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Washington's envoy for war crimes said on Monday (21 November) the United States was monitoring allegations of Ukrainian forces summarily executing Russian troops, and said all parties should face consequences if they commit abuses in the conflict.

Bulgaria’s caretaker government and Lukoil Neftochim Bulgaria have agreed that it can continue operating and exporting oil products to the EU until the end of 2024, as long as it pays its taxes in full, despite European Commission warnings this...

Over 45,000 families in North Macedonia are at risk of being left without heating after the government decided to cap pellet prices at €6.50, a price which wholesalers have refused to sell at.

Following two days of torrential downpours, thousands of hectares of Albania are underwater with citizens being evacuated and the army being drafted in to help rescue entire families. The entire country has been impacted by heavy rains with many streets...

Recreational use of nitrous oxide - also known as laughing gas - is on the rise in EU countries despite risks of harm associated with the drug, a new report from the EU drugs agency shows.

The vast majority of Greek citizens do not believe that Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was not aware of illegal spyware surveillance of politicians, journalists and businessmen, a new poll has found. Particularly, according to Alco survey for the Alpha...

Criminal networks in the Western Balkans have become key actors in both regional and European Union drug markets, a report by the bloc's drugs agency (EMCDDA) said on Monday (21 November).

The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) acknowledges that carbon removals from areas like forestry will be necessary to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 and compensate for unavoidable pollution from areas like agriculture and hard-to-abate industrial sectors.

The European Commission is set to propose a scheme to certify removals of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as part of a push to reach net-zero emissions by mid-century, according to a leaked proposal seen by EURACTIV.

As part of Bioenergy Europe’s video series Bioenergy Explained, our latest video talks about the crucial role of biomass in times of energy uncertainty, where the imported supply of energy is at risk, and we need a reliable alternative.

Non-governmental organisation Transport and Environment (T&E) and the ethanol industry have clashed over the latter’s increasing interest in producing vegan food in addition to biofuel, which aims to end the long-standing “food versus fuel” argument.

Prime Minister Robert Golob and Slovenia’s first female President, Nataša Pirc Musar agreed to act in concert on foreign policy matters, during their first joint press conference. They pinpointed several priorities, including Slovenia’s bid for a non-permanent seat at the...

Pensions in Romania will rise by 12.5% as of 1 January 2023, and pensioners with low incomes will receive additional financial support next year, Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca said Monday. The governing coalition decided to raise all contributory pensions by...

The Commission confirmed that not including spending limits in the new Slovak budget would reverse the already completed first milestone of the national recovery plan and would have reputational and financial consequences. In the budget proposal, there is only a...

The rising number of people suffering from mental health issues across the globe calls for a coordinated approach at the EU level, Czech Professor of Psychiatry Jiří Horáček warned in an interview for EURACTIV.cz. Mental health problems are on the...

Portugal has so far granted almost 55,000 temporary protection permits to people fleeing the war in Ukraine, some 25% of which are minors, the immigration and borders service, SEF, announced on Monday. Since the start of the war on 24...

Thousands of family doctors and paediatricians staged an indefinite strike in Madrid’s 430 health centres on Monday, protesting working conditions. The first strike day Monday saw some 4,240 family doctors and 720 paediatricians attend. Saving primary care is one of...

Italy, which was hard hit by the first pandemic wave in 2020, is again seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases and the number of occupied intensive care unit beds in the middle of the winter flu season. According to the...

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has promised Finnish counterpart Sanna Marin he will help convince Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who along with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are the only two states left to ratify Finland’s NATO membership request. Poland,...

Moldova warned its people on Monday (21 November) to brace for a harsh winter as it was facing an "acute" energy crisis which risked stoking popular unrest with Russia's war in Ukraine threatening its energy supplies and prices surging.