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Albania is set to take over the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council for a second time since becoming a non-permanent member in 2022, but Permanent Representative Ferit Hoxha said the institution is facing a number of challenges...

The centre-right group in the European Parliament, the European People’s Party (EPP), has given its blessing to its Slovak member KDH ahead of snap elections in the country, despite its leader Milan Majersk calling LGBTI ‘ideology’ a ´scourge´ and as...

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani is in China to ‘strengthen trade ties’ or maintain as optimal relations as possible with China even in the event that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is not renewed. Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime...

The Austrian government aims to outsource applications for asylum procedures to third states such as Rwanda in a move that would reduce migration significantly, Chancellor Karl Nehammer told die Welt on Monday. In June, EU countries reached a controversial agreement...

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said after talks with Vladimir Putin on 4 September that it would soon be possible to revive the grain deal that the United Nations says helped to ease a food crisis by getting Ukrainian grain to market.

French President Emmanuel Macron made headlines last week when he suggested that Kosovo’s visa-free regime, set to come into force from 1 January 2024, could be reviewed by Paris and Berlin if Pristina does not fall in line over ongoing...

Southeast Asian leaders will on Tuesday (5 September) converge on the Indonesian capital for an annual summit amid rifts within the 10-member regional bloc over stalled peace efforts in Myanmar and a sharpening US-China rivalry in the region.

The Italian government is phasing out its minimum income scheme for citizens in favour of a new system aimed at boosting employment, a move that is being monitored by the European Commission and criticised by advocates of welfare benefits.

The recent military coup in Gabon comes in a line of similar events in former French colonies in Africa: Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Niger.

President Vladimir Putin told Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday (4 September) that Russia was open to discussions about the Black Sea grain deal, an agreement that helped get Ukraine's grain to market and thus ease a global food crisis.

Ukraine said on Monday (4 September) Russian drones had detonated on the territory of NATO member Romania during an overnight air strike on a Ukrainian port across the Danube River, but Bucharest denied its territory had been hit.

The UK faces a “real risk of being sidelined” on global affairs as a result of Brexit, Peter Ricketts, who chairs the House of Lords European Affairs Committee, told EURACTIV in an interview, all the while praising a thaw in the EU-UK relationship.

When complaining about the West losing global influence, no one dares to talk about another big elephant in the room of international relations - development cooperation, writes Peter Hefele.

The European Commission plans to propose a new 'European Defence Production Act' to boost the bloc's defence industrial base, from research to joint procurement, to help EU member states better face future crises.

China's Premier Li Qiang will attend G20summit in the Indian capital New Delhi this weekend, a Beijing foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Monday (4 September).

There was much talk about cancer warnings similar to the ones used for cigarettes on alcohol products sold in the EU after a recent law proposed by the Irish government. EURACTIV takes a closer look at what is happening in...

Russia's Monday (4 September) drone attack on a major Ukraine grain exporting port damaged warehouses and set buildings on fire, Ukraine said, hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, were due to hold talks.

European Union Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni said on Saturday (2 September) he was confident an agreement over re-implementing EU budget rules would be reached by year-end, ruling out an extension of their suspension into 2024.

While the Greek government has been quick to blame global warming for the summer's devastating wildfires, some experts argue that poor planning is at least as much to blame.

Armenia's prime minister has said his country's policy of relying on Russia to guarantee its security was a strategic mistake because Moscow has been unable to deliver and is in the process of winding down its role in the region.