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The German government hopes the EU-Africa Summit that ends Friday (18 February) will mark a new beginning in Africa policy, with development and energy policy, in particular, being at the forefront. EURACTIV Germany reports.

Greece's ruling centre-right New Democracy party (European People’s Party) has expelled EU lawmaker Giorgios Kyrtsos from its ranks because of his criticism against the government over media freedom and the handling of the pandemic.

The EU "is there" for African farmers and food producers with development support should the increased European green agriculture standards create trade barriers, according to a Commission official.

Europe's liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals have limited available capacity to absorb extra supply from the United States or other major producers in the event of Russian gas disruption if it invades Ukraine.

Scaling up offshore renewable energy capacity is essential to reach Europe’s climate goals, but permits for new sites need to be approved quicker, according to the European Parliament.

The EU must work with Africa to develop hydrogen as part of a broader economic and development cooperation agenda moving beyond resource production and extraction, writes Eleonora Moro.

It’s another big table as Sholz has to slum it, #RuleofLaw discourse continues to plummet, and leaders in town for EU Africa Summit.

Russia told the US on Thursday (17 February) it should withdraw arms and personnel from new NATO members, and that it and NATO must legally commit to stop NATO enlargement eastward.

A German army convoy of 130 soldiers and 60 vehicles reached Lithuania on Thursday (17 February), bringing almost half of planned reinforcements for the country's German-led NATO battlegroup amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The EU has made a coordinated push to help support African states to prepare their health systems for the next pandemic, but without appearing to give any ground on the main short–term demand of African leaders to allow them to produce COVID vaccines.

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Two of the Spanish Eurofighters, who arrived to beef up Bulgaria’s defense, took off for an alert flight on the day of the ceremony to mark their arrival, Bulgarian media reported.

Kosovo celebrated 14 years of independence on Thursday as some of its former leaders face charges of war crimes stemming from their armed struggle against the then genocidal Serbian state. Hashim Thaci, the former leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army...

Serb entity Republika Srpska (RS) has sent a letter to EU institutions trying to explain its legal motions in the National Assembly as a way of preserving the Dayton Peace Accords. RS public television published a document titled “All actions under the consideration...

Slovenia is still among the NATO countries with the lowest defence spending, ranking 25th in terms of efforts to have 2% of GDP allocated for defence and 26th when it comes to defence investments, the latest figures released by NATO...

Croatia will be able to use money from the European Solidarity Fund for earthquake relief for an extra year until June 2023, following a meeting between Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. “Glad to...

Romania only administered half of the 32.5 million COVID-19 vaccines it has received so far, Valeriu Gheorghita, the head of the vaccination campaign, has confirmed. Romania has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the EU and many severe cases...

Representatives of eight Serbian opposition parties signed an Agreement for a Responsible Serbia on Thursday, focussing on solidarity, rule of law, media freedom and the environment. The agreement consists of two articles and eight paragraphs and results from an initiative...

Only one of four proposals comprising Slovakia’s court map reform progressed to a second reading in parliament, jeopardising access to funds from the EU’s recovery plan. The proposals, related to judicial reforms and the so-called court map are included in...

Energy policy was the main topic of discussion between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS), who visited Brussels for the first time Thursday. Fiala visited Brussels in his capacity as prime minister...