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Health, purchasing power and the fight against terrorism are the three issues that the French would like to see highlighted during the French EU Council presidency. More than three in every four French people believe the French EU Council presidency...

President Rumen Radev openly criticised Prime Minister Kiril Petkov for his visit to Skopje in January, explaining that the visit was “hasty” given the actions of Macedonian President Stevo Pendarovski. A few days ago, Pendarovski met with representatives of Ilinden-Pirin,...

Ukraine, Poland, and the UK are working to form a trilateral alliance, the leaders of the three countries announced as the Polish and British prime ministers visited Kyiv on Tuesday. “We are creating a new format of political cooperation in...

Supplies of Russian gas will continue to arrive in Italy regularly, Russian President Vladimir Putin assured Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi in a phone call on Monday. This information was confirmed by the Tass Russian News Agency, which quoted the...

A €1 million government fund will provide free talking therapy for people impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced on Tuesday. The funding is part of the broader €10 million allocated for mental health in Ireland’s current budget and...

The European Commission should not include gas in the current EU taxonomy, Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark wrote in a letter ahead of the Commission’s much-anticipated delegated act that will rule whether fossil gas or nuclear power are sustainable....

There is no European or EU stability without Russia, said Croatian President Zoran Milanović, adding that “Russia is a factor in that equation, and we should have an agreement with Russia.” Milanović accused the UK of “inciting” and believes that pushing...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will try to leverage his strategic position in NATO and his rapport with Russia's Vladimir Putin when he visits Kyiv on Thursday (3 January) in a bid to head off war in Ukraine.

France will not be cowed by the junta in Mali to stop its counter-terrorism operations in the Sahel region and will also focus on supporting Gulf of Guinea nations to prevent militants crossing into their territories, its foreign minister said.

Google’s parent firm Alphabet announced quarterly profits Tuesday that beat expectations and nearly doubled in 2021 — after a booming holiday season for the online ads giant facing antitrust regulation scrutiny. The tech giant had a net income of $20.6...

The European co-legislators agreed on a new mandate for Europol, closing a controversy over the agency's data processing practices.

Facing a worrying winter drought, Portugal's government on Tuesday (2 February) ordered some of the country's hydropower dams to temporarily limit water use for electricity production and irrigation, prioritising human consumption instead.

Amid simmering tensions between the West and Russia, the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán blasted the ineffectiveness of the EU's punitive sanctions on Moscow and hailed his successful relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

It is something of a paradox, but thanks to Vladimir Putin's muscle-flexing, Ukraine has moved out of Europe's twilight zone to the centre stage. The question is, for how long.

A report from World Health Organisation (WHO) found that COVID-19 response resulted in 'tens of thousands of tonnes' of additional medical waste, calling for better management of health care waste at all levels - from hospitals to landfills.

The EU Commission is proposing individual learning accounts to equip Europeans with the necessary skills for the coming transitions. Some workers’ representatives, however, fear that this might leave workers with the brunt of the responsibility.

Digital matters have been noticeably missing from the debates leading up to the French presidential elections in April leading to civil society organisations calling on candidates to give more importance to innovation or skills, EURACTIV France reports.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a decree on Tuesday (1 February) to boost Ukraine’s armed forces by 100,000 troops over three years and raise soldiers’ pay, as European leaders lined up to back him in a stand-off with Russia. Zelenskiy...

2022 will be "a turning point" for Europe. The winds of change blowing from some member states are bringing the EU into a new era, write Anna Echterhoff and Sandro Gozi.

Research access to platform data in the Digital Services Act (DSA) should be further extended to cover journalists and NGOs, Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa told the European Parliament on Tuesday (1 February).