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Slovakia will support the ban of Russian energy commodities imports, Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OĽaNO) said in Versailles on Thursday. However, consequences will be dire, the country’s Economic Minister Richard Sulík (SaS) warned. Slovakia will support a ban on...

Nuclear-forward Czech Republic has been pushing for EU countries to have “energy mix freedom” for many years, this time in the wording of the Versailles Declaration focused on decreasing energy dependency on Russia.

A bill on euthanasia has been adopted by Italy’s lower house of parliament on Thursday, meaning the legislation will now move to the Senate. This comes after Italy’s Constitutional Court had blocked an attempt to hold a referendum on voluntary...

Rather than issuing new debt to deal with the economic consequences of the war in Ukraine and to build a “European defence,” the EU should transform the residual loans of the Recovery and Resilience Facility into immediate transfers and grants to member states, argues Jérôme Creel.

The government approved on Thursday in a cabinet meeting the reinforcement of the financial subsidy for fuel purchases by citizens that in March is 40 cents per litre, up to a limit of 50 litres, a total of €20. “The decree-law...

US President Joe Biden on Friday will call for an end of normal trade relations with Russia and clear the way for increased tariffs on Russian imports as punishment for its invasion of Ukraine, people familiar with the matter said.

Money invested in defence spending should not be part of the public deficit calculation, said Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Mitsotakis raised on Thursday at the informal EU summit in Versailles the issue of excluding part or all of defence...

Danes are showing great interest in fighting Russia in Ukraine, with 100 Danes already deployed on Ukrainian soil, the Ukrainian Ambassador to Copenhagen, Mykhailo Vydoinik, told Danske Radio (DR) in an interview. “Every day, we get more and more calls...

Finnish dairy producer Valio and energy company St1 are launching a biogas plant to produce renewable transport fuel in an effort to find new energy sources and improve the country’s self-sufficiency. The joint venture project called Suomen Lantakaasu will consist...

The city of Amsterdam is offering 900 places on boats and in hotels this week to Ukrainian refugees escaping their war-torn country. Previously, the city only had the capacity to offer 300 places. On 4 March, the central government of...

Pensions reform will be one of the “priority” projects that President Emmanuel Macron intends to implement if elected to a second term, with the retirement age rising from 62 to 65. With one month to go before the first round...

Germany has appointed its first special envoy to the region in an effort to “show more presence” in the Western Balkans and put their concerns high up on Berlin’s agenda, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced during a visit to Sarajevo...

Romanian authorities have launched extensive checks on fuel retailers, which they suspect have raised pump prices artificially. Drivers queued up on Wednesday at petrol stations across Romania after rumours that petrol and diesel oil prices will skyrocket spread on social media. The...

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s candidate, ex-family minister Katalin Novák was chosen as Hungary’s head of state for the next five years by the ruling Fidesz-dominated parliament on Thursday, Telex reported. Katalin Novák won the vote of 137 MPs of the 199-seat unicameral...

VOX, Spain’s ascending far-right party, is to form part of a regional government for the first time after striking a deal with the conservative People’s Party on Thursday, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported. The PP will lead the coalition in Castile and...

Sanctions on Russian gas would have a devastating effect on the Austrian economy, the country’s industry players who have so far backed the EU sanctions regime against Russia, said. While EU leaders debate the next sanctions package against Russia and...

Poland and Hungary teamed up in their fight against Brussels over their respective rule of law standoffs, but that unity has dwindled recently over Budapest’s close ties with Moscow which may become the bone of contention. The pro-Russian views of...

After hours of debate, EU leaders on Thursday (10 March) stopped short of concrete commitments on Ukraine's appeal for rapid accession to the bloc and differed over the reach of sanctions against Moscow.

Ireland has not been as badly hit by Brexit trade disruption as had been initially feared, according to government trade officials in Dublin.

On Wednesday (9 March) Parliament gave a green light for a new EU strategic framework on health and safety at work that includes better protection of workers from exposure to harmful substances, stress at work and repetitive motion injuries.