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More than five hours of talks between French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow failed to produce a breakthrough on the Ukraine crisis, but both leaders appeared to see potential in an agreement brokered in 2014-2015. 

The United States and the European Union pledged to work to ensure gas supplies can respond to disruptions in pipeline gas flows, as tensions rise over the massing of troops on Ukraine's borders by Russia, Europe's biggest gas supplier.

Germany’s vice-chancellor Robert Habeck said that Berlin would examine the contentious proposal by the European Commission to include nuclear power and fossil gas in the EU’s sustainable finance rules and potentially file a lawsuit.

An EU-funded certification scheme using blockchain is being developed for rare earths as automakers demand proof that materials used to make magnets for electric vehicles (EVs) are not linked to toxic pollution. The system will set global standards and give...

The Serbian opposition Freedom and Justice Party leader Dragan Đilas has unveiled a video that, according to him, reveals the scheme of how Serbs from the Bosnian entity Republika Srpska are registered as new “inhabitants” of Belgrade, so they can...

The European Investment Bank Group invested €853 million in the Western Balkans in 2021, supporting sustainable development, green transition, digitisation and small and medium enterprises, it was announced on Monday. The EIB invested €560 million in SMEs in the region...

Andrej Plenković, HDZ President and Croatian prime ministe, said after the joint sessions of the presidencies of HDZ and HDZ BiH, said there was still a chance to talk to Bosniak parties about changing the election law and that there...

The Democrats party called for protests on Wednesday near the Church of Christ’s Resurrection if the Assembly Speaker, Aleksa Bečić, is ousted. The discussion was going on in the Assembly on Monday evening. Bečić is the Democrat’s President. Democrats stated that...

Albania ranked first in the region and fifth in Eastern Europe and Central Asia for the number of COVID infections between January 2020 and September 2021, according to a study published by The Lancet, a peer-reviewed medical journal. The study, which looked...

Slovenia recorded an excess mortality rate of 15% last year, when the COVID-19 pandemic was in full swing. November was the worst month, with 49% more people dying on average than in the same period from 2015 to 2019. A...

The Croatian government passed a decree setting the highest prices for petroleum products for a litre of Eurosuper95 at 11.37 kuna (€1.516), Eurodiesel for 11.29 kuna (€1.505) and Eurodiesel BS blue for 6.5 kuna (€0.86) per litre, including VAT. Prime...

Dacian Ciolos has resigned as president of USR, the main opposition party, just four months after he was elected. Ciolos said his resignation was the proper decision after his program to reform the party was rejected by its leadership. After...

KEME Energy, a Portuguese company that implements renewable energy self-consumption projects, will invest €5.2 million in installing a green hydrogen production plant in Sines (Setúbal), it was reported on Monday. The investment aims to install “a green hydrogen production plant by photo...

Czech experts are calling on the government to take concrete measures to limit disinformation’s negative impact on Czech society. “The Czech Republic needs a comprehensive strategy to address this problem and an increase in the resources allocated to it,” experts have said,...

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis sacked agriculture minister Spilios Livanos after a video published on social media saw him “laughing” over comments about the 2007 wildfires, which killed 84 people. The video shows the mayor of Sparta sitting next to Livanos...

The sports we love are threatened by new measures to slash funding. A proposed European Parliament ban on alcohol sponsorship could doom sports events and clubs across the EU. MEPs need to vote to save sport sponsorship.

Almost half of the Finnish people would be ready to support NATO membership if politicians lead the membership campaign, a new survey commissioned by the newspaper Maaseudun Tulevaisuus shows. According to the survey, 45% would approve of NATO membership if...

Ireland’s Environment Minister Eamon Ryan will on Tuesday launch a programme to deliver grants of over €25,000 to households to assist them in installing better insulation. Ryan is set to announce the details of the scheme, which is part of...

Northern Ireland’s agriculture minister Edwin Poots on Monday defended his order to stop Irish Sea border checks, insisting that it was based on “sound legal advice”, which he said would now “be tested” in court. Last week, Poots, a member...

After earlier trips to Hungary, Slovaks have been heading to Polish gas stations since February, refuelling several hundred thousand litres of fuel in canisters because of cheaper gas. In response, Poland decided to set up controls on borders. Gas and...