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Albania has fallen down the list of the world’s most corrupt countries, coming in at 110 out of 180. This marks a decline of 27 places since 2016, and six places since 2020, according to Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index for 2021....

A suspected bomb exploded on Monday (24 January) night at the home of the head of the Albanian Football Federation (KSHF), Armand Duka, following threats against his life and a public spat with the Mayor of Tirana Erion Veliaj over upcoming elections....

The pro-Serbian and pro-Russian Democratic Front (DF) would like to be part of the new government Dritan Abazović, the civic movement URA leader, is trying to form, Andrija Mandić, one of the party’s leaders told Serbian agency Tanjug. Mandić has one...

The prime ministers of Bulgaria and North Macedonia, Kiril Petkov and Dimitar Kovačevski met on Tuesday in Sofia in a new attempt to defuse tensions between the two neighbours. “We are here because we are not afraid of crises and...

Greater standardisation in design "has to be the way forward" in order to make it worthwhile economically to recycle lightweight packaging such as crisp packets. In practice, this also means reducing the variety of packaging available to the food and drink industry, says Joachim Quoden.

President Zoran Milanović has once again defended the Serb member of the tripartite BiH presidency, Milorad Dodik, calling any Croat voting for EU sanctions against him a traitor. “If someone from Croatia votes for those sanctions, for me, they will...

Senior EU officials Josep Borrell and Oliver Varhelyi hailed on Tuesday Serbia’s progress toward gaining EU membership by opening Cluster 4 of the membership negotiations. The EU’s chief diplomat also warned that there was no place in the EU for...

Latvia's defence ministry on Tuesday (25 January) accused Moscow of using the "pretext" of Covid to cancel a scheduled arms inspection in two regions in western Russia this week.

Serbia scored 38 points in the corruption perception index for 2021, retaining its lowest ever ranking for the second year in a row, Transparency International said on Tuesday. Serbia ranked 96th among180 countries and territories on the corruption perception index...

Slovenia placed 41st out of 180 countries in Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perception Index. Down six spots compared to last year, this is the country’s poorest showing since 2013 – a performance the justice ministry dismissed as “not necessarily reflecting...

The government welcomed the OECD Council’s decision to open accession discussions with Romania, 18 years after the country presented its candidacy. “OECD membership will consolidate Romania’s international profile and ensure access to the expertise of an international organisation valued for...

Croatia would in no way get involved in the Ukraine crisis if it escalated, nor send its soldiers if that were the case, said President Zoran Milanović after visiting the Kraš chocolate factory on Tuesday. Ukraine does not belong in...

Since negotiations between the government and teachers’ unions on improving work conditions have been unsuccessful, Telex reported that teachers are now preparing to strike following the executive’s “absurd” proposals. Hungarian teachers have been calling for an increase in pay and...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday maintained its growth forecast for the Spanish economy at 5.8% for 2022, a figure significantly above other EU countries such as Germany, France and Italy. In its update of the “World Economic Outlook”...

While the European Union is setting out its 2050 net-zero strategy, it has become apparent that the transition to a zero and low-carbon economy is an enormous task and much harder than originally anticipated.

The Greens are facing an identity crisis as their poor result in the recent county council elections sparked a debate about the party’s future direction. Registered in 1988, the Finnish Green party was the first ecological party in Europe to...

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), announced on Tuesday that it had presented an expression of interest in the purchase of Ita airways, controlled by the Italian state. “MSC group”, reads the statement, “has expressed its interest in acquiring a majority stake...

Meteorologists have said they had warned with “great accuracy” about a snowstorm that has paralysed the country for three days. Previously, to justify its unpreparedness, the government said the snowstorm came earlier than projected. “As a scientist, I feel that...

Portugal improved one position in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2021, pointing the finger at an anti-corruption strategy that leaves out political power and the Bank of Portugal. For the Portuguese representation of the international organisation, the existence of a...

A new bill published by the Irish government will set a legal framework for employees and employers to negotiate remote working conditions as a phased post-lockdown return to work is underway this week. The proposed legislation will require employers to...