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Armenia's parliament ratified the founding statute of the International Criminal Court on Tuesday (3 October), subjecting itself to the jurisdiction of the court in The Hague and vexing Russia, whose president the ICC wants to arrest.

Sweden plans to deploy more equipment to better tackle gang crime, with the government promising the police an additional 2,500 cameras for next year and allowing the use of facial recognition, easier use of drones and external cameras, Swedish Justice...

Things are looking good for Luxembourg’s current governing coalition as the liberals, the centre-left and the Greens are expected to earn the 31 seats needed to continue ruling the country. Yet even if those three parties gain the required seats,...

The long-debated asylum bill, which would compensate local authorities for taking in additional refugees, secured a majority in parliament on Tuesday before a final vote next week but is unlikely to be ratified by the Senate. The majority was achieved...

Planning permission has been granted for the world’s first energy island project in the North Sea, with work due to start in early 2024, grid operator Elia announced on Tuesday. Construction of the Princess Elisabeth energy island will begin in...

Amid growing dissatisfaction with the country’s handling of the refugee situation, Germany has decided to turn to forging bilateral agreements with countries to curb the number of new asylum applications, of which six are currently in the making. Germany has...

French Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau presented a series of measures on Tuesday to ensure the crisis-ridden livestock sector regains its long-lost food sovereignty in almost all sectors. Visiting Europe’s largest livestock summit near Clermont-Ferrand on Tuesday, Fesneau spoke to farmer...

Czechia is introducing random checks at its border with Slovakia; however, it is not the number of migrants behind the decision, but rather the decision of the Polish government, which has triggered a domino effect in the Central European region....

The EU is set to move towards a circular economy for beverage packaging. In just a couple of weeks, Members of the Environment Committee in the European Parliament will vote on their amendments to the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). In parallel, EU Member States are working towards adopting their position on this file by the end of the year.

EU leaders should give the green light to opening formal accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova at the December European summit, European Council President Charles Michel said in a recent interview with Lusa and other European media in Brussels. “December...

Moscow on Tuesday (3 October) summoned Moldova's ambassador to protest against what it called "politically-motivated persecution" of Russian-language media in the pro-Western country.

A recent article by the Balkan Insight revealed close links, including possible financial interests, between the European Commission and child protection organisations  in connection to a draft EU law to prevent online child sexual abuse material,

Romania’s old power grid may not be able to cope with the unprecedented surge in the use of photovoltaic systems which so far has resulted in a volume of 1.063 MW of energy generation. The data derived from the latest...

There is no incompatibility between the mobility agreement between the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) – which allows individuals to apply for a residence permit in Portugal – and the Schengen regime, despite European Commission action, Portuguese Secretary of...

The European Union and its member states can “do more” to help Armenia and send “a clear signal”, said French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, who also announced on Tuesday that France would be delivering “military equipment”. “I have made an...

Robert Fico, the winner of Slovakia’s election and leader of the Smer party, will not change his rhetoric on Ukraine and would rather “pay the price” of being excluded from the EU group his party is affiliated with, he said...

The European Parliament on Tuesday (3 October) approved a directive stepping up protections of workers from health risks related to asbestos and improving the early detection of asbestos fibres.

The European Parliament is moving forward with controversial plans to replace the system of manual signature by MEPs with a system of biometric fingerprints as proof of presence at parliamentary meetings, according to a Parliament document seen by Euractiv.

The appointments of the designated EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra and his would-be boss Maroš Šefčovič have been delayed once more in the European Parliament, amid a political stalemate between the two biggest centre-right and centre-left parties. 

A series of deadly recent shipwrecks have done nothing to advance EU-led action on migration that puts “human rights first”, Save the Children Europe advisor Federica Toscano told Euractiv on the 10th anniversary of a shipwreck that saw 360 drown off the Italian coast of Lampedusa.