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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unilateral recognition of Donbass is a “serious obstacle to the search for a diplomatic solution” said the Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Luigi Di Maio. The Italian government has always stressed the need to find a diplomatic...

Former EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan has suggested that he may take action against the Commission in relation to his resignation after a breach of COVID-19 guidelines in 2020. In an interview with Libération, Hogan said he had not ruled out...

The interior ministers of 23 EU countries gathered in Vienna on Monday to discuss how to find a common European position to deal with asylum seekers and support Balkan countries in dealing with migrants. It is time for “swift reform...

The government has decided on temporary targeted measures to alleviate the problems caused by soaring energy prices. The measures focus on transport, agricultural entrepreneurs and households. The measures include a temporary increase of the maximum deduction for travel expenses between...

Green members of the Paris region transport authority, “Ile-de-France Mobilités” took legal action against the authority’s chair and right-wing presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse on Monday after it was revealed that she had allegedly acquired stock in a company that she...

After Russia unilaterally declared that it would recognise the independence of the two Ukrainian breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, Germany heavily condemned the move and pledged support to Ukraine. German chancellor Olaf Scholz held a phone call with his...

Giorgos Kyrtsos, a centre-right EU lawmaker who was recently expelled from the ruling New Democracy party, has sent a letter to EPP group leader Manfred Weber asking him to stay neutral in his row with the government in Athens.

New scenarios modelled by the Swedish Public Health Agency’s (FHM) anticipate a continued rapid decline in the COVID infection rate and warn that a hypothetical new virus variant could cause infections to increase in spring. In its press release published...

The European Union on Monday (21 February) criticised the UK’s handling of the residency rights of EU nationals following Brexit, with European Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič warning that the bloc would “consider our next steps”.

Czech anti-vaxxers turning into pro-Russian activists. Groups of Czech activists organising mass demonstrations against COVID-19 measures openly support Russia in its aggression towards Ukraine, and their leader has business ties with Moscow. “The US with its dollar needs a war,...

Milorad Dodik, the Serb member of tripartite BiH Presidency, has slammed German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock over her alleged stance on the country’s troubles. Baerbock is set to visit BiH in the coming days, klix.ba, a news portal close to...

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has alleged mercenaries from Albania, Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina have been recruited and transferred to Donbas in Ukraine to fight against Moscow-backed rebels, something vehemently denied by local governments. The Russian embassy in Tirana...

The EU's due diligence law aimed at making businesses accountable for human rights violations and environmental harm throughout their value chain will only cover 1% of EU companies, according to a draft of the proposal seen by EURACTIV.

Myanmar hit out Monday (21 February) at a genocide case brought against it by the Gambia for alleged persecution of Rohingya Muslims, urging the UN's highest court to drop the claim on legal grounds.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's recognition of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics in eastern Ukraine on Monday (21 February), is likely to force the EU to fast-track a decision to impose extensive sanctions on Moscow.

The UN refugee chief voiced alarm Monday (22 February) at increasing violence against refugees and migrants at European borders, warning that rights abuses and illegal pushbacks across frontiers risked becoming "normalised".

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is likely to regress to a maintenance mode with weak and largely unenforceable rules, while regional hegemons move to secure their trade interests unilaterally, according to a new policy paper by the influential economic think tank Bruegel.

Today we will argue that sanctions are a bad thing, but so far, no one has come up with a better way to avoid war, thus making sanctions the lesser of two evils.

Participants of the discussion addressed: - how current European health policy corresponds to the expectations of European citizens; - proposals on how to improve the state of Europeans’ health; - how to create a European Health Union and establish it in the Treaty on European Union; - the dangers of postponing European Health issues for the future.

The amassing of Russian troops at the Ukrainian border has jeopardised Germany's plans to invest in renewable energy production and aid a green transition in Ukraine, the German foreign ministry said on Monday (21 February).