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The Hungarian defence ministry will send troops to its eastern region, announced Defence Minister Tibor Benkő after receiving instructions from Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The country’s security is of utmost importance, and the border must be reinforced, said Benkő, Hungary...

The government approved on Tuesday the “homeland defence draft bill,” which allows Polish forces to be quickly enhanced amid the Russian aggression in neighbouring Ukraine, Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak has said. The bill, if passed by parliament, will accelerate the...

The Bulgarian Socialist Party distanced itself from its ruling coalition partners and refused to unequivocally condemn the Russian invasion of Donbas and the recognition of the independence of separatist-controlled territories. The MPs from “Democratic Bulgaria”, “Change Continues” and “There is...

Events in Ukraine indicate that the world is not going to be a safe place in the coming years, Czech Army chief Aleš Opata said on Tuesday, adding that the Czech Republic cannot behave as if it is not concerned by...

The investigation into the murder of Ambassador Luca Attanasio and police officer Vittorio Iacovacci in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 22 February 2021 was closed on Monday as it was found that his kidnappers had demanded $50,000. Rocco...

The debate on whether the escalating situation in Ukraine justifies an exception and allowing arms deliveries is gaining ground in Finland and Sweden – countries with traditionally restrictive arms export policies. Legislation in Finland and Sweden forbids arms exports to...

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said he would condemn Russia’s recognition of the independence of separatist regions in eastern Ukraine if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemns NATO’s bombing campaign against Serbia in 1999 on television. His statement comes in response to...

Brexit may have been a reality for more than a year, with most opposition politicians reluctant to talk about it anymore, but that does not mean that it has broad public acceptance in the UK.

EU foreign ministers unanimously agreed on Tuesday (22 February) on an initial set of sanctions against Russia, putting politicians and officials on EU blacklists, banning trading in Russian state bonds, and targeting imports and exports with separatist entities.

European lawmakers are preparing a letter to ask Europe’s football governing body UEFA not to host the final of its most prestigious competition next May in St Petersburg, Russia.

Talks on restoring a deal to curb Iran's nuclear programme and ease sanctions are near conclusion, a Russian envoy said, and sources close to the negotiations said a prisoner swap between Iran and the United States is expected soon.

Britain on Tuesday (22 February) slapped sanctions on Gennady Timchenko and two other billionaires with close links to Vladimir Putin after the Kremlin chief ordered the deployment of troops to two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.

Listening to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin’s revisionism on Monday evening (21 February), one could easily assume that time machines do exist. But it’s really Putin’s next move that should give headaches to European diplomats.  

As tensions run high between the West and Russia over the situation along the Ukrainian border, EURACTIV France analyses the positions of April's presidential election candidates on Moscow.

Even before Russia declared Donetsk and Luhansk independent regions, flights to Ukraine from the West had already been cancelled en masse, to the frustration of Ukrainian authorities.

Biogas production has been earmarked as a key way to help fortify the EU's struggling farm sector against burgeoning energy costs, according to a draft of the European Commission’s communication on energy prices due to be published next month.

Join this EURACTIV Virtual Conference to discuss the new economic and environmental challenges for the construction sector, particularly for South-Eastern Europe.

Germany has put a halt to the certification of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline in response to Russia’s recognition of the two breakaway regions in the Ukrainian Donbas and announced that it would revaluate the procedure.

As the end of the European Union's year-long participatory democracy experiment draws nearer, 23 out of 27 member states have failed to finalise their final recommendations, calling their dedication to the initiative into question.

Europe's energy system cannot rely solely on renewable electricity and will need back-up from other energy carriers such as hydrogen, according to officials involved in mapping Europe's future grid infrastructure.