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Over 1,000 Ukrainian refugees have so far arrived in Spain fleeing the war started by Russia,  Spain’s Secretary of State for Migration Jesús Perea confirmed on Wednesday. Spain has made available 12,000 places to welcome them, distributed in all 17...

Close to 24,000 refugees have so far arrived in Italy from Ukraine following Russia’s invasion of the country, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said Wednesday, adding that numbers are expected to increase. As countries prepare for millions of Ukrainian refugees who...

Sweden’s Migrationsverket has asked for help from “anyone that can provide it” to cope with the flow of Ukrainian refugees expected to arrive in the country. Two million Ukrainian fled their country over the last two weeks. “It will be a...

To free itself from Russian energy, boost the green transition and increase defence spending, the EU is rumoured to be planning a vast recovery package. The initial response from Finland is distinctly cool. According to the Bloomberg News Agency (8...

EU leaders are to pledge support but are likely to stop short of offering fast-track EU membership to Ukraine when they meet for an informal summit in Paris on Thursday (10 March), according to a draft statement, seen by EURACTIV....

Irish farmers are disappointed by the new committee the government established Tuesday to monitor food security in the context of the war in Ukraine. Representatives of the farming community met with Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue, and members of the...

The UK government has announced plans to increase its supply of military weapons to Ukraine, with the defence minister warning that the Russians are “changing their tactics and so the Ukrainians need to too”. While Boris Johnson’s government stated that...

Austria has suspended the scheme making the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory as it is not “proportional” given the current circumstances, the government decided on Wednesday. The decision was based on a report from the expert commission and comes a little over...

French artworks loaned to the Kremlin Museum in Moscow will be withdrawn from “The Duel” exhibition and repatriated, the government decided on Wednesday. A total of fifteen French artworks, loaned by the Louvre museum, the Versailles Castle and the French National...

The German government has agreed to scrap a controversial clause that has made it impossible for doctors to advise women about their available options in a public manner. The government cabinet adopted a draft law to abolish the so-called “advertisement...

The Bulgarian government will buy wheat, corn and sunflower seeds for €550 million to ensure the country’s food security next year. The war in Ukraine has affected the supply of grain to Europe as Russia and Ukraine are the continent’s...

Members of the Polish Senate voted in favour of speeding up the process of integrating Ukraine with other EU countries on Wednesday, calling upon them to help Kyiv achieve its West–oriented goal. On Wednesday (9 March), the assembly vote gathered 93...

Countries that have so far refused to approve a no-fly zone over Ukraine share a “moral responsibility” with Russia, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Portugal Inna Ohnivets told Lusa in an interview, adding that Russian troops are also to blame for the...

Advances in the EU’s green response need to be made to steer away from Russia’s control on gas, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told students at Science Po University before he met with French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday. Rutte...

The biggest EU party families have agreed on a compromise to push for a change of EU electoral law to allow for so-called pan-European members of the European Parliament, which could further European integration if successful.

The European Commission is set to propose a new governance framework for health data with cross-border interoperability requirements and a pan-European infrastructure in the first sectorial legislation of this kind, according to a draft seen by EURACTIV.

The UK has hinted at ending its ban on fracking, as Boris Johnson’s government prepares to unveil a new energy supply strategy in response to the need to diversify its energy supply in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine....

Candidates in the French presidential elections seem to have already accepted defeat as French President Emmanuel Macron who recently announced his candidacy is leading in the polls and the war in Ukraine has cast a shadow on most issues. EURACTIV France reports.

Around 100 lawmakers from across Europe have called for a ban on imports of Russian oil, gas and coal ahead of a meeting of EU leaders in Versailles, France, on Thursday and Friday (10-11 March).

Amid the devastation of World War Two, the United States and its allies created the institutions that have governed the post-war global economic order, focused on rebuilding Europe, fighting poverty and bringing rivals together to work out trade disputes peacefully.