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Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said that Poland’s concerns about movements that question the eastern flank of the European Union and NATO must be addressed. Rebelo de Sousa left “a special word” for the role Poland “has played in...

Spain’s Socialist Party (PSOE/S&D) of acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said it firmly rejects the recent publication of an official map of Morocco’s territory that includes the Spanish autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, while the regional president of Melilla...

Before proceeding with EU enlargement, there is a need to reflect on member states’ priorities and the bloc’s financial capacity, Italian EU Affairs Minister Raffaele Fitto said at an event on Tuesday. Fitto called for time to reflect during  the...

Dutch MEPs advocated for the position of EU climate chief to be in Dutch hands again after Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič preliminarily took over the position from Frans Timmermans on Tuesday. Timmermans submitted his resignation as EU climate chief after...

France is currently experiencing summer’s most intense heatwave with record temperatures recorded in the south of the country, including in hospitals where some care workers are struggling. This heatwave is “unprecedented in its duration and intensity at this time of...

The United States does not encourage or enable attacks inside Russia, a US State Department spokesperson said after Russian authorities said they downed drones that tried to attack Moscow early on Wednesday (23 August).

Russia’s aggressive behaviour in the Black Sea raises the question of coherent efforts by NATO members bordering the strategic sea, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov Tuesday.

The Czech Republic’s goal of phasing out coal by 2033 seems out of reach as coal production in the country rose last year amid an energy crisis sparked by Russia’s war in Ukraine. Czechia produced 35.2 million tonnes of hard...

Denmark’s Defence Minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen and Economy Minister Troels Lund Poulsen, both of the Liberal Party, swapped government posts on Tuesday, said a press release from the Prime Minister’s Office.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) invited key ministers into the chancellery on Wednesday in the hopes of resolving an ongoing dispute over family benefits that is paralysing the government, but coalition partner FDP remains sceptical on whether it will succeed....

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has probably offered to supply Ukraine with weapons in exchange for Kyiv not recognising Serbia’s former province of Kosovo, an influential German EU parliamentarian said following the two leaders meeting in Athens on Tuesday. Both attended...

China on Tuesday (22 August) threw its weight behind plans to expand the loosely-defined BRICS club of large emerging economies, which is seeking to assert its political and economic clout on the global stage.

A major Cypriot police operation Tuesday (22 August) found dozens of migrants living in a condemned apartment complex near the resort city of Paphos, after protests by residents and allegations of electricity theft.

Eighteen burned bodies, possibly migrants, were found on Tuesday (22 August) in a rural area in northern Greece where wildfires were burning out of control for a fourth day, authorities said, as gale force winds fanned blazes across the country.

EU Green Deal chief Frans Timmermans has formally submitted his resignation from the European Commission after confirming that he will lead a coalition led by the Dutch labour party into November’s general elections. 

The recent European Commission proposal to boost the marketing uptake of gene-edited crops will not affect how patents for these innovative technologies are granted, according to the organisation protecting inventions across Europe.

Spain’s request to expand the list of official EU languages to include those formally recognised in Spain - Basque, Catalan, and Galician - has prompted scorn from some quarters of Brussels, who fret about adding to the EU’s Tower-of-Babel administration.

At least 2,013 people died in the Central Mediterranean trying to cross the sea to reach Europe in 2023, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

As we enter an era of “global boiling”, a rise in environmental migrants is expected and the EU should realise that climate, not migration, is the greatest threat to Europe and should be our number one priority, writes François Gemenne. 

Germany will likely emit 150 million tonnes more of CO2-equivalent gases than EU rules created by the Effort Sharing Regulation permit, which is expected to result in a hefty penalty payment of up to €30 billion.