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Switzerland's secretive banks hold up to $213 billion of Russian wealth, the country's financial industry association estimates, as sanctions on Russia give a rare glimpse inside Swiss vaults.

Czech power company ČEZ launched on Thursday a tender process to select a builder for a new nuclear unit at the Dukovany power plant. ČEZ made the move after receiving consent from the industry ministry. According to Prime Minister Petr...

The Portuguese government has received about 23,000 job offers for Ukrainian refugees and about 11,800 Ukrainians having requested temporary protection, Labour, Solidarity, and Social Security Minister Ana Mendes Godinho said in Madrid on Thursday. At a press conference with her...

Italy’s cabinet has approved the end of almost all COVID-19 restrictions, though Prime Minister Mario Draghi said the government is ready to “adapt based on the epidemiological curve”. “I want to also thank all the Italians for their altruism and...

Lithuania’s parliament unanimously voted to increase the defence budget by almost €300 million and a resolution calling for a no-fly zone over Ukraine. On Thursday (17 March), parliament unanimously made two crucial decisions. Firstly, parliamentarians gave the green light for...

A total of 5,000 Ukrainian refugees have applied for residence permits under a new law adopted Wednesday that gives Ukrainian refugees a two-year residence permit without having to seek asylum. The influx of refugees to Denmark will be significant, said Minister...

The Swedish government will allocate 21 million SEK (over €2 million) to every region to vaccinate refugees from Ukraine against COVID-19, Minister of Social Affairs Lena Hallengren announced at a press conference on Thursday. “It is important that we work...

Russian President Vladimir Putin gifted €50,000 sapphire earrings to Austria’s former far-right Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl, who hosted the Russian strongman at her wedding in 2018, a report by daily newspaper Krone has revealed. Two sapphires weighing in at almost 23...

The Bundestag was criticised for awkwardly moving on to daily business right after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered an emotional speech. Zelenskyy delivered a 20-minute speech to the German Bundestag via a video live stream on Thursday. He not only...

Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, his former Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov, former parliamentary finance committee chief Menda Stoyanova and GERB party spokeswoman Sevdelina Arnaudova were arrested during a large-scale operation by the European Prosecutor’s Office and the Bulgarian police...

Seven hundred thousand Ukrainian children have arrived in Poland in recent weeks, according to the Polish Ministry of Education, and many are already enrolled in school. Przemysław Czarnek, the minister of education, spoke about the situation in the Polish education...

Finland is launching legislative changes to enable swift application processes at the border to anticipate possible hybrid influence activities exploiting migration. In the autumn of 2021, thousands of refugees congregated at the border with Poland. It is widely believed that...

French President Emmanuel Macron, who recently confirmed his re-election bid, has presented the election programme that he hopes will create “an independent nation in a stronger Europe”. At a press conference on Thursday (17 March), Macron proposed his vision for...

The amount of bioenergy in the EU's transport sector will increase under plans put forward by the lawmaker leading the European Parliament's position on the EU’s renewable energy law, a scenario likely to rankle green legislators.

Following the third political trilogue on the Digital Services Act (DSA) on Tuesday, the French Presidency prepared a compromise text on dark patterns, protection of minors and compensations, dated Wednesday (16 March).

The UK today introduced its Online Safety Bill in Parliament after a lengthy preparation process that has ignited debate on many aspects of the balance between protecting people from online harms and preserving their online freedoms. 

News of a provisional compromise to waive intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines between the EU, USA, India and South Africa in the World Trade Organisation (WTO), leaves out treatments for COVID-19.

The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek, first published in 1921, remains a timeless and unsurpassed anti-war satire. It’s the most translated book of Czech literature. I read it first in Bulgarian when I was nine, although it’s not a children's book. Today I would like to share my favourite dialogue.

At the start of his term, Macron promised to increase gender equality. However, progress has been "largely insufficient" despite the implementation of several concrete measures, a report recently published by NGO Oxfam France has found. EURACTIV France reports.

With Europe planning to end its reliance on Russian gas as quickly as possible, Norway, the second-largest gas exporter to the EU, "wants to actively contribute to the rapid development of the hydrogen market in Germany" and on the continent.