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The Spanish Civil Guard on Monday seized the Russian-owned luxury yacht Tango, moored at the Real Club Nautico in Palma, on the island of Mallorca, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported. The yacht is owned by Viktor Felixovich Vekselberg, a Ukrainian-born, Russian-Cypriot...

Balanced regulation is required from the proposed EU Directive on platform work to ensure the best outcome for platforms and workers alike. The diversity within the platform economy merits a considered and flexible approach to classifying labour.

The German government has, effective immediately, transferred the ownership of the German Gazprom subsidiary to the federal network agency as a trustee in a bid to save the country’s gas market. On Friday (1 April), Gazprom Germania found itself transferred...

Usually on opposite sides of the debate on fiscal rules, the Dutch finance minister Sigrid Kaag and her Spanish counterpart Nadia Calviño presented a proposal that could steer the reform of fiscal rules that is currently being prepared in the EU institutions.

The EU’s flagship investment vehicle to drive the post-pandemic recovery of the European economy has decided on the first batch of investments that it aims to support through budget guarantees.

Tenants living in well-insulated homes in Germany will have to shoulder the lion’s share of their CO2 costs for heating, while the burden in inefficient buildings will fall on landlords, reports Clean Energy Wire.

Russia’s Ambassador to Lithuania will have to leave the country due to a downgrading of diplomatic relations amid the war in Ukraine, the foreign ministry announced on Monday. On the same day, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis announced on Twitter that Lithuania’s...

US President Joe Biden called Monday (4 April) for a "war crimes trial" over alleged atrocities in Bucha and vowed tougher sanctions against Moscow, as Ukraine's leader urged the world to acknowledge a "genocide" by Russian troops near Kyiv.

Iceland will continue welcoming Ukrainian refugees despite struggling with logistical issues for a wave it was not prepared for. Nearly 600 Ukrainian refugees, of whom a quarter are children, have arrived in Iceland since the start of Russia’s invasion of...

Lars Finden, the former head of Danish Defence Intelligence Service (FE), was reportedly spied on by his former colleagues, Danmarks Radio (DR) revealed on Monday in what could be one of the biggest intelligence scandals since World War II. Findsen was...

Ukraine has declared Dutch journalist Robert Dulmers persona non grata and banned him from Ukraine until 2032, accusing him of having revealed state secrets after he filmed a missile launch. On 3 April at 6:26 am, Dulmers uploaded a video to Twitter of...

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has urged Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to take joint action in rescuing Bulgarian and Turkish sailors stranded in Ukrainian ports. The two presidents had a telephone conversation on Monday (4 April), the Bulgarian presidency announced....

Slovak nuclear power plant operator Slovenské elektrárne a.s. has service contracts with Škoda JS, owned by Russian Gazprombank, leading to a fear of security breaches and the risk of future sanctions. EURACTIV Slovakia reports. Through its contracts, Škoda JS is...

The possible NATO membership of Sweden and Finland is backed by the National Coalition Party (NCP) in Finland, the Moderate Party in Sweden, and prominent conservative figures from Norway and Denmark. Petteri Orpo, chair of the Finnish National Coalition Party,...

While the EU is right to reshuffle its policy priorities in the short term to respond to Russia’s war of aggression, European leaders should not turn a blind eye to democratic backsliding within our own borders in the name of unity against Russia, writes Sophie Pornschlegel.

Corint Media has enforced the press publishers’ right against Microsoft - a legal action that comes after over two years of discussions on the licensing of press content use, for which Corint demands a multiple of Microsoft’s offer.

Technology and sustainability are becoming increasingly intertwined in both policy and practice but negotiating the relationship between the two is complex.

Germany announced the expulsion of 40 Russian diplomats on Monday (4 April) in response to the discovery of apparent mass graves and executed civilians in Bucha, near Kyiv, adding that it seeks to end all trade relations with Russia.

An international watchdog has released a report on Hungary’s general election and referendum, citing multiple issues in the electoral process. On Sunday (April 3), citizens of Hungary went to the polls to vote in two major electoral events: the referendum...

With Ukraine looking to secure its future, the time is ripe to rethink the future security architecture of a large part of the EU – its Eastern flank, which represents a fragile 'centre' between Russia and Western Europe.