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Euro zone finance ministers will discuss on Monday (7 November) how to better coordinate support for economies against soaring energy prices to reduce the uncertainty such schemes create for their 2023 budgets and to better prepare for a looming recession.

Lawmakers should boost much-needed green fuel production by inserting obligatory targets for biofuels derived from agricultural and forestry waste into the EU's upcoming green jet fuel law, the biofuels industry has told the European Commission.

Bosnia’s state prosecutors are looking into a suit filed against Croatian President Zoran Milanović for having allegedly denied the genocide in Srebrenica, Klix.ba reported on Sunday. The suit was filed last December by Social Democrat deputy Enver Bijedić, who said...

Left-liberal lawyer Nataša Pirc Musar looks likely to cruise to a comfortable win against conservative opposition MP Anže Logar in the presidential election run-off this Sunday, according to the latest polls. Musar, a prominent human rights advocate and former commissioner...

After all ethnic Serb representatives resigned from Kosovo institutions, Prime Minister Albin Kurti decried Serbian President Aleksander Vucic’s threats against the country, calling him a tool of the Kremlin as Serbs rally in the north. On Saturday, Serb representatives resigned...

Greece's supreme court has ordered a probe into a bombshell report that more than 30 politicians, journalists and businessmen were targeted by state surveillance, a justice source said Sunday (6 November).

Slovak customs officers allowed the export of thousands of items used for the production of supplies for the Russian army since the start of the war in Ukraine in February, Denník N reports. The items exported include bearings, engines, electronics...

The Chamber of Deputies approved a bill which, if approved by the Senate and signed by the president, will impose a 60% windfall tax on the profits of energy companies and banks deemed excessive. The Czech government hopes the windfall...

President Andrzej Duda has questioned Brussels’ disbursal of EU funds necessary for Poland to implement its recovery plan, arguing that Poland has already shown too much goodwill in the process. For over a year, Poland has been struggling to receive...

Malta, one of the few European countries to have a blanket ban on abortion, is expected to amend its abortion laws in the coming months, Prime Minister Robert Abela told local media in an interview. Under the current law, it...

As of Sunday, four boats with almost 1,000 migrants on board were stationed off the Italian coast, but the government only allowed women and children to disembark while claiming EU laws are being breached and asking for redistribution assistance. The...

The country’s 150-year-old criminal code will be reformed to feature ecocide and the crime of inciting suicide as part of the reform to modernise and simplify it, Belgian news media reported on Saturday. Belgium has taken up the task of...

The recent takeover of Twitter by multi-billionaire Elon Musk calls for stricter supervision of the social media giant’s activities in Europe, according to Olaf Scholz’s ruling Social Democrats (SPD). Musk acquired social media network Twitter for $44 billion on 27...

London will Monday (7 November) urge Brussels to unblock access to European scientific programmes for British researchers, which it says is provided for in the post-Brexit trade deal.

The Court of Appeal in Sofia rejected the request of the Russian authorities to extradite a Russian citizen accused of fraud, overturning the lower court’s decision saying he should be extradited to Moscow and detained until he is extradited. Sergey...

Anti-Kremlin former Russian politicians gathered in Jabłonna near Warsaw to discuss the future of Russia and draw plans for ousting Vladimir Putin. The three-day gathering that began Friday was organised by Ilya Ponomarev, a former member of the State Duma...

Major CO2 emitters and large economies like China, India and Russia not yet confirming their attendance at this year’s COP27 is regrettable, Ecological Transition Minister Teresa Ribera told EFE in an interview. Ribera and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will attend...

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe will be nominated for a second term as Eurogroup president but will represent Ireland at the group’s meetings along with Michael McGrath, the person expected to replace him as finance minister, the government announced. Donohoe was elected...

The Austrian government said it would examine the police stations China has reportedly set up in the country as such activities are prohibited and cannot be tolerated. Vienna has a rich history of being a spy hub, attractive for foreign...

In this week’s edition: US Midterm worries, Western Balkans moves and Russian oil price cap.