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Croatia is considering increasing the capacity of its LNG terminal on the island of Krk from the current 2.6 billion cubic metres of gas to 2.9 billion cubic metres annually, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said. He explained that the existing...

The European Conservatives and Reformists Group in the European Parliament takes the Conference on the Future of Europe very seriously.  The ECR has been making an effort to present an alternative to the dominant vision at the Conference.

The Bulgarian government will remove all restrictive measures against COVID-19 from 1 April, including the mandatory wearing of protective masks in closed public spaces and restrictions on public events. Bulgarian authorities say the decision to drop all measures was taken...

The Slovak Ministry of Interior is facing strong criticism for its handling of the refugee crisis on the eastern borders with Ukraine as it has delegated the management to a private company that previously organised corporate parties. Prime Minister Eduard...

Czech Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian Ambassador Alexandr Zmejevskij to Prague to protest against the unacceptable behaviour of authorities in Moscow. According to the Ministry, Czech diplomats are facing severe harassment. “The staff of our embassy in Moscow have been...

India said ties with China could not be normal until their troops pulled back from each other on the disputed border, but Beijing struck a conciliatory note during a meeting of their foreign ministers in New Delhi on Friday.

A German military half-track vehicle from World War II – which experts have searched for decades – has re-emerged from the River Po in Northern Italy which has suffered severe drought in recent days. The vehicle has been found and...

As US President Joe Biden’s visit dominated the headlines in Poland over the weekend, experts are sceptical about whether it will bring a permanent positive improvement to relations between Warsaw and Washington. Poland was the only country that Biden visited...

The Malta Labour Party (PL), headed by Prime Minister Robert Abela have won the general elections in a landslide victory, despite pervasive scandals and links to corruption. Previous Prime Minister Joseph Muscat was forced to resign in December 2019 following...

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell has kept his distance from US President’s comment that Putin cannot remain in power. In an interview with Sky News Arabia, Borrell said: “I have not heard directly what he...

The risk of war in the Baltic states is real, General Sir Richard Shirreff, former deputy head of NATO in Europe, told the Swedish broadcaster SVT in an exclusive interview on Sunday. Shirreff, who was in Sweden to give a...

A group of Finnish citizens with criminal records have gone to Ukraine to fight, various media have reported. One of them, who goes by the pseudonym of “Ville” went to Ukraine, motivated by the need for an adrenaline rush and...

Multiple people have been arrested in connection with a bomb hoax at a peacebuilding event on Friday which led to the evacuation of Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney. Coveney was rushed off stage in the middle of delivering a speech...

A group of volunteers in the Netherlands are busy organising and sending ambulances with medical and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. Zeilen Van Vrijheid (Sails of Freedom) brings together volunteers who collect and buy medical and humanitarian aid to send it...

The use of consulting firms, including US company McKinsey, by the state is causing concern in the electoral campaign of French President Emmanuel Macron. A recent Senate report revealed that the number of such contracts had “more than doubled” between...

The social democrats SPÖ has gathered its senior figures to form a strong push for the 2024 chancellorship led by party chief Pamela Rendi-Wagner as support for the Austrian government coalition of conservatives and Greens wanes. Amid perceived mismanagement of...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the Greek House this week following an invitation by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. While mainstream political parties hailed the move, the extremes from the left and the right have expressed their opposition. Zelenskyy’s...

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovačevski thanked the EU for deciding for North Macedonia to become part of the Platform for joint purchase of liquefied natural gas. ‘Thanks to this strategy for addressing the consequences of the war and the energy crisis,...

The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said he relies on his knowledge of law while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy draws from his past as an actor, Telex reported. Both politicians are law graduates, but neither has worked in the profession. Appearing on...

The ‘Z’ symbol used by Russia in the war against Ukraine is banned by two of Germany’s federal states, and more could soon follow as calls to extend the ban to other regions pile up. Bavaria and Lower Saxony, two...