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Electricity consumption decreased 18% among businesses in September compared to the same time last year, according to the data provided by Slovak short-term electricity market operator OKTE. The dramatic drop can be explained by the need to save energy and...

Twenty-one people, including former prime minister Andrej Babiš, and a general and a trade union boss, will have a shot at replacing Miloš Zeman as the next president in the January elections. Tuesday was the last day for would-be candidates...

Portugal is in a very large group of countries that supports the €18 billion macro-financial aid package Commission President Ursula von Leyen recently said she would table to support Ukraine in 2023, Finance Minister Fernando Medina said in Brussels on...

The European Commission’s communication on fertilizers recognizes vital strategic interest for Europe to have a strong domestic fertilizer production sector. However, it comes short in providing a real strategy to ensure a long-term viable and successful fertilizer industry and thus Europe’s long-term strategic autonomy in food and fertilizers.

Pro-Kremlin forces in Russia are hoping that the Republicans win control of Congress, an outcome they believe could mean Democratic President Joe Biden faces a tougher and longer slog to get military aid packages for Ukraine approved.

The government’s use of the Pegasus Spyware against pro-independence Catalan politicians was not justified as there was no threat to the country’s security, a preliminary report drafted by the European Parliament found. According to the report published Tuesday “it is...

Finland will be supporting the grain shipments of the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) from Ukraine to Somalia as part of its bid to increase assistance to the famine-ridden Horn of Africa region, the Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday. Finland will...

Municipalities that provide accommodation for asylum seekers will receive financial compensation, according to the latest version of the asylum bill, which the ruling VVD party previously delayed due to the burden it imposed on municipalities. Municipalities that offer accommodation to...

On Thursday, EU finance ministers in Brussels decided to grant Belgium €87.7 million in emergency financial aid to help repair the widespread damage caused by floods in 2021. Belgium, together with Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Greece and Austria requested...

Prime Minister Alexander De Croo called for greater inclusion and collaboration to tackle the climate crisis but condemned activists for recently taking aim at artworks in a speech he held at the COP27 climate summit in Sharm El-Sheikh on Tuesday....

If nothing is done, heatwaves could lead to the deaths of 90,000 Europeans each year by the end of the century, the European Environment Agency said.

In the context of investigations against Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov, German authorities searched the premises of the Frankfurt and Munich branches of major Swiss bank UBS on Tuesday. The objective of the search was to find evidence of certain business...

Poland's Border Guard rescued 10 people from a swamp on the border with Belarus on Tuesday (8 November), it said, as Warsaw warns that a new migrant crisis could erupt on its borders.

The Commission could lodge infringement proceedings against Poland if it fails to withdraw the anti-inflation measures reducing VAT on gas and pesticides as these are not in line with EU legislation, Polish media report. The EU’s VAT directive allows a...

The Slovenian Foreign Ministry has taken aim at Austria’s plans to extend border checks between the countries, saying it failed to prove the existence of a new security threat. Austria notified the European Commission, the European Parliament and member states...

Sweden continues to deal with Kurdish organisations Turkey views as terrorists, said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after meeting Sweden’s new Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Ankara on Tuesday, despite the Swedish government announcing it will distance itself from the YPG...

France would not be prepared for a high-intensity war as the government’s defence budget is currently insufficient, Pierre de Villiers, the former Chief of Staff of the French Army, told Le Parisien in an interview published Tuesday. France will allocate...

Following reports on Chinese government outposts set up to monitor and harass nationals on bloc territory, information is emerging on similar third-country operations, with governments around Europe often evasively confirming their existence but coming up short on action. In September,...

Increasing tensions with Kosovo have laid bare political division in Kosovo as parties struggle to find unity on issues including contentious negotiations with Belgrade and relations with the US and EU. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Albin Kurti held a meeting...

Boats operated by NGOs in the Mediterranean Sea are not responsible for migrant relocation as they do not represent a national government, migration experts have told EURACTIV, contradicting the claim used by the Italian government.