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Everyone has the right to pay for the purchase of goods and services in cash, says a new amendment to the Slovak constitution that was passed last week with the support of 111 MPs and is meant to protect physical...

Polish ruling Law and Justice MP Tadeusz Cymański publicly apologised for a tweet by a minister insulting opposition leader Donald Tusk after a football match where Poland beat Germany.

Russia reported fierce fighting on Sunday (18 June) on three sections of the front line in Ukraine while Ukraine's president praised his troops for repelling enemy advances and said their counter-offensive was progressing well.

SPÖ deputy chief Julia Herr has signalled her reluctance to govern in a grand coalition with the centre-right ÖVP, citing her experience with the problem of corruption in the party following a parliamentary inquiry. The leadership shake-up in the SPÖ...

The Greens will support the EU migration deal in the upcoming negotiations if they see it ‘improving’ the European asylum process but shied away from a rebellion against its leadership’s pragmatic course at a party conference on Saturday. Two weeks...

The farmers’ union Land-en Tuinbouworganisatie Nederland (LTO) expressed commitment to concluding an accord on agricultural sustainability after negotiations with the government stalled over fundamental disagreements. The accord, which has been stuck in the negotiation stage for months, aims to make...

The swift acknowledgement of the prevalence of conflict-related sexual violence in Ukraine and the firm commitment to hold perpetrators to account signals a historic shift, write Petra Tötterman Andorff, Jessica Poh-Janrell and Johanna Förberg.

A free trade zone between Iran, Russia and several countries that cover the vast region spreading from the borders of Eastern Europe to Western China is possible by the end of the year, TASS news agency reported on 19 June.

On Sunday, voters in Switzerland participated in three referenda, expressing their support for significant measures in fiscal matters, environmental policy, and COVID-19. Firstly, they endorsed a 15% minimum tax for large multinational companies, aligning with the international agreement established by the...

Far-right parties, Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) and Trikolora are joining forces either as a coalition or ‘other form of cooperation entities’ ahead of the 2024 European elections, to attract all conservative and patriotic voters. In the memorandum signed last...

Partido Popular (PP/EPP) leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo has changed his narrative as the centre-right formation has signed pacts with the far-right Vox (ECR) in several regions, implicitly accepting its radical political principles, which include setbacks in women’s rights and social...

French and German Interior Ministers Gérald Darmanin and Nancy Faeser arrived in Tunisia on Sunday to strengthen security cooperation and tackle illegal immigration, with announcements on these issues expected soon. Darmanin and Faeser want to deepen security cooperation with Tunisia,...

The new right-wing government of the National Coalition Party, the Finns Party, the Swedish People’s Party and the Christian Democrats announced, after seven weeks of negotiations, its 250-page programme, where seven pages are specifically dedicated to the future of the...

In this week’s edition: Road to Vilnius, European defence industry up in arms and more.

Serbians paraded life-size figures of leading government figures in prison jumpsuits on Saturday (17 June) during a seventh week of protests since two mass shootings triggered nationwide protests.

Vladimir Putin on 17 June gave African leaders seeking to mediate in the war in Ukraine a list of reasons why he believed many of their proposals were misguided, pouring cold water on a plan already largely dismissed by Kyiv.

Putin said on 16 June that his deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, something he confirmed for the first time had already happened, was a reminder to the West that it could not inflict a strategic defeat on Russia.

Temperatures in Europe are heating up, and so is a contention that has now spread from Spain to Germany. At the heart of the squabble is a fruit you might be snacking on as you enjoy the sun: strawberries.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday (16 June) announced €500 million in public investment into the French aviation industry to help the EU meet its aviation decarbonisation targets for 2030 and 2050.

French economy minister Bruno Le Maire warned that uniformly and automatically applied numerical targets embedded in the current fiscal rules had led to recessions in the past and should not be included in the EU's reform of the rules.