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Thousands of migrants rescued by Italian authorities and currently waiting to be relocated clashed with police on Wednesday after they demanded to be transferred to suitable housing. Italy is facing an increased flow of migrants, overwhelming its already overstretched landing...

More than 130 Maltese journalists, broadcasters, researchers,  media platforms and activists have called on Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela to make good on his long-time promises to strengthen the media sector and improve freedom of speech. Following the conclusions and...

Residents of the devastated Libyan city of Derna desperately searched for missing relatives on Wednesday and rescue workers appealed for more body bags, after a catastrophic flood that killed thousands of people and swept many out to sea.

Public transport in Portugal must adapt to the trend of remote work and offer easier, cheaper and more flexible fares alternatives, according to the Portuguese environmental association Zero, which has proposed a set of measures. Zero is proposing the public...

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has allowed the far-right Sweden Democrats to inflame the Quran-burning crisis, Sweden’s former prime minister and leader of the Social Democratic Party, Magdalena Andersson, said after a joint press conference where she denounced his handling...

Belgium’s Council of State suspended on Wednesday the decision by Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration Nicole de Moor to temporarily suspend the reception of single men by the Federal Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (Fedasil). At...

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD/S&D) has suspended the Voluntary Solidarity Mechanism (VSM) regarding asylum applicants because of Rome’s refusal to implement the Dublin Agreement, the German Interior Ministry confirmed on Wednesday. In 2022, 13 EU countries, including France and...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for a rare summit on Wednesday (13 September) at which they discussed military matters, the war in Ukraine and possible Russian help for Pyongyang’s secretive satellite programme.

Serbia is trying to delay the Kosovo-Serbia normalisation of relations progress and benefit as much as possible from Pristina’s mistakes, helping Belgrade’s self-victimisation in the international arena, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said ahead of the Kosovo-Serbia meeting in Brussels....

Germany has seen more Ukrainian refugees than Poland since late 2022, with most refugees moving West for better welfare standards and job opportunities, a new report by the EWL Migration Platform and the Centre for East European Studies (SEW) at...

An amendment to the UK Procurement Bill, which would have granted powers for UK medical organisations to exclude suppliers based on involvement with forced organ harvesting, was rejected by the House of Commons on Wednesday. The amendment, which would have...

Bulgaria is holding talks with NATO allies to see whether to deal with Russia’s continued partial blockade of Bulgaria’s Black Sea exclusive economic zone independently or with the help of NATO allies, Defence Minister Todor Tagarev told Euractiv on Wednesday....

Austria has rejected European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s call to lift its veto against Bulgaria and Romania joining the Schengen area, arguing that extending the visa-free zone currently makes no sense. In her State of the Union address...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's call on Wednesday (13 September) for Bulgaria and Romania to join the Schengen area as soon as possible prompted applause from MEPs but failed to impress the Bulgarian audience, who are pressing for action over words.

EU lawmakers agreed on Wednesday (13 September) to increase the size of the European Parliament by 15 seats, endorsing a proposal by EU countries while at the same time criticising their interference in the Parliament’s budgetary powers.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gave lukewarm support for reform of the EU treaties during her State of the Union speech on Wednesday (13 September), in an indication that momentum for treaty reform has been lost. 

French economic minister Bruno Le Maire and his German counterpart Robert Habeck both welcomed European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s announcement to open a probe into unfair Chinese competition in the electric vehicle (EV) sector.

MEPs backed an overhaul of the European Parliament’s transparency rules on Wednesday (13 September), praising it as a 'serious first step' as the Parliament continues its response to the Qatargate corruption scandal.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday (13 September) announced an investigation into Chinese subsidies for electrical vehicles (EVs), a move that could lead to countervailing duties on EVs from China within nine months. 

Short of having it spelled out in technicolour behind her podium, Ursula von der Leyen could hardly have been clearer about her intention to seek a second term as European Commission president as she delivered her annual speech in Strasbourg.