfounded...

EU's chief diplomat Josep Borrell and Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen on Monday (22 November) asked Afghanistan's neighbours to prevent human trafficking as they met their Central Asian counterparts in the Tajik capital. EURACTIV reports from Dushanbe.

Europe's continued support for fossil fuels, like in the 5th projects of common interest (PCI) list, risks damaging the environment, but decision-makers could be about to make the same mistake in negotiations on the rules for supporting cross-border energy infrastructure, argue Frida Kieninger and Esther Bollendorff.

Press briefing ahead of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sports Council will take place on 24 November at 13.30.

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