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The top Republican on the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Wednesday (14 June) he was blocking a $735 million arms sale to Hungary because its government has refused to approve Sweden's bid to join NATO.

Florin Barbu, the Minister-designate for the portfolio of Agriculture and Rural Development, will ask the EU Commission to extend the restrictions on grain imports from Ukraine until the end of the year, he announced on Wednesday. ”The ban is until...

Households in Slovakia postpone replacing their old fossil fuel boilers with greener heat pumps due to a six-month subsidy lag during a crucial period before the heating season, said Petra Čakovská of the Slovak consumer group SOS. EU-funded subsidy programs...

The European Commission wants to implement a digital euro that is accessible to all retail users for free, in an effort to strengthen financial inclusion and competition in digital payments, according to a leaked draft proposal seen by EURACTIV.

Greece’s caretaker government declared three days of mourning after a boat reportedly carrying hundreds of migrants sank off the coast, killing at least 79 people. All scheduled pre-election party events were cancelled while public anger for the lack of a...

Democratic countries must avoid war fatigue and continue to support Ukraine with the same determination that Ukrainians are fighting, said Czech President Petr Pavel at the European Values Summit in Prague on Wednesday. Pavel also recalled the upcoming NATO summit...

Estonia's liberal coalition government is only two months old and has moved swiftly on a draft bill legalizing same-sex marriage, among other measures, to distance itself from neighbouring Russia.

The Swedish EU Presidency plans to resolve the impasse on the renewable energy directive, with a new add-on to the text aimed at easing French concerns over nuclear power.

Portugal was the second-worst affected country in Europe by forest fires in 2022, with 153 wildfires burning an area of 949 km2, according to a report published by the European Environment Agency on Wednesday. The first country is Spain, with...

Sweden’s NATO membership was discussed between representatives from Sweden, Finland and Turkey in Ankara on Wednesday to help move the process forward, but Sweden is far from reaching that goal, according to Swedish NATO negotiator Oscar Stenström. According to Stenström,...

Tehran’s mayor Alireza Zakani – an ultra-radical of the Iranian regime – has been invited to attend the Brussels Urban Summit, and even though he is not on the sanctions list, his presence in Brussels was questioned, notably in light...

The Czech centre-right Cabinet on Wednesday (14 June) approved seeking a 137 billion crown (€5.75 billion) loan from the European Union's post-COVID recovery funds, part of efforts to boost its energy transformation while cutting dependence on Russian fuels.

The proposed ban on conversion therapies faces a significant hurdle as the conservative-Green government had different opinions on whether the ban should extend to treatments for transgender individuals. The Austrian conservative-Green government intended to propose in parliament on Wednesday a...

Large Spanish companies and wealthy people should pay more taxes and contribute to building a social and fairer economy, Labour Minister and new left-wing party Sumar leader Yolanda Díaz announced Wednesday. Díaz announced an in-depth reform of the Spanish corporate...

Bulgaria’s Foreign Affairs Ministry accused Russian Ambassador Eleonora Mitrofanova on Monday of spreading disinformation when she said that sending Bulgarian soldiers to Ukraine would negatively impact the dialogue between Moscow and Sofia. In her address on Russia Day, she stated:...

About 55% of Poles believe their country should not offer more help to Ukraine, a stark contrast to the 28% who believe more support can be given, according to poll results by researchers from Warsaw University and the University of...

The electoral battle between majority parties PSOE (S&D) and Partido Popular (EPP) is taking a toll on the upcoming Spanish EU Council presidency – which will start on 1 July – as it becomes part of their offensive campaign. Sánchez...

Finland’s wolf population has increased by 10% every year since 2017, with the latest estimates suggesting 310 wolves living in country, according to a report by the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) published on Wednesday. Wandering wolf packs may create...

The government will help steel giant ThyssenKrupp with its green transition and is confident that the EU Commission will play along, Economy Minister Robert Habeck told steelworkers at a union rally in Duisburg on Wednesday. ThyssenKrupp, Germany’s largest steel producer,...

The bodies of at least 79 migrants who drowned early on Wednesday (14 June) were recovered, while hundreds more were missing and feared dead after their overloaded boat capsized and sank in open seas off Greece, in one of Europe's deadliest shipping disasters in recent years.