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Frontline EU countries receiving Ukrainian refugees are warning that the bloc's current approach of loosening rules that govern structural fund spending in order to finance the influx of those fleeing the war will be insufficient in the long run.

The French electorate is set on Sunday (11 April) to choose the top two candidates for president but the outcome of the first round of voting has become increasingly uncertain, with forecasts of record-low turnout and doubt about voters’ choices. This...

Insults, false accusations, rumours (often of a sexual nature), marginalisation, and even threats of violence and political retaliation plague Albanian women in politics according to a report by UNDP Albania. The study focused on interviews and personal experiences of 20...

A more efficient sharing of valuable health data could improve our health systems significantly. But according to health professionals, this requires proper consideration of trust, ethics, and security.

Forty-Four MPs support new minority government. Forty four Montenegrin MPs are on board with the new government that should be led by Prime Minister-designate Dritan Abazović. He wanted to have broader support with MPs from the SNP, a party with...

The Consumer Price Index in March 2022, in comparison with March 2021, increased by 8.8%, while the Retail Price Index increased by 9.6%, while it was 7,6% in February, the State Statistical Office reported. On a monthly comparison basis, consumer...

Any political strategy to counter the Orbán system in Hungary must seriously take into consideration and address the roots and narratives of its “success”, writes Peter Hefele.

Over the next decade, 45% of French farmers will retire, presenting a significant challenge for the next president regarding food self-sufficiency and generational renewal. EURACTIV France reports.

The Dayton agreement has been violated in a series of instances, Serb member of Bosnia’s three-member Presidency Milorad Dodik said, stressing that he has written about this matter to the UN Secretary General, the UN General Assembly President and has...

Political leaders in the Western Balkans do not have enough vision about the region’s integration into the EU, and they need to be more courageous, a representative of the EU Delegation to Serbia, Nicola Bertolini, stated in Belgrade on Thursday....

European Central Bank policymakers disagreed last month on how to respond to runaway inflation and economic uncertainty caused by the Ukraine war, minutes from their meeting showed on Thursday (7 April).

Sanctions imposed by Western countries on Russia will not stop the war in Ukraine, which can only be stopped with the help of diplomacy, Croatian President Zoran Milanović said during a visit to Switzerland. The Croatian president said, having followed...

The office of the Czech President is suspected of prematurely shredding 32 classified documents, Czech Radio reported on Thursday. These included intelligence information on the activities of Russian armed forces on the border with Ukraine and NATO information on the security...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has agreed to participate in a videoconference session at the parliament, although a date is yet to be set, the speaker of the Portuguese parliament, Augusto Santos Silva, said on Thursday. “This morning, I received the...

Alberto Nuñez Feijóo, recently elected as the new head of the PP, said that Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez had not accepted any of his proposals to help mitigate the impact of inflation on the most vulnerable, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported....

The positions of Rome and Amsterdam on the energy price cap continue to diverge “but progress has been made”, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said at the end of a meeting with his Dutch counterpart, Mark Rutte, on Thursday. An...

The international community should unanimously condemn the aggression and war crimes committed by Russia and classify them as genocide, according to a statement adopted Thursday by the foreign affairs committee of the Lithuanian parliament. Read more. The committee also called...

Ukrainians seeking protection in Sweden should begin working as quickly as possible, said Migration and Integration Minister Anders Ygeman and Employment Minister Eva Nordmark at a press conference on Thursday. The ministers confirmed that the government would actively encourage Ukrainian...

The Danish government is still selling timber to a group owned by oligarchs close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, while many Danish companies have stopped their activities in the country, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation DR has revealed.  The Danish Nature...

EU member states on Thursday (7 April) green-lighted an embargo on Russian coal and the closing of the bloc's ports to Russian vessels over Moscow's war in Ukraine, but attention has already shifted to who may stand in the way of possible future energy sanctions.