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The situation between Russia and Ukraine is “highly volatile”, and it is necessary to avoid “the self-fulfilling character” of the crisis, the Elysée Palace said on Monday. More specifically, the reasons for this “volatility” are linked to the “Russian military...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday (24 January) was given the chance to challenge at Britain's highest court a decision allowing him to be extradited to the United States to face 18 criminal charges including breaking a spying law.

A small protest took place on the border of Kosovo and North Macedonia on Monday following the introduction of new COVID-19 travel rules. Anyone wishing to enter Kosovo must now provide a vaccine certificate with three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, or...

On Monday, Serbia unlawfully extradited a Bahraini national to his home country despite the European Court of Human Rights issuing an injunction against the extradition procedure, the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights has warned. Serbia’s decision to repatriate despite the Court’s...

Facebook's parent company Meta announced on Monday (24 January) it was launching one of the world's most powerful supercomputers to boost its capacity to process data, despite persistent disputes over privacy and disinformation.

Activists in the Albanian capital of Tirana protested the three-day closure of schools due to cold temperatures outside the education ministry, while accusing the government of misspending taxpayer funds. All schools throughout the country would be closed for at least...

Robert Golob, who has been ousted as chairman of energy trader Gen-I, has ended weeks of speculation by announcing he will enter the general election race, a move that polls indicate might upend the balance of political power in the...

Two men were taken to court for posting insulting comments below an article on a local news portal announcing a visit by Prime Minister Andrej Plenković to the coastal city of Zadar, local police said on 20 January. According to...

Economic Development Minister Jakov Milatović will replace Foreign Minister Đorđe Radulović as chairman of the State Delegation of Montenegro for accession talks with the EU, the government has decided. It is not excluded that Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapić will sign...

The Bucharest authorities have reached no agreement with the representatives of public transport workers, which staged a strike at the end of last week demanding higher wages. The Romanian capital has barely seen any public transport vehicles on its streets...

A blanket of heavy snow covered the Greek capital on Monday, from the Acropolis hill to the coast in the south, disrupting air traffic, bringing transport to a halt and leaving scores of drivers stranded overnight in a highway.

The world faces some formidable environmental challenges, from the climate crisis to plastic waste and deforestation, but they are not insurmountable. With a will, and with the right resources, we can tackle them. This is a task for all of...

Eighty-one per cent of Slovaks want social media platforms like Facebook to remove content that is proven false, while two in three believe social media is responsible for society’s mood regarding the pandemic, a recent survey organised by MEP Vladimír...

The Hungarian government has allegedly hired a Washington DC lobbyist who is linked to Israeli company NSO Group, the creators of  Pegasus spyware, to prepare for potential US sanctions, Telex reported via Direkt36. A multinational investigation in which Direkt36 participated revealed last summer that the software was...

A newly drafted agreement between Czechia and Poland on the Turów coal mine violates EU law, Czech environment, and legal experts have warned. The agreement aims to solve the dispute between the two countries over the extended license for the...

Left-wing party Unidas Podemos (United We Can) is being asked to show “containment” in its statements on the situation in Ukraine and not jeopardise Spain’s relationship with NATO, government spokesperson Isabel Rodríguez of the ruling socialist party PSOE said on...

After a heavy snowstorm paralysed Athens, the Greek army was asked to intervene and help citizens who were trapped in their cars for hours. Despite initial guarantees that the state was prepared, the government has lost control of the situation....

On their first visit to Europe since returning to power, the Taliban held landmark talks with Western diplomats in Oslo over the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, a meeting the Islamist regime's delegation called an "achievement in itself".

MP Morten Messerschmidt was elected to lead the far-right Danish People’s Party (Danske Folkeparti, DF) on 23 January. However, his conviction for misusing EU funds, and leadership style have raised doubts about his future hold on the party. It was...

The liberal-conservative National Coalition Party, currently in opposition, has come out on top in the country’s first-ever county council elections. Created after years of political wrangling, the new 21 councils will be responsible for organising health and social care and...