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A motion to raise €20 million in humanitarian aid for Ukraine has been dismissed by the state government of Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania, which is also home to Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The regional opposition parties, including the conservative CDU, the...

Albanians should be ashamed as they are the only NATO member protesting the “consequences of war in Ukraine”, said Prime Minister Edi Rama as nationwide demonstrations continued for the fifth day. Citizens, however, say they are not protesting anything to...

The EUFOR commander in Bosnia and Herzegovina, General Anton Wessely, said there was no immediate threat to security in the country but that caution was necessary due to the crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. Speaking at a ceremony...

Vehicles waving Serbian and Russian flags drove down central Belgrade streets on Sunday in the second pro-Russian demonstration since the war in Ukraine began. Invited by the extreme right organisation People’s Patrol, the drivers in the motorcade rallied at a...

The Slovenian parliament passed income tax changes that result in higher take-home pay across the board, lower tax on capital gains, and a lower top tax rate, changes welcomed by businesses but criticised by unions due to their impact on...

Remnants of an aerial bomb have been found in the Soviet-era drone that crashed in Southwest Zagreb late on Thursday, as Defence Minister Mario Banožić said on Sunday. “Traces of an explosive device have been found, indicating that this was...

Consumers panic bought sunflower oil, a product they think will soon be in short supply, just a few days after they had queued up en masse at petrol stations. Photos posted on social media showed shoppers buying large quantities of...

Hungary’s constitutional court, often accused of a pro-government bias, dismissed charges against the executive on Sunday of using emails sent to citizens on the eve of the Ukrainian-Russian war for campaign purposes in the upcoming parliamentary elections. On 24 February,...

The Czech Republic can no longer offer accommodation to Ukrainian refugees as the state’s capacities are now exhausted. To remedy the situation, the Czech Republic has applied for 25 modular humanitarian bases that could accommodate up to 50,000 people via...

Opposition party MPs have spoken out against the new law regulating residency status for Ukrainian refugees that fled to Poland following the Russian invasion, particularly the provisions giving impunity to officials when people’s lives are at stake. President Andrzej Duda on...

The Portuguese immigration and borders service SEF is launching an online platform in three different languages on Monday for requests for temporary protection from Ukrainian residents, it announced on Sunday. The ‘SEFforUkraine.sef.pt’ platform “enables all Ukrainian citizens and their households,...

The Temporary Reception Centre for Ukrainian refugees in Lisbon received 394 people in its first week of operation, including 116 children aged up to 16 years, Lisbon Mayor Carlos Moedas said on Sunday. At the end of a meeting to...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced a package of tax relief measures focused on alleviating the impact of the war in Ukraine on the economy on Sunday. Sánchez announced in a meeting with the presidents of the 17 Spanish regions...

A total of 5,000 people demonstrated in Madrid asking the EU and the US to enforce a “no-fly zone” in Ukraine to help the Eastern country repel the Russian invasion on Sunday, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported. While this action was...

Diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine were stepping up on Monday, with Ukrainian and Russian negotiators set to talk after both sides cited progress, even after Russia attacked a base near the Polish border and fighting raged elsewhere.

A bus carrying 20 Ukrainians overturned in North-Eastern Italy on Sunday morning while making its way to Pescara in the Abruzzi Region, leaving one person dead and several injured, firefighters said. The accident occurred at around 6:45 am on the...

A spokesman for the Russian foreign ministry has issued another warning to both Sweden and Finland warning them not to join NATO. Russia repeated its threat of retaliation on Saturday (12 March) if Sweden and Finland ever decide to join...

Ireland’s traditional military neutrality will need to be redefined, but a referendum on it is not currently on the government’s radar, Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has said. If Ireland wishes to remain a neutral country, the foreign minister added that...

People in the UK will be offered £350 a month to open their homes to Ukrainian refugees as part of the government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme. The programme will allow Britons to sponsor a refugee or family to live in...

Political parties are offering information and election debates in English for residents who do not speak Dutch but are eligible to vote in the municipal elections starting on Monday. Every four years, the Netherlands holds elections to vote for their...