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Russia claimed on Sunday (3 July) to have captured the strategic Ukrainian city of Lysychansk and the entire frontline Lugansk region which would mark a decisive breakthrough for Moscow's forces seeking control of the country's east.

Two Russian government planes took on board the expelled 70 Russian diplomats and their families from Bulgaria on and flew from Sofia to Moscow on 3 July. The total number of passengers who left the country is over 180 people.

The European Commission has rebuffed a request by Parliament lawmakers to turn over information related to used cooking oil (UCO) imports, maintaining that it is not in possession of the documents requested. However, it did admit that the risk of "false claims" surrounding UCO imports represents "a particular concern".

Ideological divisions between the French National Rally (Rassemblement National) and the Italian League Party (Lega) over the ‘normalisation’ of the latter’s politics are undermining far-right unity, sources told EURACTIV. The evolution of the League as a more centre-right party rather...

Rather than replacing Russian fossil fuels with other dirty energy sources, European leaders should speed up the transition to renewable energy and move rapidly to a circular economy. That would tackle the toxic dependencies on overconsumption of virgin resources extracted at great environmental and social cost and show what a sustainable economy really looks like.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki dismissed Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro’s calls for Poland to turn down EU COVID recovery fund money if the European Commission insists on justice system conditions. Ziobro, often seen as Morawiecki’s main rival within the government, recently...

Strict regulations, lack of raw materials and inability to apply research outcomes in practice are to blame for the European defence industry’s limitations, Czech arms industry representative Jiří Hynek said. Besides regulatory and supply chain issues, the defence sector also...

The Bulgarian secret services have data showing that Russia pays about €2000 (BGN 4,000) per month to public figures, journalists, and politicians to spread its propaganda in the country, a government spokesperson and head of the prime minister’s office, Lena...

Croatia should not have rushed to join the eurozone from 1 January 2023, which promises to be very hard, with rising prices and falling living standards, former Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor warned in an interview with the Nacional weekly, published...

The Slovenian Agency for Commodity Reserves will buy all the wheat Slovenian farmers produce this year to protect food supplies and stabilise prices. The purchase, a step farmers have urged the government to take, is expected to stabilise buy-in prices...

Prime Minister Edi Rama has once again poked fun at Brussels and the EU accession process, this time during an interview in Amsterdam. The Albanian prime minister has been very vocal in his displeasure with the accession process,  the “impotence”...

Boom in solar panel demand is clouded by supply chain disruption, a fragmented industry as well as ethical issues, reports EURACTIV's media partner, The Guardian.

The Albanian government has processed its draft law for legalising the production of cannabis for medical and industrial purposes which will now be subject to public consultation, days after the country was ranked seventh globally for illegal cannabis and narcotic...

Georgians staged a new mass rally on Sunday (3 July) demanding that the government resign over its failure to formally secure candidacy for membership of the European Union.

Ryanair cabin crew in Spain announced fresh strikes for the entire month of July as the summer travel period kicked off last weekend in Spain’s most popular tourist destinations and across Europe. The USO and Sitcpla unions announced 12 days...

Finland will update its transgender legislation in autumn, Prime Minister Sanna Marin promised at the Helsinki Pride parade on Saturday, where she said the reform carries personal significance because she had been raised in a “rainbow family.” Currently, a transgender...

The share of renewable energy in the Netherlands’ energy consumption decreased by 2% in 2021, meaning the Hague is no longer on track to hit its EU green goals, new data from the government’s statistical office shows. The share of...

The far-right FPÖ has called for the National Security Council to be convened as the gas storage fill rate is near zero amid reduced gas flows from Russia ahead of a government statement set for Tuesday. Around 80% of Austria’s...

Ahead of a crucial meeting with social partners, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called high inflation “social dynamite” and promised his government would continue taking measures to alleviate the burden of energy and food price spikes. The surging prices for consumers’...

Following protests in Skopje over the ‘French proposal’ aimed at unlocking the Bulgarian veto over its EU accession, amid calls from civil society over “ethnocide” and comparing Bulgaria to Russia’s stance towards Ukraine, the Macedonian president has convened the security...