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Last week’s seizure of a Russian high school building in the Polish capital last week caused tension as the Russian Ambassador to Poland did not rule out severing diplomatic relations with Warsaw. The statement followed last week’s decision by Polish...

The Serbian government has announced three days of official mourning following a shooting at a Belgrade school by a 14-year-old boy, which left nine dead and seven injured. The shooting happened just after 8:30 in the morning and it is...

The Data Act's chapter on business-to-government (B2G) data sharing, which would empower the public sector to access private data, is one of the most advanced parts of the negotiations - although some political issues remain.

Dublin, London, Amsterdam, and Paris are among the most expensive and complicated capital cities in Europe to purchase public transport tickets, a new ranking by environmental group Greenpeace has found.

Russia accused Ukraine on Wednesday (3 May) of a failed attempt to assassinate President Vladimir Putin in an alleged attack on the Kremlin citadel in Moscow, and threatened to retaliate.

The European Parliament's Renew group is set to agree a common position on EU debt rules. But negotiations are proving tricky, with French and German delegations at odds on how flexible the rules should be.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has condemned a Minsk court decision sentencing Belarusian blogger and activist Raman Pratasevich to eight years in prison. Pratasevich was detained by the Minsk regime in 2021 after the Ryanair plane flying from Greece to...

A society where women have equal power and where female leadership is valued is a society that is more open, more inclusive and more prosperous for everyone. But so often, young women in politics struggle to be heard. This is not right.

Bitter disputes and internal division within the left camp in Spain could boost the chances of victory for centre-right Partido Popular (PP/EPP) and the far-right party VOX in the mid-December general election, according to results of a fresh poll published...

Ukraine’s place is in NATO and also in the EU, elected Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo told the press after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s surprise visit to Helsinki on Wednesday. Zelenskyy met with Orpo who chaired a meeting to form...

The shipyard where future AUKUS nuclear submarines will be built for the Royal Navy was visited by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace on Wednesday. Last month, the US, Australia, and the UK unveiled details...

The EU is lagging in security and defence cooperation but the Netherlands wants to lead in pushing for a more proactive and self-reliant approach to these matters, Dutch Defence Minister Kajsa Ollongren (D66/Renew Europe) said in a speech in Maastricht...

A clear majority of Austrians are in favour of more intensive EU security policy but reject NATO accession, according to a recent survey by the Austrian Society for European Policy (ÖGfE). If a referendum on NATO membership were held in...

Puffs, disposable electronic cigarettes that are very popular with youth, should be banned, French Health Minister François Braun told radio broadcaster France Inter Wednesday, adding they are a gateway to smoking for many. In France, one in 10 teenagers has...

Greece’s conservative government (EPP) lashed again against Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday, branding them “unreliable” after the publication of a report ranking Greece the worst EU country when it comes to media freedom for a second consecutive year. According...

The national ban Bulgaria imposed on certain goods coming from Ukraine will be lifted once the EU’s market stabilisation measures agreed to at the end of April come into force, the cabinet’s press service announced Wednesday. Faced with Poland, Hungary,...

Germany’s three-party coalition is debating whether electricity prices for energy-intensive industries should be subsidised to prevent companies from moving production abroad. Calls to reduce the electricity bill for big industrial producers are being made by leading politicians, who, like others...

Matteo Salvini’s League party, which currently belongs to the far-right Identity and Democracy group (ID) in the EU House together with Marine Le Pen, is keen to move closer to the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP), Italian press reports. The...

Police across Europe staged a vast, coordinated operation on Wednesday (3 May) against the 'Ndrangheta, Italy's most powerful and wealthy mafia that controls the bulk of cocaine flowing into Europe.

The European Commission presented new anti-corruption rules on Wednesday (3 May) which aims to stiffen penalties for EU or national officials involved in corruption.