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The Russian mission to the United Nations in Geneva said Western states "know all too well that it's impossible to isolate Russia since it's a global power."

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday (16 August) called for systematic punitive measures against Russian oligarchs supporting Russia's President Vladimir Putin and his military operation in Ukraine.

UK Conservative Liz Truss, the favourite to become prime minister next month, suggested Britons lacked "skill and application" and needed to work harder, in a leaked audio recording released Tuesday (16 August).

Finland will slash the number of visas issued to Russians from 1 September, the Finnish foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday (16 August), amid a rush of Russian tourists bound for Europe.

Germany has deployed troops with the European Union's peacekeeping mission in Bosnia for the first time in a decade as concerns mount instability from the Ukraine war could spread to the Western Balkans.

MEPs on the environment (ENVI) committee have taken a brave and principled stand by calling for an end to forest biomass counting toward renewable energy targets; for the sake of our forests, nature, and a livable climate, the rest of the European Parliament must join them, write Michal Wiezik and Zoltan Kun.

Estonia this week will close its border to more than 50,000 Russians with previously issued visas, the first country in the European Union to do so, making it harder for ordinary Russians to enter EU.

German troops spotted several dozen presumably Russian security forces at Gao airport in northern Mali, the day the last French soldiers wrapped up their operations and left the town, according to a German military document dated Tuesday (16 August).

Moscow denounced sabotage and Ukraine hinted at responsibility for new explosions on Tuesday (16 August) at a military base in the Russian-annexed Crimea region that is an important war supply line.

The EU said Tuesday (16 August) it was studying Iran’s response to a “final” draft agreement on reviving a 2015 nuclear accord with major powers it presented at talks in Vienna. The United States had already said Monday that it...

Do you know anyone, who doesn't care about energy? Hardly, I guess. Do you know anyone, who knows all about actions needed for energy savings and how to get started? Not many, writes Pernille Weiss.

An explosion of Russian disinformation threatened a breakout of conflict in Kosovo, highlighting the urgent need to address the declining information environment in the region, writes Antoinette Nikolova.

As the new caretaker government in Sofia reconsiders negotiations with Gazprom, Russia may prevent Bulgaria from securing any alternative imports by reducing gas supplies, writes Genady Kondarev.

In a further step towards opening accession negotiations with North Macedonia, a joint commission of historians from Sofia and Skopje reached a compromise on how to label historical figures from the common history, as well as to celebrate them jointly.

A Russian-backed separatist court in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk charged five foreign nationals captured fighting with Ukrainian forces with being mercenaries on Monday (15 August), saying three could face the death penalty, Russian media reported.

The two candidates battling to be Britain's next prime minister will vie to present themselves as defenders of Scotland's place in the UK on 16 August by promising more scrutiny of Scotland's government to undermine a new push for independence.

Ukraine called for new sanctions on Russia and highlighted the risks and consequences of a catastrophe at Europe's biggest nuclear plant, where fresh shelling nearby has reignited a blame game between both sides.

While the EU is currently looking to forge closer ties with democracies across the globe amid the war in Ukraine, there is one Region that has been largely neglected so far, despite its huge potential for partnership: Latin America.

German households will have to pay almost €500 more a year for gas after a levy was set to help utilities cover the cost of replacing Russian supplies, piling pressure on Berlin to come up with further relief measures.

Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said on Monday (15 August) that prison authorities had thrown him into a punishment cell for a minor rules infraction after he tried to encourage fellow inmates to form a trade union.