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The World Bank announced on Wednesday it will make €900 million available to Albania to invest in projects designed to strengthen and stimulate human capital, job creation, and resistance to crises as the EU hopeful grapples with ‘brain drain’. During...

About 336,000 children between 7-15 (6.8%) have had work experience, while 58,000 (27.8%) adolescents between 14-15 say they have done work that is detrimental to their schooling and psychophysical well-being, according to the “It’s not a game” survey conducted by...

A proposal to amend the Constitution to transfer the power to appoint government ministers from parliament to the head of state was tabled by the largest two parties of the ruling coalition and one of two opposition parties on Tuesday....

The Russian army is committing systematic war crimes in Ukraine, according to one of the conclusions in the State of Defence and the Armed Forces of Bulgaria’s 2022 report, which was approved and made public by the Council of Ministers...

Most Poles do not want the ruling camp to invite the far right into government, believing a potential coalition would be bad for the country, according to poll results from United Surveys, commissioned by Wirtualna Polska. About 61.6% of Poles...

It is already likely that Slovakia will survive next winter even if Russian natural gas imports to Europe stop completely, said Economy Minister Karel Hirman. The reason is the continuing efforts of Slovak suppliers to diversify the imports. On Tuesday,...

Despite its ambitious measures, the Proposal for a revised Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation presents significant drawbacks in certain aspects, like reuse. In its current wording, the Regulation can jeopardize food and consumer safety in Europe – here’s why.

Moody’s – a bond credit rating business – upgraded several of TAP’s ratings on Tuesday, improving the company’s outlook to positive after an increase in profitability since their review last April. In a statement released Tuesday, the rating agency announced...

Five men were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a terrorist attack in Sweden on Tuesday in apparent retaliation for the Quran burning committed by a far-right activist in January. On Tuesday, the Swedish Security Service (Säkerhetspolis, Säpo) announced...

After the quickest accession process in the military alliance’s history, Finland became the 31st member of NATO on Tuesday, with a special NATO beer selling out in half an hour and flag sellers struggling to keep up with demand. R...

Seven out of ten Austrians believe income and wealth are unfairly distributed, with two-thirds of the population in favour of a wealth tax, according to the results of a SORA study on Tuesday which the Momentum Institute commissioned. Three-quarters of...

The conservative CDU/CSU are pushing for establishing an investigation committee in the Bundestag regarding a tax scandal allegedly involving Chancellor Olaf Scholz, with allegations dating back to when Scholz was mayor of Hamburg between 2011-2018. When Scholz was mayor of...

Czech and Polish political heads have settled the dispute over the coal mine Turow, but inhabitants of villages near the open-pit mine still face problems, EURACTIV.cz reported. Czechia and Poland officially settled the long-term dispute by signing an agreement in...

Spain’s left-wing junior coalition member wants to agree with Sumar – the new progressive group that aspires to unite the country’s left and win general elections in December – as soon as possible, Unidas Podemos (UP) Secretary General Ione Belarra...

If the UK government does not align with the EU’s ‘Prüm II’ proposals, the UK-EU cooperation on cross-border policing could end, meaning UK police would be locked out of EU-wide databases. Cooperation on cross-border policing could end if proposed changes...

Prices in supermarkets have increased by around 19.3% over the last three months compared to the previous year, with inflation exceeding 20% for the first time in March, a study by the consumers association Testachats revealed on Tuesday. Inflation peaked...

Much focus is placed on discerning the impact sanctions are having on Russia, but EU member states must first ensure robust implementation, writes Gonzalo Saiz Erausquin. Gonzalo Saiz Erausquin is a Research Analyst at the Centre for Financial Crime and...

UK Science and Technology Minister Michele Donelan has said she has little hope for a quick agreement with the EU to finally unblock the UK's access to the bloc’s Horizon Europe research programme.

The legal service of the EU Council considers important parts of the European Commission's proposal for the Single Market Emergency Instrument (SMEI) to contradict EU law, saying that a lot of it would have to be amended or deleted, according to an opinion produced by the legal service and seen by EURACTIV.

France recorded a drop in carbon emissions in 2021-2022 that was in line with national targets but not EU ones, according to provisional figures from the French carbon agency Citepa.