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Masks are no longer mandatory as of Wednesday, while the green pass is not required to enter a restaurant, shopping centre, or the airport. The state of alert ended Tuesday (8 March) and all restrictions enforced to manage the COVID-19...

Slovakia is entirely dependent on Russian nuclear fuel developed by TVEL, but after Russia invaded Ukraine, the discussion started on changing suppliers. The only viable alternative is American Westinghouse, which Economy minister Richard Sulík considers expensive. Discussion about alternative suppliers...

As the Russian aggressors cannot fulfill their plan of capturing Ukraine and destroying its armed forces, they are using mass terror tactics as they did previously in Syria, writes Roman Rukomeda.

Prime Minister Edi Rama announced the establishment of a Special Committee to manage the economic and security consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine during a press conference Tuesday morning. Rama said it is essential to prepare for any scenario, and...

The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) in the EU Parliament will vote today (9 March) on a proposal of its leader Manfred Weber to suspend a lawmaker who criticised the Greek government for the way it handled a scandal related...

EU disability ministers are meeting in Paris on Wednesday (9 March) to take stock of the EU's disability strategy and exchange best practices. EURACTIV France spoke to the French secretary of state in charge of people with disabilities who initiated the meeting within the French EU Council presidency framework.

There are currently no threats to the Balkans, said Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani regarding the ongoing war waged by Russia against Ukraine. “As a NATO member, we now have intelligence, credible information, and based on that information, we should not be...

There is no possibility of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) escalating into armed conflict, Croatian President Zoran Milanović said on Tuesday, adding that the increased presence of the EU peacekeeping force (EUFOR) there should not be given special attention. Last...

McDonald's, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and Starbucks stopped sales of their best-known products in Russia on Tuesday (8 March), offering a united rebuke of the war on Ukraine by companies that define America for much of the world.

The European Commission is aware of the reports of removing ethnic Albanians from the voter registration lists in the Presevo Valley in Serbia and is monitoring the situation in light of Belgrade’s commitments to the EU accession process. Researcher and...

The Berlin Process must continue because it is the best chance for regional cooperation in the Western Balkans, solving bilateral disputes and EU membership, Zoran Nečev and Anamarija Velinovska from the Institute for Democracy Societas Civilis Skopje (IDSCS) said on...

The opposition in parliament on Tuesday criticised the ruling majority’s proposal to appoint Ivan Paladina as the new Construction Minister, saying he is close to Russian oligarchs, making him vulnerable to blackmail. By nominating Paladina, the ruling HDZ is trying...

Bulgaria has offered to help Moldova with the influx of Ukrainian refugees entering the country as over 250,000 Ukrainians have entered Moldova since Russia’s attack on Ukraine on 24 February. About 160,000 of them have already left Moldova, but many...

Poland is calling an extraordinary sitting of both parliamentary chambers, to discuss ways to support Ukraine on the occasion of the country’s 23rd anniversary of NATO accession on Friday. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and US President Joe Biden are to...

US President Joe Biden imposed an immediate ban on Russian oil and other energy imports in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine, amid strong support from American voters and lawmakers, even though the move will drive up US energy prices.

Children and young people from Ukraine will be integrated into Portuguese schools “as soon as possible”, with the strengthening of Portuguese language teaching and social support, the ministry of education has announced. The war in Ukraine began on 24 February, and refugees...

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Tuesday asked former King Juan Carlos I to shed full light on an alleged tax fraud scandal affecting the Spanish monarch. The 84-year-old Juan Carlos should give a clear explanation to all Spanish citizens about...

Justice Minister Marta Cartabia went to Dubai on Tuesday to request for the third time, the extradition of Camorra drug trafficker Raffaele Imperiale, number two on Italy’s most wanted fugitive list. Imperiale was arrested last summer in Dubai upon Italy’s...

Ireland’s ambassador to Russia has been summoned by the government in Moscow after a truck rammed into the gates of the Russian embassy in Dublin on Monday. Russian state media agency Tass described the country’s foreign ministry as having criticised...

New allegations of sexual assault against presidential candidate Éric Zemmour have been criticised by the far-right polemicist’s entourage, which accuses investigative site Médiapart of trying to “make the blow on the women’s [rights] day”. While several accusations of inappropriate behaviour...