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The Bulgarian government decided on Thursday to compensate natural gas traders who helped fill the state-owned Chiren gas storage facility with  278 million leva (€142 million) after the sudden cut-off of Russian gas supplies in late April 2022.

Portugal's government is moving ahead with a minimum 15% taxation mechanism for multinational and national groups, according to the package of measures approved at Thursday's cabinet meeting.

The Spanish government should curb the massive influx of illegal migrants with all the means at its disposal, including the deployment of the military and navy to better control its borders, Miguel Tellado, parliamentary spokesman for Partido Popular (PP/EPP) has said.

Italy’s Five Star Movement (M5S) has officially joined the European left-wing group, but total acceptance in the group will depend on a six-month probation period of “mutual engagement”.

Poland's PiS MEPs have turned down an offer from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to join his new Patriots of Europe group, deciding instead to accept Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's offer to remain in her hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR).

A duo of Russian pranksters who often target and compromise people the Russian state is interested in have been given a top state award in the Kremlin, the RIA state news agency reported on Thursday (4 July).

With the Rassemblement national (RN) inching closer than ever towards taking power in France, many French diplomats fear what having to serve under a far-right government might bring.

EU governments' efforts to harmonise rail rules across the EU have been slow and uneven, according to a new report by the EU agency for railways (ERA), resulting in cross-border incompatibilities that are hampering rail use.

More migrants and refugees are embarking on dangerous journeys across Africa towards the southern shores of the Mediterranean Sea where they face growing risk of abuse such as kidnapping and organ theft, a UN-backed report said on Friday (5 July).

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Joe Biden on Thursday (4 July) he has decided to send a delegation to resume stalled negotiations on a hostage release deal with Hamas, their administrations said.

Despite the EU’s attempts to keep up with AI updates’ breakneck speed, NGOs fear the union is taking a step back in the demanding fight to regulate the technology.

The Chinese government urged the European Union to “meet China halfway” to resolve the ongoing trade dispute over electric vehicles on Thursday (4 July), as Beijing steps up its efforts to ensure that the provisional tariffs on China-made EVs that will enter into force on Friday do not become permanent.

Keir Starmer has a daunting in-tray when his Labour party gets to work governing Britain after almost a decade and a half in opposition.

The first month of a Keir Starmer premiership will be a whirlwind of international diplomacy including meetings with US President Joe Biden and European leaders.

The exit polls are in and the makeup of the UK parliament as a result of the 2024 general election is set to be completely different.

AI-based cybersecurity and emergency services components in internet-connected devices are expected to be classified as high-risk in the context of the AI Act, according to a European Commission document seen by Euractiv.

The United States is such an important country: Whatever they decide affects us so much that it's almost like the whole world should be allowed to vote in US elections. With these provocative words, I started an opinion piece written exactly twenty years ago.

German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, the favourite to become chancellor next year, said his government would collaborate with a French cabinet led by the far-right RN, which might take over after the French elections.

Everything indicates the far-right Identity and Democracy (ID) group is set to collapse in favour of the newly created ‘Patriots for Europe’, which aims to gather all radical right forces beyond the Conservatives (ECR) group.

Pressure from German negotiators to repeal proposed tariffs on Chinese electric cars is set to intensify in the coming weeks after the Commission confirmed on Thursday (4 July) that provisional duties kick in from Friday, pending final approval from the member states.