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The European Union's institutional data protection watchdog has voiced 'critical concerns' about the European Parliament's plans to install a biometric register that will allow EU lawmakers to collect their daily allowance and sign in for hearings on the Brussels premises.

The three camps of Lesvos, Old Moria, Moria 2.0 all tell a story of the multi-layered ecosystem which gives rise to the allure of quick fixes facilitated by technology. Yet the complexity of human movement is nothing but simple, writes Petra Molnar.

Alphabet unit Google will contribute 25 million euros to the newly set up European Media and Information Fund to combat fake news, the company said on Wednesday (31 March), amid criticism tech giants are not doing enough to debunk online disinformation.

"Lupin", a French reboot set in postcard Paris, has made Omar Sy a global star and fulfilled a long-lost dream for Europeans: the confidence to take on Hollywood.

It's seen as the missing link in the race for carbon-neutrality: "green" hydrogen produced without fossil fuel energy is a popular buzzword in competing press releases and investment plans across the globe.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Hungarian and Polish PMs Viktor Orban and Mateusz Morawiecki, as well as Italy's League leader Matteo Salvini meeting in Budapest Thursday to discuss a “political alliance at European level”, Slovakia's PM resigning, and so much more.

Halloumi, a traditional Cypriot cheese known as Hellim in Turkish, is to be entered to the EU's register of protected designations of origin, a move intended to promote unity on the divided island.

The director of the Clinic for Infectious and Tropical Diseases in Belgrade, Goran Stevanović, announced on Tuesday that a demand would be issued for the introduction of mandatory vaccination of healthcare workers in Serbia. If the vaccination were made mandatory...

MPs of the ruling coalition of the SDS, NSi and SMC parties failed to dismiss parliament speaker Igor Zorčič, himself an SMC member, as their proposal to oust him only received 45 votes, falling short of the 46-majority needed to...

A contingent of EU nations has locked horns with the European Commission over plans to exclude third-countries from involvement in quantum and space research projects, in a move that could see the UK's involvement significantly downgraded due to concerns over intellectual property.

The Bulgarian government has announced the relaxation of coronavirus measures as the country is currently undergoing the third pandemic wave, recording close to 10,000 patients in hospitals and 760 in intensive care units. Bulgaria, which has a population of 6.9...

The Medika drug wholesaler suspended as of Tuesday supplying all hospitals with medicines and medical supplies due to outstanding debt by the government of 2.1 billion kuna (€280 million), the president of Medika’s management board, Jasminko Herceg, has announced. “During...

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović has said Hungary has eroded, in a memorandum published on Tuesday (30 March). “The combined effects of a politically controlled media regulatory authority and distortionary state intervention in the media...

Abill calling for Poland to terminate the Istanbul Convention that seeks to prevent violence against women and initiate work on an international family rights convention, has been sent to the parliamentary committees of justice, human rights and foreign affairs for...

Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovič (Ordinary People/OĽaNO) resigned on Tuesday following weeks of disputes within the governing alliance sparked by the controversial purchase of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine. “It’s only been a year, but I feel like it was...

Despite the new record of COVID-19 cases reported on Tuesday, the Greek government has decided to relax measures to revive an already ailing economy, local media reported. On Tuesday, Greece reported 4,340 new COVID-19 cases and 72 deaths, with the...

Italian Northern League leader Matteo Salvini will meet Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Thursday in Budapest to discuss a “political alliance at European level” between their respective political parties, the Hungarian government wrote...

As if to highlight the European Year of Rail 2021, a functioning passenger train link between neighbouring Nordic countries Sweden and Finland looks to finally be moving forward. The lack of such a connection remains an anomaly in the European...

Northern Ireland’s institutions are “just about hanging on” after a “bruising number of years,” Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney told the Irish parliament on Tuesday, noting the importance of building relationships rather than always focusing on border control. “We can...