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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face questions in parliament followed by a grilling by senior lawmakers on 6 July, with his premiership on the brink after a slew of resignations from ministers saying he was not fit to govern.

European Council President Charles Michel was in Skopje on Tuesday to convince Macedonians to accept a deal that could kick-start their EU accession talks, which would mean a new boost for the EU’s enlargement in the Balkans. While the politically...

Foreign investors are increasingly interested in purchasing Hungarian property after the country’s national currency, the forint, rapidly depreciated, Telex reported. In just a few months, the forint has lost ten per cent of its value against the euro, making Hungarian real...

Dutch energy giant Shell is on the verge of discovering major gas and oil reserves in Albania, Prime Minister Edi Rama told Dutch journalists on Monday, in a development that has the potential to change the energy future of Europe....

Russian troops are engaged in heavy fighting supported by widespread artillery fire as they launch a major offensive for Ukraine's Donetsk region, Ukrainian officials said on 5 July, a day after Moscow declared victory in the neighbouring province of Luhansk.

Serbia is the leading country in the region in terms of gold deposited in the central bank’s treasury, the latest figures show. Meanwhile, Chinese mining giant Zijin, which operates the biggest copper mine and smelting plant in Serbia, has sold...

Slovenia recorded a budget deficit of just €128 million in the first half of 2022 compared to nearly €2 billion in the same period last year, as surging tax receipts were coupled with significant expenditure cuts. Overall government revenue rose...

Finance Minister Zdravko Marić will leave the Croatian government for personal reasons, several Croatian media reported on Tuesday, though the news was not publicly confirmed. Večernji List, the biggest-selling daily, said it received confirmation from the government that Maric, who had completed...

Last Saturday in Turin: Two professionally equipped and very well prepared cyclists started a long journey through Italy and Switzerland to Strasbourg. The 700 km tour across the Alps was anything but a pleasure trip. The riders have a mission....

Romania has not prepared and does not want austerity measures to cope with a potential economic crisis, President Klaus Iohannis said on Tuesday, after the government published plans to increase taxes to fight the budget squeeze. “I do not believe,...

Western powers on Tuesday (5 July) called for international sport federations to remove state-affiliated Russians and Belarusians over the Ukraine invasion, after leading events already banned their athletes.

Portugal’s Minister of Defence, Helena Carreiras, said on Tuesday that in the current framework of global security and with the war in Ukraine the role of Portugal in NATO must be strengthened. “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has demonstrated the need...

The government has approved an extra boost of €1 billion for defence to cover extra expenses facing the national army as part of Spain’s commitments to NATO following the Ukraine war, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported. However, the decision, approved Tuesday...

Health Minister Ernst Kuipers has asked the municipal health service (GGD) and the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) to prepare for another booster shot after the summer. According to the Dutch government, Ernst has given GGD and...

Belgian federal and regional health ministers will discuss the next steps for the country’s COVID-19 vaccine strategy on Wednesday and will likely recommend that elderly citizens and at-risk groups get the second booster shot as a priority, as proposed by...

After gas storage rates have fallen recently, a government crisis committee met on Tuesday to discuss the matter but has not raised alarm levels. As an outcome of the committee meeting, Austria’s readiness remains in the early warning stages, but...

Every week seems to bring new turmoil for the ever-beleaguered Boris Johnson. This time, the turmoil will probably be terminal.  On Tuesday evening (5 July), he faced the biggest and possibly decisive challenge to his premiership when Chancellor Rishi Sunak...

Despite appointing a female prime minister in May for only the second time in modern political history, the new French government’s gender parity is only a facade, according to the High Council for Equality between Women and Men (HCE). While...

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi spoke about Italy and Turkey becoming allies and strengthening bilateral cooperation at an intergovernmental summit in Ankara after a year of diplomatic tensions. On Tuesday, the summit, ten years after the last one, marked the...

The new coalition and possible future government with potential prime minister Asen Vassilev is being negotiated for only six months because the idea is that, after that, a vote of confidence will be requested. If the Bulgarian parliament elects the...