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Slovenian banks and businesses will help finance a substantial part of the estimated €10 billion reconstruction bill after devastating floods in August destroyed homes and infrastructure across much of the country, according to a bill approved by the government on...

In this episode, the Beyond the Byline podcast looks into the results of the Dutch elections, which saw the party of anti-Islam populist, Geert Wilders, lead the polls. The success of Wilders’ Freedom Party (PVV) signalled a notable rightwards shift...

State-owned natural gas transmission and storage system operator Bulgartransgaz is set to collect nearly €130 million from a tax introduced two months ago on Russian gas imports, the operator’s CEO, Vladimir Malinov, said on Thursday amid fears Bulgaria will get...

People with ties to Prime Minister Robert Fico’s Smer party who were prosecuted for corruption allegations could be left with a slap on the wrist instead of jail time as the Slovak Justice Ministry works on criminal code reforms –...

Former prime minister Florin Cîțu and former health ministers Vlad Voiculescu and Ioana Mihăilă allegedly procured many more COVID-19 doses than necessary, according to Romania’s National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA), which on Thursday formally requested their immunity be lifted. Between January...

Poland’s ruling PiS party invited all other parliamentary parties to meet and discuss potential coalitions, with Confederation being the only party that has so far accepted even though it rules out governing with others. The Confederation party was initially going...

Germany thought it could provide the necessary investments for the green transition, all the while adhering to its strict budget rules. It turned out it could not, and this should give everyone pause for thought about the EU’s own fiscal rules.

The United States’ Big Tech companies, European countries, well-connected European startups, and former French Ministers are all using their considerable influence and political capital to drastically alter the European rules on Artificial Intelligence through extensive lobbying.

Israel and Hamas started a four-day ceasefire on 24 November with the release of 13 Israeli women and child hostages later in the day and aid to flow into the besieged Gaza enclave, a first pause in the seven-week-old war.

Greek media reacted negatively on Thursday to the victory of the Dutch far-right PVV party in the recent elections saying its leader Geert Wilders built his career on bashing Greece in a populist way during the economic crisis years ago.

In the wake of the migrant crisis at the Finnish-Russian border, neighbouring Estonia said it will not let migrants sent by Russia onto its soil but will stop them at the border, Estonian Interior Minister Lauri Läänemets said on Thursday....

MEP Nicolae Ștefănuță, who defected from the liberals (USR/Renew) in March, will run independently in the EU elections “to obtain a win for the Green family in Romania”, while he opposes the mainstream green party, which lacks “credibility”, he told...

Germany will suspend its constitutional ‘debt brake’ in 2023 by declaring a state of emergency, Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP/Renew) announced on Thursday, following a Constitutional Court ruling that questioned the legality of Germany’s €200 billion ‘energy shield’ to stabilise...

Three young children were among five people injured in a knife attack in Dublin on Thursday that sparked riots in the city centre and which police have not yet ruled out any motive over, including whether it could be terror-related.

The Finance Ministry, which is in the hands of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS, ECR), and the National Bank, believes Czechia should meet the main criteria to adopt the euro next year, but they do not recommend any steps to...

Germany’s €100 billion special fund to boost its defence capabilities will not be affected by an emergency budget freeze, the Defence Ministry clarified on Thursday following the uncertainty caused by a court that ruled parts of Germany’s spending commitments unconstitutional....

Dutch people should have a say on their EU future as the British did several years ago via a referendum, France’s far-right politician Marine Le Pen said on Thursday following the victory of Geert Wilders’ Party of Freedom (PVV, Identity...

Clear contradictions, confusing communication and questions about the involvement of a major pharmaceutical lobby group in the publishing and unpublishing of a medical study filled the room at the latest meeting of the Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA).

The EU Council of Ministers considers the data protection framework a ‘success’ and does not call for a reopening of the legislation but a comprehensive evaluation next year, according to its position seen by Euractiv.

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez urged his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday (22 November) to offer the Palestinian people a perspective of peace and not only a military response to the Hamas terrorist attack,  Spanish government sources told EFE.