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France's far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon failed to reach the second round of presidential elections on Sunday (10 April), but Europe's leftists are still encouraged by his close third place. EURACTIV France reports.

The number of illegal migrants trying to enter Croatia from Una-Sava Canton in the west of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been steadily decreasing as migrants look for alternative routes to enter EU countries, according to estimates by government bodies and...

The EU Investment Bank will finance and support projects to construct storage facilities for renewable energy, the Global Relationship Manager in Croatia, Olga Pascenco, said on Tuesday. Addressing a news conference to present its work in Croatia in 2021, Pascenco...

Companies in Serbia should, within their means, join a humanitarian drive collecting aid for the people in Ukraine, Marko Cadez, president of Serbia’s Chamber of Commerce said on Tuesday. “We have been trying to reach as many companies as possible...

At least 600 American soldiers will arrive in Slovakia as a part of NATO’s strengthening of the eastern flank and will be supplemented with high-end defence systems, defence minister Jaroslav Naď (OĽaNO) has confirmed. According to previous information, only 40...

NGOs who were fined last week by the National Election Committee (NVB) over their campaign to vote invalidly in the referendum they claim was homophobic, will go to court, Telex reported. The government failed to achieve the necessary number of valid votes in...

The Czech Republic wants to channel the EU’s COVID-19 recovery funding to Ukrainian refugees for which it needs to update its national recovery plan – which, while possible, will require the European Commission’s approval. “The Czech Republic can ask for...

Two hundred and ninety people filed testimonies of their sexual abuse at the hands of the Portuguese Catholic Church before an independent commission, of which 16 have already been referred to the prosecutor. In an assessment of the first three...

The Spanish government has reiterated its commitment to finding a viable solution to the Western Sahara conflict that will be accepted both by Morocco and the Polisario Front, the Sahrawi nationalist liberation movement, diplomatic sources told EURACTIV’s partner EFE. Last...

The international community should unanimously condemn the aggression and war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine and classify them as genocide against the Ukrainian nation, a resolution adopted unanimously by Lithuanian MPs on Tuesday states. Russia’s aggression is “a menacing,...

The Norwegian government appointed two new ministers on Tuesday after former defence minister Odd Roger Enoksen announced his resignation Saturday after being caught in a scandal. Enoksen announced Saturday (9 April) that he would resign after tabloid newspaper VG revealed...

Spain and Portugal want to push ahead with a benchmark price for energy, but this could lead to increased consumption of fossil gas, inflated gas prices and fewer incentives to invest in renewable energy, warns Lion Hirth and Christoph Maurer.

The Russian army using chemical weapons in Mariupol is “unbelievable but not excluded”, Swedish Lieutenant Colonel Joakim Paasikivi told state-controlled TV broadcaster SVT during an interview on Monday. Russian forces deployed chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops in besieged Mariupol, Ukrainian...

EU lawmakers Clare Daly and Mick Wallace on Monday filed separate defamation lawsuits against Irish national broadcaster RTÉ. Details of the cases have not been made public, but both MEPs are represented by the same law firm, which has taken...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Finance Minister Rishi Sunak have refused to resign after being fined by the police for breaking lockdown rules in Downing Street in June 2020. The fines, which follow a police investigation into a series...

The average number of daily COVID-19 infections in the Netherlands has fallen below 10,000 for the first time since November, health authorities revealed in a new report published Tuesday. According to the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, 66,788...

Chancellor Karl Nehammer has come under fire over his recent trip to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, not only because of its apparent failure but also because he allegedly did not inform his president and vice-chancellor about it....

Danes are almost evenly split, with a third in favour and almost as many against and in doubt, over scrapping the EU defence opt-out Denmark has, ahead of the referendum due to take place on 1 June,  a study conducted...

Bulgaria’s position remains unchanged as it refuses to lift its veto on the start of EU membership talks with North Macedonia, the foreign ministry announced on Tuesday. This was announced in response to media reports following talks between Bulgarian Foreign...

The European Commission has requested the Polish government pay €42 million towards fines incurred for not complying with an EU Court of Justice ruling, Polish RMF FM radio reported. Last July, the CJEU ruled that Poland must dismantle the Supreme...