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Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called on the European Commission Sunday to approve the government plans to temporarily cut value-added tax on gas, a decision that the Commission has so far been unwilling to take. The PM said lowering VAT on...

Paramilitary fighters from the Russia-linked Wagner group star in a new film singing their praises for interventions against rebels in the Central African Republic and elsewhere on the continent.

Austria’s unvaccinated will no longer have to be in lockdown from Monday as COVID-19 vaccines will be made mandatory the following day on Tuesday, the government announced last week. “The lockdown for the unvaccinated will end Monday,” said Chancellor Karl...

Russia will move naval exercises scheduled to begin this week out of Ireland’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) following a backlash from the government and fishing industry. News broke last weekend that Russia planned to hold naval drills 240 kilometres off...

The UK government is under pressure to scrap a planned tax increase due to come into force in April, with lawmakers from the opposition and governing Conservative party warning that it will hurt workers facing hikes in the cost of...

Finnish diplomats working on missions abroad have been targeted with the Pegasus spyware developed by Israeli company NSO Group. The malware has infected Apple or Android phones without users noticing or taking action, the foreign ministry said. The ministry assured...

The Socialist Party and António Costa won Sunday’s snap parliamentary elections, with 41.7% and 117 seats giving Costa and his party the right to rule solo. A stable government is crucial for Portugal to make the most of a €16.6...

President Sergio Mattarella, whose mandate would have expired 3 February, was re-elected on  29 January with 759 votes to serve as Italy’s president for a second term. On the same day, Prime Minister Mario Draghi asked Mattarella to remain in...

The UK government will introduce new legislation allowing it to change or scrap retained European Union laws, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday (31 January) to mark two years since Brexit.

President Zoran Milanović called foreign minister, Gordan Grlić Radman, ‘dumb’ for holding an official visit to Moscow on 17 January marking the president’s latest attack on the government regarding foreign policy. “The dumb foreign minister visited Moscow the other day,” Milanović...

Czech police are investigating whether the Presidential office intentionally shredded an intelligence report on the involvement of Russian agents in the 2014 ammunition deposit blast, Czech Radio and weekly Respekt reported. According to media reports, Czech police wanted to analyse...

The potential introduction of mandatory COVID-19 vaccines in Germany could have repercussions on the job market, as unvaccinated people would lose their claim to unemployment benefits and employers would be allowed to turn down applicants if they are not vaccinated....

Welcome to EURACTIV’s Global Europe Brief, your weekly update on the EU from a global perspective. You can subscribe to receive our newsletter here. In this week’s edition: Reporting from Eastern Ukraine, EU-Africa relations and more. After eight years of war in...

After eight years of war in its east, Ukraine is torn between preparations and its officials trying to keep calm over the Russian invasion threat. Here’s how the country braces for what could come.

Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Saturday (29 January) rejected calls for an international probe into a bloody crisis in the ex-Soviet country and said he had no plans to change the constitution to extend his rule.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Joe Biden pledged on Friday (28 January) to cooperate on guaranteeing Europe’s and Ukraine’s energy security amid a standoff triggered by Russia amassing troops at Ukraine's border.

Stop the press; migration from the Middle East and North Africa into Europe is not going to end.

French Health Minister Olivier Véran detailed the key health priorities of the French EU Council presidency on Thursday (27 January), highlighting the launch of a new label called "European Hospital" to strengthen health systems and support cooperation across Europe. EURACTIV France reports.

The EU needs to look at offering African states a new regime of organised legal migration routes, alongside cooperation between both sides on security and border control management, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday (27 January).

President Vladimir Putin said on Friday (28 January) the United States and NATO had not addressed Russia's main security demands in their standoff over Ukraine but that Moscow was ready to keep talking.