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Group of 20 finance ministers from top economies met in Indonesia Friday for talks on the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with the host warning them failure to tackle energy and food crises would be catastrophic.

The Greek government is looking at the TAP gas pipeline and liquefied natural gas (LNG) to plug the energy supply hole in case Russia decides on a reduced or complete gas cut-off to Europe, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said after...

European economic forecasts released by the European executive on Thursday predicted high economic growth for Portugal. The early recovery of international tourism is “good news” for Portugal, said EU Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni on Thursday. The summer economic outlook published...

Most Finns think alcoholic beverages higher than 5.5% proof should not just be sold in Finland’s alcohol retail monopoly Alko, but also in grocery stores and supermarkets, a new survey published Thursday has found. Fifty-nine per cent of respondents would...

Patients facing lengthy delays in Irish hospitals can now access treatment abroad after a hospital with dedicated capacity opened in Spain on Thursday. In line with the new agreement, which falls under the EU Cross Border Directive, the Irish Health...

The Netherlands registered its first case of Centaurus, the BA.2.75 COVID-19 variant that has already been found in other countries, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) announced. The first Centaurus case was discovered in ​​the northeast...

Austrian gas company OMV has booked extensive transport capacity from Norway and Italy for the gas year October 2022 to September 2023 to become less dependent on Russia, the company announced on Thursday. OMV said that capacities for 40 terawatt...

The Slovenian parliament on Wednesday passed an omnibus act that repeals eleven laws passed under the previous government, an unprecedented move some critics say could be challenged by the Constitutional Court and set the stage for similar future showdowns. The...

Czech Industry and Trade Minister Jozef Síkela has called an extraordinary Energy Council to be held on 26 July in Brussels to discuss the shutdown of Nord Stream 1 and potential solidarity measures. The Council meeting will take place a...

Italian President Mattarella rejected the resignation tendered by Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, asking him to come to parliament and assess the situation next Wednesday. The crisis erupted on Thursday, after a successful vote in the Senate on the Aid...

Prime Minister Kaja Kallas officially informed the government of her decision to resign as she wants to form a new government coalition. Kallas, who heads the centre-right Reform Party, proposed to convene an extraordinary sitting of the parliament on Friday, where she...

After two and a half hours of deliberation, the SPD arbitration committee in Hannover failed on Thursday to agree on whether to expel former ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder from the party over his ties to Russia. Managing director of the SPD...

As tanks were paraded across the Champs-Elysées for Bastille Day on Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron said he wanted to reinvest in military stocks and train and hire personnel to better face potential ‘high intensity’ wars in the future. In...

The European Union strongly condemned what it called an "atrocity" after Russian missiles struck Vinnytsia in central Ukraine Thursday, killing at least 23 people including three children.

The EU Council, Parliament and Commission reached a political deal on the Path to the Digital Decade on Thursday (14 July).

Rising energy prices let the euro tumble to parity with the US Dollar in the past days while worries about the energy supply forced the EU Commission to significantly revise its growth projections downwards.

Following the recent revelations of the Uber Files, calls for increased transparency around lobbying regulation have intensified, placing French authorities under the spotlight. Some are calling for improved regulations to be modelled on those of Brussels.

The EU must use a new law setting out steps to react to future UK breaches of its trade and political agreements with the bloc avoid any repeat of its ill-fated short-term move to block supplies of vaccines into Northern Ireland, MEPs have told the European Commission.  

The Commission opened on Thursday (14 July) a public consultation after Amazon committed to not using data of third-party sellers for its own benefit as a retailer, anticipating a key obligation of an upcoming EU law.

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