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Germany and France laid out differing visions for the future of the European economy Monday (17 January), signalling a fight later this year to overhaul the bloc's strict rules on government spending.

Goods exports from Great Britain to Ireland have dropped by 20% since the United Kingdom left the single market, according to data published on Monday by Ireland’s Central Statistics Office.

As the world battles climate change, it is imperative for all elements of society, from governments to businesses to individual citizens, to work together. In Japan, this principle is deeply ingrained.

Deputy Prime Minister and leader of URA (the Civic Movement United Reform Action) Dritan Abazović has proposed a minority government without the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), led by President Milo Đukanović and the pro-Serbian Democratic Front (DF). The current...

Russia sees the discrimination against Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina and insists on honouring the Dayton Peace Agreement and implementing electoral reform, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in Moscow. “I can confirm that we, too, like our Croatian colleagues, stand...

Russia sees Croatia as “a respected European partner” with which it has historical and cultural ties. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a press conference after meeting with his Croatian counterpart, Gordan Grlić Radman, in Moscow. When the visit was...

The government coalition is still looking for ways to ease the burden of energy prices on vulnerable consumers and companies, while the opposition is demanding ministerial resignations. The government analysed several proposals to lower the impact of energy price increases...

President Rumen Radev signed a decree on Monday appointing Judge Galina Zaharova as chairperson of the Supreme Court of Cassation after she was unanimously elected by Bulgaria’s Supreme Judicial Council on 15 January. Zaharova will thus be the first woman...

Hungary, one of the EU countries with the least stringent COVID-19 restrictions, has faced a new spike in coronavirus infections this week due to the fast-spreading Omicron variant. On Monday, the country registered 270 deaths over 72 hours, and over...

A draft law on freedom of speech online, first presented last year, is ready for the government’s approval and submission to parliament, Deputy Minister Michał Woś said. This is the ministry’s answer to Facebook’s recent decision to remove the FB...

The government will approve on Tuesday a royal decree that develops a national State Plan for Access to Housing 2022-2025, endowed with €432 million, and a rental aid voucher for young people, with a budget of €200 million, EURACTIV’s partner...

More than two million Italians, or one in four aged 15-29, were not working or studying in 2020, according to a report from the Institute of National Statistics, ISTAT. This is the highest rate in the EU, which has a...

Several Russian Navy landing ships that were cruising in the Baltic Sea are now leaving, according to the Swedish Armed Forces. “They have left in a west-north-westerly direction, and they are on their way out of the Baltic Sea with...

Greek MEP from ruling New Democracy party (EPP) Giorgos Kyrtsos has strongly criticised the government over the quality of press freedom in Greece, hinting that Brussels will soon react.  “Should we discuss whether there is freedom of the press in...

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has initiated an inquiry into a gathering held by officials from his department in June 2020 while the country was in lockdown. Controversy has been mounting over the event held in celebration of Ireland winning...

The Paris Criminal Court slapped far-right candidate Éric Zemmour Monday with a €10,000 fine for his comments on young migrants. He will appeal this decision, which he considers “ideological and stupid”. The judgement against Zemmour follows comments he made about...

Unofficial results say 61.84% voted ‘yes’ in the referendum on changes in the election of judges and prosecutors, which Serbia says should boost the independence of courts and the country’s EU bid. However, turnout was estimated at a little over...

Experts advising on the European Union's sustainable finance taxonomy are concerned a draft plan to include gas and nuclear relies too heavily on promises to make those fuels green in future, rather than assessing their real impact today.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gave Spanish Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez no indication his left-leaning government is ready to support a relaxation of EU fiscal rules, even as the two agreed to work closer together on European policies.

If the Russian-Ukrainian conflict turns hot again, the response of the West will not be as muted as in 2014 when Crimea was invaded and annexed, writes Róbert Vass.