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A three-day training course aimed at further strengthening the capacity of North Macedonia to counter terrorist financing was organised by the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in cooperation with the OSCE...

Bosnian Serb ministers will end their boycott of the BiH Council of Ministers since there is no other way to resolve problems such as paying thousands of employees in state administration their wage, Council of Ministers Chairman Zoran Tegeltija (Serb)...

Slovenia has been among the EU’s laggards regarding vaccination uptake. The sentiment is prevailing despite a Covid pass mandate that requires individuals to be vaccinated, recovered or tested to access virtually all services. There was a surge in vaccination appointments...

Croatia has authority from the Prevlaka Peninsula to Savudrija Bay in the north, said President Zoran Milanović in Split, noting that it is a great responsibility that justifies a defence budget that should remain at pre-pandemic levels. Therefore it is...

The European Commission finally endorsed Romania’s €29.2 billion recovery and resilience plan after months of negotiations. “So, our approval today (Monday) is an important milestone towards the disbursement of more than €29 billion, which is more than 10% of the...

The Bulgarian government has decided to give €25 per MWh to all companies in the country as compensation for rising electricity prices. Still, the political crisis has blocked the implementation of this decision. The money can be paid only after...

The ambassadors of the informal Quint decision-making group – including France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States – have urged for a “de-escalation of the crisis” in northern Kosovo. The request came in a Monday meeting with...

The ombudsman appealed on Monday for Portugal to regularise the situation of immigrants living in the country who have cases pending at the Frontiers and Border Services, known as the SEF. At the international conference on Forced Returns and Human...

The EU's new model of refugee camps make liberal use of new technologies and modern methods of surveillance, writes Petra Molnar.

The reason for the low vaccination rate in Slovakia is mainly the fear of the vaccine, a new study published by the Slovak Academy of Sciences shows. In some cases, this fear can be stronger than solidarity with other people...

Hungary signed a fifteen-year gas purchase contract with Russia’s Gazprom bypassing Ukraine. This angered Kyiv who said it will turn to the EU Commission for a solution. Hungary’s MVM Zrt. signed a long-term gas purchase contract with Russia’s Gazprom for...

Clean energy policies are not to blame for recent spikes in gas and electricity prices, and the soaring prices should not derail Europe's green transition, International Energy Agency executive director Fatih Birol said on Monday (27 September).

The EU data protection authorities issued a non-binding opinion on Monday (27 September) on the level of adequacy of South Korea’s privacy law compared to EU rules, providing an overall positive assessment that some analysts said fell short of expectations.

After talks between Czech and Hungarian Prime Ministers, the government approved their deployment in Hungary on Monday. Interior Minister Jan Hamáček confirmed that police officers would start their two-month mission in the region on 15 October. The total cost of...

The Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma in the Canary Islands was still spewing lava and smoke, the Canary Islands Volcanology Institute (Involcan) said, after a brief hiatus in activity on Monday morning. A plume of smoke was seen at 11.00 am...

On Monday, Italy’s public prosecutor said that it would be investigating Luca Morisi for the sale and possession of “liquid drugs” after he resigned from his position as Matteo Salvini’s social media strategist. The news sparked significant reactions as many...

Finnish children in the al-Hol refugee camp in Syria can now take part in distance-learning in Finnish through their mothers’ telephones. Though participating in the education programme is voluntary, interest has been significant. The long-term aim is to help the...

Irish Deputy Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has landed in Washington DC for a series of talks on trade and commerce as international scrutiny grows over whether or not the country will raise its corporate tax rate. Varadkar, who also serves...

The Labour party, currently in opposition, is facing more internal strife after employment spokesman Andy McDonald quit on Tuesday, accusing party leader Keir Starmer of making Labour “more divided than ever”. One of the few remaining supporters of former leader...

Right-wing party Les Républicains (LR) has announced it will select its candidate for the 2022 presidential elections with members voting during a congress, party president Christian Jacob announced on Saturday. 58% voted in favour of such an option, thus abandoning the...