China is an "arch criminal" intent on bullying Taiwan and has no right to oppose its bid to join a pan-Pacific trade pact, Taiwan's government said in an escalating war of words over Taipei and Beijing's decision to apply.
Polish copper giant KGHM on Thursday (23 September) signed a memorandum of understanding with NuScale Power of the United States for the development of at least four small nuclear reactors to power its plants.
In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Czech-Polish relations hitting rock-bottom as the Turow mine incident remains unsolved, the party elections in Romania that could decide the fate of the government, and so much more.
“Good meeting with PM Kurti on the importance of reengaging in the EU-facilitated Dialogue to resolve license plates & other issues. Immediate steps are needed to de-escalate tensions. Actions can have unintended consequences adversely impacting everyday lives of citizens”, Nicholas...
An appeals disciplinary board of the Bosnia and Herzegovina High Court and Prosecutorial Council (VSTV) upheld a decision to dismiss Chief State Prosecutor Gordana Tadić. The second-instance disciplinary board noted that Chief State Prosecutor Tadić was suspended because she did...
Serbian Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin said on Thursday that he has withdrawn the bill on interior affairs which had drawn significant criticism, both locally and internationally. The bill was reportedly withdrawn on the request of President Aleksandar Vučić, and that...
The Fiscal Council, which oversees the country’s compliance with the balanced-budget rule, has warned the government against excessive spending in the run-up to the general election scheduled for next year. it stressed that exceptional circumstances “should not be used to...
A judge on the Zagreb Municipal Court prohibited Jelena Jindra, a journalist from non-profit portal H-Alter, from writing articles about the director of the Polyclinics for the protection of children and youth. Jindra commented on the judge’s decision, saying that...
Upcoming party leadership elections could determine the future of the Romanian government as the USR PLUS party and the National Liberal Party (PNL) are soon to elect their party presidents in hotly contested races. Dacian Ciolos, the chair of the...
Bulgarian police officers and employees of the special services (SANS) made a surprise inspection in the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC), trying to understand the reason for the high electricity prices on the energy exchange. The energy regulator said...
Dutch MEP and head of the European Parliament mission to Slovakia, Sophie in ‘t Veld “should go home and have a joint”, said former prime minister Robert Fico on Facebook, criticising members of her mission for not meeting with opposition...
It’s likely that Saturday’s outage of the opposition primaries’ IT system was caused by an attack that appears to have resulted from an easily avoidable error, based on information currently available, Telex reported. The latest information shows the attack was not necessarily...
The EU is today a derailed project that became oppressive, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, one of Poland’s longest-serving MEPs and co-creator of the Natolin Campus of the College of Europe who was a leading protagonist for Polish EU membership in the 1990s,...
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawicki cancelled his planned trip to Budapest’s two-day Demography Summit on 23-24 September due to the current dispute between Czechia and Poland over the Turów coal mine, a Polish government spokesperson has confirmed. According to the...
Italy invests as little as it can in dementia even though the disease costs billions to the country’s economy, experts in the filed told EURACTIV Italy.
The use of masks will only be required on public transport, in supermarkets, homes, hospitals, entertainment venues and big events from 1 October in Portugal, once the third phase of lifting measures announced Thursday kick in. Prime Minister António Costa...
Less than 48 hours after the Spanish Central Bank (Banco de España) and the OECD had predicted a robust recovery of the Iberian country’s economy this year and in 2022, fresh data released on Thursday by Spain’s National Statistics Institute...
The Italian Senate has approved the criminal trial reform on Thursday, part of a set of broader justice reforms Brussels has asked Italy to enforce so it can obtain Next Generation EU funding. Italy is known for its excessively lengthy...
In a surprise statement on Thursday, Greece’s Public Power Corporation (PPC) announced that it is proceeding with a €750 million capital share increase which will see the state lose its majority. The state, which currently owns 51% of the company’s...
The Technology Industries of Finland, a lobbying organisation for the technology industry representing some 1,600 companies, is warning that the acute and deteriorating shortage of skilled labour could endanger the country’s economic growth. It may also impact welfare services and...
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