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Bulgarian police on Sunday arrested a truck driver who had 88 irregular migrants from Afghanistan on board, while colleagues arrested another 53 migrants from Afghanistan waiting in a nearby forest. A 60-year-old Macedonian citizen manned the truck that carried the...

Fifty-seven thousand Ukrainian children and students have signed up to attend Czech schools in the new school year, according to Czech Education Minister Vladimír Balaš. At the start of June, it was estimated that 130,000 Ukrainian students and children were...

Four international judges’ organisations are challenging the Polish National Recovery Plan at the Court of Justice of the EU, stating Poland has not fulfilled the necessary requirements for acceptance and the judiciary remains vulnerable to negative influence from the ruling...

The Portuguese government presented its proposal for a contingency plan to prevent risks linked to food supply on the European market in crises to the European Commission. The government has called for the construction of “a contingency plan” to know...

The start of the new school year will force Spanish parents to dig deep into their purses in September as households are expected to spend close to 5% more than last year on average per student – the most significant...

Russian forces have pounded Ukrainian towns across the river from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, officials said, while reports of shelling around the facility fuelled fears of a radiation disaster.

The Netherlands this summer has had the highest amount of solar radiation recorded since 1976, the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KMNI) reported. The “sunny summer fits in with the trend of increasing solar radiation in the Netherlands since the 1990s,”...

The Austrian government calls for decoupling gas from electricity pricing, arguing that the way the EU electricity market works means prices continue to rise due to record gas costs. The EU’s 25-year electricity market design means that commodity prices rise...

France’s new Secretary of State for Europe, Laurence Boone, will present France’s vision of Europe and the rule of law at the Bled Strategic Forum in Slovenia on Monday, her entourage told EURACTIV France. Boone replaced Clément Beaune in the role following...

Thousands of religious and right-wing opponents of a European gay Pride event to be hosted by Belgrade protested through the Serbian capital on Sunday (28 August), even though the government has said it would scrap or delay the Pride event.

Following an agreement to remove all entry and exit documents for citizens of Kosovo and Serbia when entering each respective country, Serbian President Aleksander Vucic has been clear that it is not to be interpreted as recognition and issued another...

Slovakia will soon receive more liquified natural gas (LNG) and nuclear power following the launch of a new pipeline with Poland and the green lighting of a nuclear power plant last week. Government representatives and analysts have pointed out that...

There is a 52-48 divide amongst the Irish public over whether the country should join NATO or an EU army if one was created, though most said they back upping military spending, a survey published this weekend revealed. Ireland is...

Postponing the closure of nuclear power plants will not solve the current energy crisis and will come at a high cost, Germany’s Green Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned as the three-party government remains divided on the issue. Under the successive...

EU foreign ministers are to discuss this week an appeal led by Ukraine to ban Russian tourists from visiting Europe. The idea, to be studied in a two-day meeting starting Tuesday (30 August) in Prague, has divided EU nations

Kazakhstan, a neighbour and ally of Russia, has suspended all arms exports for a year, its government said on Saturday (27 August), amid conflict in Ukraine and Western sanctions against Moscow.

In Poland's late summer heat, dozens of cars and trucks line up at a coal mine, as householders fearful of winter shortages wait for days and nights to stock up on heating fuel in queues reminiscent of communist times.

European Central Bank policymakers made the case on Saturday (27 August) for a large interest rate hike next month as inflation remains uncomfortably high and the public may be losing trust in the bank's inflation-fighting credentials.

A major cyberattack has targeted government institutions in Montenegro, Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic announced, with Russia the chief suspect.

Serbia and Kosovo have agreed on an arrangement for free movement between their countries on Saturday (27 August), in a major development towards defusing long-standing antagonism between the Balkan neighbours that had led to violent incidents in northern Kosovo in recent weeks.