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If the EU would agree to tax excessive profits of energy utilities, Slovakia will promote the redistribution of these funds back to individual countries otherwise, the taxpayers will contribute to the profits of German companies in Slovakia, Prime Minister Eduard...

The public prosecutor’s office has brought charges against three doctors who did not terminate a 30-year-old patient’s defective pregnancy for fear of breaching the country’s strict abortion laws, which resulted in her death. Three doctors have been charged with manslaughter and exposure...

Forest fires consumed more than 106,500 hectares in Portugal this year, making it the fourth highest amount of burnt area in the last 10 years, 36% above average, revealed the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests (ICNF) on Wednesday. The...

A message of moderate optimism about the chances of the country’s economy returning to pre-crisis levels was conveyed by Spanish Economy Minister Nadia Calviño on Wednesday. At a digitalisation conference in Madrid on Wednesday morning, Calviño said the left-wing coalition...

The Finnish economy is in a downward spiral, and the forecast for next year promises zero growth, predicted Nordea, the largest bank in the Nordics, in its outlook released on Wednesday. Before summer, the Finnish economy was expected to grow...

The Irish government must take “swift and decisive action” to protect the country’s most vulnerable from the impending winter crisis and to cut down fossil fuel use, its advisory panel said. With the publication of its annual report this week, the Climate...

New Prime Minister Liz Truss is expected to unveil plans to cap energy bills in the UK on Thursday, a move that the government is expected to borrow at least £100 billion to fund. Truss, who took office earlier this...

Gas facilities are now, on average, 80% full, which meets the EU’s targets for the upcoming winter, Dutch media NL Times reported. Despite reaching 80%, the government will continue to fill up storage facilities to create a buffer for absorbing any...

Despite criticism from the opposition and experts, the government is sticking to its proposal to introduce a flat rate for a certain basic electricity supply, even if small households benefit more than average. The electricity price cap is based on the...

France’s public statistics institute, Insee, has predicted a sharp slowdown in growth in the coming months but has upgraded its full-year growth forecast. Insee published growth estimates on Wednesday, forecasting a growth rate of 0.2% in the third quarter of...

With its draft budget for 2023, Germany will not meet the NATO 2% military spending target promised by Chancellor Scholz in February, said Christian conservative leader Friedrich Merz. “You are not keeping your own promise: Providing the Bundeswehr with more than 2%...

Croatia plans to ban exports of locally produced natural gas, Economy Minister Davor Filipovic said on Wednesday, raising the stakes in the already tense relations with neighbouring Hungary. Croatia and Hungary’s MOL jointly own one of the biggest Croatian utilities,...

Next to the six Western Balkans countries, several countries from the EU's near neighbourhood should be among the non-EU countries invited to attend the first EU summit of the European Political Community next month, an EU official said on Wednesday (7 September).

Czech National Anti-drug Coordinator Jindřich Vobořil wants to strictly regulate the Czech cannabis market as cannabis sales should be decriminalised and regulated at the European level. While recreational cannabis is not allowed in Czechia, possession and growing at home has...

The European Parliament together with the permanent representatives of Czechia, Sweden, Spain, Belgium and France agreed to approve the Pact on Migration and Asylum by February 2024, to ensure that the legislation is adopted before the next European elections in May 2024.

The renegotiation of Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) risks further strain with countries that opposed the generous provision of EU funds for Italy under the scheme, Senator Emma Bonino told EURACTIV Italy in an exclusive interview.

Liz Truss's new government has hinted at rowing back from a fight with the EU over Brexit, with the new Northern Ireland minister stating that the government is seeking a negotiated agreement with Brussels on the controversial Northern Ireland protocol. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday (7 September) that Russia had not lost anything as a result of its military campaign in Ukraine.

A public dispute about the Bulgakov Museum in Ukraine represents the process of rethinking Russia’s centuries-long imperial influence, but how to explain Russian-Ukrainian relations in simple terms? An analogy that comes to mind is an abuser and their victim, with the...

According to new market analysis from BREKO, one in four German households is connected to an optical fibre network. However, the ambitious goal of reaching full coverage in Germany by 2030 was deemed to be "fraught with risks".