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Data from the British government shows that some 4729 Albanians sought asylum in the UK between January-June 2022, with some 2165 arriving illegally via boats while a further 9,500 did so in EU member states. British media has been ablaze...

In some parts of the Albanian capital of Tirana, up to half of all cafes are closing due to rising costs – including energy and products used – and decreased spending as Albanians tighten their purse strings, according to the...

Kosovo’s energy crisis continues to deepen as the Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK) is now only operating with one thermal power plant unit due to a technical failure. KEK announced that only one block of the Kosova A Thermal Power Plant...

Some 6,198 foreign citizens were deported from Germany between January and June in 2022, with Albanians and Macedonians topping the list of returnees, according to data from German federal authorities. Both countries are EU hopefuls and received the go-ahead to...

Russia halted gas supplies via a major pipeline to Europe on Wednesday (31 August), intensifying an economic battle between Moscow and Brussels and raising the prospects of recession and energy rationing in some of the region's richest countries.

Russian military intelligence agency GRU is behind the protests that opposed carrying out this year’s EuroPride event in Belgrade because the protest was led by the Russian Night Wolves bikers’ association, said political analyst Dusan Janjić on Tuesday. In an...

Moscow is not attempting to abuse Serbia’s friendly relations with Russia, said the Russian foreign ministry, denying Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlović’s statement about Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The ministry’s statement comes in response to Mihajlović’s recent statement...

Marta Kos, the presidential candidate of the ruling Freedom Movement, has withdrawn her bid ahead of the October elections, citing a “change of circumstances due to personal reasons” in a surprise move just as the election campaign starts in earnest....

Czechia wants to push the Western Balkans agenda forward, such as visa liberalisation for Kosovo, during its stint at the helm of the EU Council presidency. In an interview for EURACTIV Czech Republic, Prague’s ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ivana Hlavsová,...

Prime Minister António Costa on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Health Minister Marta Temido who said she “is no longer in condition” to exercise the function. “The Minister of Health, Marta Temido, presented her resignation today to the Prime Minister...

Spain is prepared to support the energy needs of Germany in the face of “blackmail” by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez told Chancellor Olaf Scholz near Berlin on Tuesday. Sanchez met his German counterpart in Meseberg, near...

Spain could face another set of energy price hikes as of September despite inflation having dropped significantly in August due to the decrease in fuel prices, Finance Minister Nadia Calviño warned on Tuesday. According to fresh data released by the...

Irish defence forces have been monitoring the activity of Russian warships that on Tuesday made a U-turn off the country’s coast. The group of vessels, which remained in international waters but within Ireland’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), were being watched...

Should Russians be allowed to enter EU countries for leisure? EU foreign ministers are far from united on whether and to what extent to bar Russians from travelling within the bloc following the Ukraine invasion. EU foreign minister meeting informally...

Boris Johnson may be a week away from leaving 10 Downing Street, but the soon-to-be ex-prime minister has not given up on his political career. Johnson is on a series of public visits across the UK in his final week...

The State Protection Office has launched an investigation into an attempted arson attack that targeted a nursery mainly attended by Ukrainian children in Eastern Germany, investigators said on Tuesday. According to the state criminal police statement, unknown suspects tried to...

Russian state gas company Gazprom still has not answered the Bulgarian authorities’ invitation to resume negotiations to restart gas supplies to the country. Energy Minister Rosen Hristov announced last week that entering into negotiations with Gazprom would now be inevitable...

The foreign ministry sent a protest note to the Russian Embassy, calling out the participation of Russian and Belarussian ambassadors in celebrations of the Slovak National Uprising organised by the former prime minister and now opposition leader Robert Fico. Official...

An increasing number of Finnish companies are planning to start production at night and during weekends as they anticipate a rise in electricity bills and power cuts during peak working hours this winter. The most interest in such an approach...

The bloc’s electricity market needs a “top-to-bottom” overhaul, said French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire, adding that there is no energy transition without nuclear power on Tuesday. Le Maire was speaking at the MEDEF conference, which brings together the most...