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Albanians living in southern Serbia will not be represented in the Serbian parliament following the general elections on 3 April, the National Electoral Commission reported on Wednesday. The ethnic group previously had three seats in parliament, the regional news agency...

A total of 288 legal and physical persons from Russia opened companies in Serbia, together with six Ukrainian business owners, since the war in Ukraine broke out on 24 February, the N1 portal reported on Wednesday. The Agency for Business...

Construction Minister Ivan Paladina, appointed just one month ago, has ties to two construction companies that could compromise a government reshuffle, Green-Left Bloc parliamentary deputy Sandra Benčić has said. The Green-Left Bloc parliamentary group, currently in opposition, is against a reshuffle...

The Slovenian parliament has imposed a blanket ban on hydraulic fracturing to produce natural gas as MPs voted unanimously yesterday in favour of amendments to the mining act. This was the sixth attempt by the National Assembly to pass such...

Russia has warned countries at the United Nations that a yes vote or abstention on a US push to suspend Moscow from the Human Rights Council will be viewed as an "unfriendly gesture" with consequences for bilateral ties.

Polish far-right party Confederation member, MP Grzegorz Braun, has requested a meeting be adjourned because of the “inappropriate” Ukrainian flag that hung in the Polish parliament during a parliamentary session on Wednesday. The Confederation has formed ahead of the 2019...

Pro-nuclear EU countries are now flirting with building US-tech-dominant small modular reactors as large nuclear reactors, which cost billions, take decades to build, and cannot effectively replace Russian energy imports. On 1 April, Czech state-owned energy giant ČEZ announced that...

The newly re-elected Hungarian Prime Minster Viktor Orbán said in his congratulatory phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin he suggested heads of Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany come to the Hungarian capital for ceasefire talks, he said on Wednesday...

It is necessary to encourage women’s participation in technical and high-level jobs by overcoming educational barriers from an early stage, as well as professional barriers, while guaranteeing digital lifelong learning for women. Eliminating the gender gap will boost prosperity at...

Six dancers from the National Opera of Ukraine will be able to continue their careers at Spain’s National Dance Company (CND), which welcomed them on Wednesday, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported. Kateryna Chupina, Yelyzaveta Semenenko, Anastasiia Hurska, Aleksandra Berozkyna, Anastasiia Kovalevsk...

The war in Ukraine has lowered growth forecasts, but the Italian government will do whatever it takes to look after families and support industry, Prime Minister Mario Draghi told reporters after the Council of Ministers approved the Economic and Financial...

Labour unions took to the streets of Athens on Wednesday, protesting over rising energy costs, soaring prices of essential goods and lack of protection for the vulnerable. The opposition calls for snap elections while the IMF warns of new austerity...

Interview with Marta Barandiy, founder of civil society network Promote Ukraine and editor-in-chief of Brussels Ukraїna Review, and Maryna Yaroshevych, head of advocacy at Promote Ukraine The Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) is the opportunity for the EU...

Food delivery, ride-hailing, and transfer apps owned by Russia’s Yandex should be removed from e-commerce platforms available in Europe, according to Lithuanian economy minister Aušrinė Armonaitė and defence minister Arvydas Anušauskas. The reason for the call is the threat to...

Norway could accept 60,000 Ukrainian refugees this year, the country’s Directorate of Immigration (UDI) said while presenting scenarios for the arrival of Ukrainian refugees on Wednesday. “We must take into account that the flow of refugees can last a long...

The Danish government cannot prevent those born after 2010 from buying nicotine products because of EU rules. The desire for future generations to be nicotine-free was put forward for the first time this year by the Danish government in the...

Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt said he does not understand why only three Russian spies working undercover at the Russian embassy in Stockholm were expelled from Swedish territory. “The foreign ministry should have expelled more Russian diplomats than the...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on Ireland to push the EU to introduce more stringent sanctions against Russia during an address to Ireland’s parliament on Wednesday. Speaking to lawmakers, Zelenskyy thanked Ireland for the humanitarian and financial support it...

Several hundred Ukrainian children are beginning classes in temporary classrooms set up with teachers and equipment in the Netherlands. As of Monday (4 April), temporary education facilities have opened where Ukrainian children who have fled from the war can now...

Austria does not want to follow the lead of numerous EU states in kicking out Russian officials, and Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg has voiced criticism of individual national measures. Various EU member states are in the process or have already...