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Promised reform to the appointing and governing of specialised tribunals made by the Maltese government under the EU’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) has not borne fruit, and now a case has been filed against Industrial Tribunal members over...

Europe needs a new vision how to close the gap with its digital competitors. The DIGITAL SME Summit will demonstrate that this vision can only begin by putting SMEs, the majority of Europe’s industrial base, at the centre of all actions.

The Belgian government is expected to give the EU Commission’s proposals to address critical medicine shortages “firm” attention during the country’s Presidency of the EU Council in January, a Belgian official told Euractiv.

SHENGJIN, ALBANIA: The Albanian Media and Information Agency has published more details of the agreement between Albania and Italy that would see the creation of asylum seeker processing centres in the country, facilitating the applications of up to 36,000 individuals...

Defence spending could be granted special status in the EU fiscal rules under the new economic governance review (EGR) in a bid to encourage member state investment in this area, according to a draft compromise seen by Euractiv.

Portugal could be headed for snap elections after Prime Minister António Costa’s resignation on Tuesday amid a high-level corruption probe, while polls reveal Costa’s socialist PS party has lost 11.4% of voting intention since the 2022 parliamentary election. Costa resigned...

The Czech Pirate Party has selected former EU Parliament vice-president and current Quaestor of the European Parliament Marcel Kolaja as its nominee for the post of European Commissioner via intra-party voting. Kolaja has been working on the single market, digitalisation,...

Funding for a measure that allows Italian residents with a certain income to have state coverage for their psychotherapy sessions should be increased next year, according to an amendment put forward by coalition partner Forza Italia, echoing calls from the...

Kazakhstan is ready to transport more Russian oil and gas, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev told the Russian daily Izvestia in remarks published early on Wednesday (8 November), a day before President Vladimir Putin was set to visit his country.

Negotiators from acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s PSOE (S&D) and the Catalan separatist formation JxCat have dashed hopes of Sanchez securing a renewed mandate this week, as the negotiating parties said they needed more time to work out the final...

German immigration authorities may be too hostile to foreigners, making it harder for the country to tackle looming labour shortages, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Tuesday, as Germany, like other European countries, desperately needs skilled workers. Last year, the...

Israel's ground forces in the Gaza Strip aimed on Wednesday (8 November) to locate and disable Hamas militants' vast tunnel network beneath the enclave, the next phase in an Israeli offensive that has killed thousands of Palestinians.

While Belgrade has made some progress in the judiciary, limited progress was made in the rule of law, the fight against corruption, organised crime, and freedom of expression, according to Serbia’s 2023 report, which the EU Commission will officially release...

The Ukrainian government called on Poland to stop the truckers who are protesting against their government’s inaction over the loss of business to foreign competitors during Russia’s war on Ukraine by blocking roads to three border crossings with Ukraine on...

Revelations that the Netherlands continues to send spare parts for F-35 fighter jets to Israel after the outbreak of the Israeli-Palestinian war, despite warnings from Foreign Ministry officials, have landed the Dutch cabinet in hot water, with lawmakers and academics...

Storm Ciaran, which broke wind records across France and the rest of Western Europe, has hit the Atlantic coast hard and left significant human, material and financial damages.

New genomic techniques are unavoidable and could considerably reduce the use of pesticides without affecting food production, some European agricultural players have argued, though NGOs and environmental groups have been sceptical.

EU co-legislators reached a deal on transparency and targeting of political advertising on Monday evening (8 November), including the targeting of online ads and the role of a new European public repository.

After the surprise failure of the year-long negotiations between the EU and Australia for a free-trade agreement, representatives of Germany’s export-oriented industries strongly criticised the disproportionate influence of agricultural interests on trade deals.

Jeremy Corbyn, former leader of the British Labour Party, was banned from speaking at a conference in Berlin this week by the hosting venue due to his “stance on the Middle East”, the venue confirmed on Tuesday (7 October).