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Slovenian police have charged former Anti-Money Laundering Agency director Damjan Žugelj and his closest associates with abuse of office in what some media are calling an unjustified crackdown on opponents of former prime minister Janez Janša. The Office for Money...

A civil rights activist leading a movement to expose malpractice and corruption is suing the Public Prosecutor’s Office for €15,000 for four months of illegal wiretapping, already confirmed by the National Intelligence Directorate. In the summer of 2020, Georgi Georgiev...

Albania’s ruling Socialist Party and the opposition Democratic Party reached a rare agreement in parliament on Thursday over a resolution condemning the terrorist attack in north Serbia, carried out on 24 September. The EU-dubbed terrorist attack saw ethnic Serbs kill...

On Thursday, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) adopted the Czech rapporteur’s watered-down version of the Commission’s Euro 7 proposal, giving industry more time to prepare for the new pollution standards and echoing the Czech government’s push at the Council level.

Malta’s capital city, Valletta, is at risk of losing its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to the government and particularly the Culture Ministry’s inaction on implementing recommendations from the international cultural heritage body, some dating back over...

Fatih Birol, the chief of the International Energy Agency (IEA), is urging the European Union to back a clean cooking initiative for Africa at the upcoming COP28 climate summit in Dubai, telling Euractiv in an exclusive interview that this is “the number one issue” for the continent.

German left-wing party Die Linke (GUE/NGL) is on the verge of a split, with the charismatic former group leader Sahra Wagenknecht threatening to run with her own party in the European elections. 

The US must prepare for possible simultaneous wars with Russia and China by expanding its conventional forces, strengthening alliances and enhancing its nuclear weapons modernization program, a congressionally appointed bipartisan panel said on Thursday (12 October).

European Parliament Vice-President Othmar Karas has announced his intention to retire from EU politics after 25 years in service, citing his party’s rightward drift and Austria’s lack of constructive engagement in the bloc. Karas has been the face of Austria’s...

The Dutch parliament is struggling to agree on a response to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, with several parties refusing to sign a motion calling for a thorough review of future humanitarian aid to Palestine. In addition to the review of...

Croatian President Zoran Milanović vehemently opposed the draft changes to the criminal code whereby media leaks from investigations would be treated as a crime, saying he would personally pardon anyone who breaks the law. Prime Minister Andrej Plenković’s conservative government...

The Party of European Socialists suspended Slovakian members Smer and Hlas following mounting criticism of their pro-Russian views, far-right cosying and a marked departure from socialist values. The decision comes after repeated calls from socialist parties as well as other...

The costs of reacting to extreme weather events will be even higher if EU Member States do not hold the private sector accountable for its climate impacts. Paul de Clerck and Cass Hebron (FOEE), Julia Otten and Daniel Torán (Frank...

Members of French President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance party have tabled a motion calling for education aid to Palestine to be made conditional on the removal of alleged references to violence, incitement to hatred, anti-Semitism and the cult of martyrdom from...

Catalonia’s regional executive will launch a major campaign in Madrid and Brussels next week to promote and defend the use of Catalan as an official language in the European Union, Catalan Regional President Pere Aragonès announced on Thursday. “Next week,...

The Italian government, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, hopes that Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will be reappointed for a third term despite the opposing positions on immigration taken at recent EU summits. Poland will go to the polls...

Sweden’s party leaders have decided to speed up legislation to tackle the country’s rising gang violence issue  following an invitation from Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to a meeting of the National Security Council on Thursday. Although the police have prevented...

As German parties from the left to the far-right assure Israel of their support in a rare joint declaration, Macron said on Thursday Israel is fully entitled to respond militarily in a “firm and just” manner to Hamas’ terrorist attack...

The presidents of the European Commission and Parliament, Ursula von der Leyen and Roberta Metsola, will visit Israel on Friday (13 October) in the wake of Hamas's bloody assault on Israeli communities.

France has banned all pro-Palestinian demonstrations and deployed 10,000 police officers to better protect Jewish communities amid rising tensions and intensified threats against Jews. “Pro-Palestinian demonstrations must be banned because they are likely to cause public disorder”, Interior Minister Gérald...