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Chinese state-media said COVID-19 testing requirements imposed by several places around the world in response to a surging wave of infections were "discriminatory", in the clearest pushback yet against restrictions that are slowing down its re-opening.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) indicted on Thursday (28 December) a former Croatian minister, two businessmen, and the former director of a national financial agency for "trading in influence and the abuse of office and authority".

Kosovo re-opened its biggest border crossing with Serbia on Thursday (29 December), hours after protesting Serbs in its north promised to remove roadblocks, easing a surge in tensions that has alarmed world powers. Both the European Union and the United...

2023 will be a key year for Turkey. As well as celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Republic, voters will choose a new President and a new Parliament, but, with or without Erdoğan, is the EU likely to alter...

Top health officials from the European Union were holding talks on Thursday (29 December) to try to coordinate very different views on how to respond to China's decision to lift its COVID-19 restrictions amid a wave of infections there.

Italy’s rightist government has approved measures to fine charities who rescue migrants at sea and impound their ships if they break a new, tougher set of rules – a move that one campaign group said could threaten lives. A cabinet...

Kosovo Serbs, who have been blocking roads for nearly three weeks, will dismantle their barricades, Serbia's president said following calls by Washington and Brussels to de-escalate tensions in the volatile region.

“Are you kidding? It’s going to be a mess in the first days, and I can tell you: We’re already quite apprehensive”. That’s how a saleswoman at a Zagreb bakery described her expectations for Croatia joining the eurozone on 1...

A Turkish appellate court on Wednesday (28 December) upheld the conviction of a leading critic of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan whose jailing has added to tensions in Ankara's uneasy ties with the West.

In this edition you can browse through all the charts and the accompanying mini-articles that have been used in the Economy Brief this year, from the most recent to the oldest one.

Ukraine's recently liberated southern city of Kherson suffered intense mortar and artillery attacks from Russian forces across the Dnipro river, while the Kremlin rejected a Ukrainian peace plan, demanding that Kyiv accept its annexation of four regions.

US energy giant ExxonMobil filed suit Wednesday (28 December) against the European Union seeking to block its temporary tax on oil firms' windfall profits, a company spokesperson said.

Calls for a de-escalation in tensions between Kosovo and Serbia intensified on Wednesday (28 December), with the EU, US, and NATO's mission in Kosovo, KFOR, all urged dialogue between the two Balkan neighbours.

Kosovo closed its biggest border crossing point with Serbia on Wednesday (28 December) after protestors blocked it on the Serbian side, adding more tensions to the difficult situation between the two Balkan neighbours, which observers have called the most dramatic in years.

Croatia's second-largest fuel retailer, Petrol on Wednesday (28 December) said it would close its stations in the country for one hour to protest over the government's fuel price cap, which it said was causing it great damage.

As winter draws in and snow settles on the peaks and hills of Kosovo, the permeating odour from burning firewood and pellets becomes an inescapable part of reality. But the problem goes far beyond washing that reeks of smoke, as the fumes cause health problems for citizens and using more wood drives deforestation.

In making plans for aggression against Ukraine, Russia probably made calculations, but it is unclear what calculations Belgrade made so it continues to act vis-à-vis Russia as an ally, Orhan Dragaš writes.

Legislators aim to sign off on a new law to boost energy efficiency next year, despite slow progress in talks between the European Parliament and the 27 EU countries.

According to a leaked ministerial decree, French unemployment reform due on 1 February will see the time an unemployed person can receive benefits fall by up to 40%, infuriating trade unions.

Russian forces fired 33 rockets at civilian targets in the Ukrainian city of Kherson in the 24 hours to early Wednesday (28 December), Ukraine's military said, as fighting intensified with Russia deploying more tanks and armoured vehicles on front lines.