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Online streaming platform Netflix has added Kosovo to its list of countries when people sign up, something local media has characterised as recognition of the state of Kosovo. However, the platform still does not recognise Kosovo in its located sections....

The  Russian Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina said on Thursday it closely followed the statements by US ambassador Eric Nelson and special envoy for the Western Balkans Matthew Palmer who, according to the embassy, blamed Russia for all the troubles...

Serbian Foreign Minister Nikola Selaković and his Hungarian counterpart, Péter Szijjártó on Thursday agreed to accept and recognise all vaccine certificates, regardless of which vaccine was received. According to the Serbian ministry of foreign affairs, Selaković pointed out that the...

“The national recovery and resilience plan is important for developing resilience to crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and the government will implement it relying on its experience and political will,” Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković told reporters on Thursday....

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev will give the mandate for the formation of the government to the Bulgarian socialists on Saturday (1 May), his office announced on Thursday. The two previous attempts to form a cabinet following the 4 April general...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday (29 April) welcomed the adoption by the European Parliament of its negotiating position on plans for a digital pass proving COVID-19 testing, recovery or vaccination to facilitate travel, pending negotiations with the Portuguese EU Council presidency of the Council of the European Union.

The US government does not need to fear for democracy in Hungary, the country’s foreign affairs and trade minister Péter Szijjártó told RTL on Thursday (30 April) in reaction to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s comments on the deterioration...

Poland's climate ministry has extended a mining concession for the open-pit coal mine in Turów until 2044, outraging environmental campaigners, who said the move would worsen the climate crisis.

Slovakia is to get a new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal worth €40 million aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and pollutants in inland waterway transport on the Danube river, the state-owned investor Public Ports company has said. The LNG terminal would...

The European Parliament passed a resolution on Thursday calling on EU countries to coordinate the expulsion of Russian diplomats in reaction to the 2014 Vrbetice ammunition depot explosion in the Czech Republic. According to Czech secret services, Russian GRU agents...

Poland will submit its national recovery plan to the European Commission on Friday despite the document still dividing the Polish political scene. The plan was adopted because of an agreement between the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party and the...

No common ground was found to restart the negotiations on the Cyprus issue, after an unofficial five-way meeting held in Geneva which ended in deadlock after three days of talks, the UN announced on Thursday. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told...

For seven decades the United States and Europe have been moving in different directions on the right to privacy, and these days a major clash on the issue is now very much in prospect, writes Dick Roche.

Finland and Estonia’s aim to improve infrastructure and connections both inside the region and to destinations in Central Europe took a significant step forward on Monday with the signing of a new memorandum proposing a railway tunnel between Helsinki and...

Irish republican and socialist democratic party, Sinn Fein, has taken its voter database offline for the second time after having shut the original portal for the system after details of its existence were published by an Irish newspaper. Sinn Féin...

Talks between the UK and Norway on a new fishing agreement collapsed on Thursday, with ministers claiming that the Oslo government had rejected a “fair offer”. With the UK now out of the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy it is able...

Instead of asking what the US can do for Europe we must ask ourselves what we can do for each other, writes Gunnar Hökmark.

Though North America is ahead of other continents, in the EU, Malta and Hungary have vaccinated the most of its citizens in terms of population share with about 20% and 15% respectively. By comparison, Finland, Bulgaria and Latvia have so far only vaccinated about 2% of their respective populations. EURACTIV France reports.

The Recovery Funds should respond to the strategic priorities set out by the European Commission, including employment and fighting poverty. However, an initial assessment of the submitted draft national recovery plans suggests that they largely miss investment in social inclusion and social services reform, writes Alfonso Lara Montero.

The death of a gay Latvian man this week after his clothes were soaked with fuel and lit on fire has shocked the country, with campaigners calling it a homophobic attack and accusing police of inaction.