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The head of Latvia's natural gas storage operator said Saturday (2 April) the Baltic states were no longer importing Russian gas, a decision made in reaction to the Kremlin's decision to invade Ukraine.

Greece's Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias arrived in Odesa on Sunday (3 April) at the head of a humanitarian aid mission into the southern port city of Ukraine, the foreign ministry said.

The reelection of Viktor Orbán to a fifth term as Prime Minister of Hungary should push the European Commission to isolate his autocratic government and break up Europe’s authoritarian alliance between Hungary and Poland.

After the massacre of Ukrainian population in Bucha, Irpin, Vorzel, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Mariupil, the EU should completely disconnect Russia from SWIFT, close all their ports to Russian ships, froze and seize all the Russian assets, and charge Putin as war criminal, writes Roman Rukomeda.

President Vladimir Putin's rouble payment scheme for natural gas is the prototype that the world's largest country will extend to other major exports because the West has sealed the decline of the US dollar by freezing Russian assets, the Kremlin said.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about French President Emmanuel Macron holding his first, and probably last, campaign rally before the election on 10 April, Swedes wanting more defence spending, and so much more.

Despite polling and analyst predictions, incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his ruling Fidesz party were able to preserve the two-thirds majority they have held in the Hungarian legislative since 2010.

The negotiations for a waiver on intellectual property (IP) rights in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) are still ongoing, but a final agreement would not immediately loosen up access to COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, according to a WTO official.

EU lawmakers across party groups have called on the European Commission to stop promoting meat consumption as the war in Ukraine impacts global food supply and leads to feed shortages in the EU.

Two different demonstrations, one backing Ukraine and another pro-Russia had an intense “tête-a-tête” in the centre of Athens, Greek media reported. On Sunday afternoon, a motorcade with Russian and Greek flags with “Z” symbol on vehicles was organised, while at...

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi condemned the crimes committed in Bucha and other areas liberated by the Ukrainian, defining them as “shocking”. Bucha is a Ukrainian town situated in the North-West of Kyiv, where a massacre of civilians occurred. The...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama announced that a team of investigators would audit Albanian companies and those found paying their workers under the table will be prosecuted. In early January, Finance Minister Delina Ibrahimaj declared that 10,000 Albanian businesses were...

Dubrovnik Mayor Mato Franković has sent a request to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Council of Ministers to halt the construction of an airport in Trebinje until the project’s impact on the source of the River Ombla is assessed. Trebinje is a...

Serbian citizens voted for the president of the state and all 250 members of parliament on 3 April, with turnout estimated to be higher than in the 2020 parliamentary elections. Voting at the 8,267 ballot stations where 6,502,307 citizens had...

Global outrage at accusations of Russian war crimes in Ukraine mounted Sunday with the discovery of mass graves and corpses in streets near Kyiv, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy directly blamed leaders in Moscow for the "torture" and "killings" of civilians.

Slovenia has vowed to accept as many Ukrainian refugees as needed and activated a temporary protection mechanism to fast-track applications for refugee status, but the latest figures show administrative authorities are slow to process applications. While over 8,000 Ukrainian refugees...

Over 11,000 Ukrainians have sought refuge in Croatia after their country was invaded by Russia, and a considerable number of them might stay for good, according to estimates by the Ukrainian community in Croatia. Viktor Filima, a representative of the...

The leader of the National Liberal Party (PNL), the largest centre-right party in Romania, has resigned while he was on an official visit to the US, and current Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca is favoured to succeed him. Florin Citu, former...

Bulgaria is likely to start providing military assistance to Ukraine as a parliamentary decision is to be made this week, Democratic Bulgaria Co-Chairman Atanas Atanasov, part of the ruling coalition, announced. Bulgaria is ruled by a four-party coalition that includes...

Contacted by EURACTIV, a source from the Greek migration ministry said Athens said they had made it clear from the beginning that the new camp would be far from the urban environment.