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On Sunday, regular petrol prices in Slovenia jumped by about 8%, and diesel became over 20% more expensive than Saturday after the government decided to end price administration. Regular petrol costs between €1.617 and €1.619 per litre depending on the...

Croatian President Zoran Milanović on Sunday criticised his country’s decision to buy 12 Rafale fighters from France because they are “useless” and not what the country needs. Croatia bought the used Rafales from France in November 2021. “So now we...

Hydrogen will be essential for Europe's future economy, particularly to store and transport green energy, EU climate chief Frans Timmermans told the European Parliament on Thursday (28 April).

More than 60% of Slovaks are not in favour of stopping Russian gas imports, while only 25% favour a gradual halt, and 7% want an immediate one, a new survey by the Focus agency has found. Focus asked respondents in...

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala wants to convince his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán to change his stance on Russia as Hungary is among the countries willing to pay for natural gas imports in roubles – a move unacceptable for Czechia...

The General Secretary of the Communist-backed CGTP trade union confederation on Sunday demanded measures to control prices and increase the minimum wage to €800 per month in July. “We do not accept that the employers and the government use the...

Spain on Friday requested €12 billion in EU funding, Economy Minister Nadia Calviño, has confirmed. The Spanish recovery plan “is following the calendar and pace foreseen” by the country’s left-wing coalition executive, Calviño stressed in a press conference where the...

Italy’s recovery and resilience plan “should also be dedicated to increasing safety at work,” President Sergio Mattarella said at the Quirinale during the Workers’ Day celebration on Sunday, adding that creating more jobs should not translate “into more injuries at...

A Russian military aircraft violated Swedish airspace on Friday evening, the same day four NATO warships moored in Stockholm’s harbour. On Friday evening (29 April), a Russian military AN-30 propeller aircraft entered Swedish airspace south of Blekinge, in Southern Sweden....

The Bank of England is expected to increased interest rates later this week as it comes under growing pressure to address rising inflation in the UK economy. The Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) is expected to increase interest rates by...

Workers at the Amsterdam port are refusing to unload a Russian oil tanker that was previously refused docking at a Swedish port and is now anchored in the sea lock in IJmuiden, broadcaster NOS reports. Russian ships are not allowed...

Austria is not under an immediate military threat, conservative Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) told the newspaper Kurier with regards to the war in Ukraine. Austria, which has decided to remain neutral militarily, has decided not to send arms to Ukraine. For now,...

The Supreme Judicial Council has refused to nominate representatives of the Bulgarian judiciary to participate in the international commission for documenting and finding Russian crimes in Ukraine. Poland sent an invitation to participate in the commission but the Supreme Judicial...

Poland has opened a new pipeline bringing gas from Lithuania after Russia’s Gazprom stopped deliveries to the country on 27 April. The Poland-Lithuania Gas Connector (GIPL), under construction since 2020, started operating on Saturday (30 April). The new 580-kilometre-long infrastructure...

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki of the Law and Justice Party (PiS) thanked Georgia Meloni’s nationalist Brothers of Italy party for taking a clear stance against Russian President Vladimir Putin during and before his invasion of Ukraine – marking a clear...

Most Finns would accept permanent NATO presence. Most Finns would allow permanent NATO military bases on their soil ahead of the country’s possible application for NATO membership, a survey conducted by media house Uutissuomalainen found. According to the survey, 61% of Finns would...

The EU will propose a phased out ban on Russian oil imports as part of a fresh round of sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, sources said on Sunday (1 May).

Thousands gathered across several French cities to participate in Labour Day demonstrations on 1 May, just a week after French President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected and as parties gear up for legislative elections in June. In a symbolic move, the...

Around 100 civilians evacuated from the ruined Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol were due to arrive in a Ukrainian-held city on Monday (2 May), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, after US Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a surprise visit to Kyiv.

Russia pounded southern and eastern Ukraine with missile strikes on Saturday, Ukrainian officials said, while some women and children evacuated a steel plant in the besieged city of Mariupol where they had holed up for more than a week.