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Former Spanish communist leader Ramón Tamames will soon present far-right party VOX’s motion of censure against Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez whom he says has transformed the country into an “absorbing autocracy”. Tamames, a highly regarded economist and historian who served...

Turkey’s foreign policy is not expected to change if the opposition coalition, the Czech Ambassador to Ankara Pavel Vacek told EURACTIV.cz in an exclusive interview.

Polish security services broke up a Russian spy network and detained six people it says were preparing acts of sabotage and monitoring rail routes to Ukraine, according to Interior Minister Mariusz Kamiński and Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak.

German chancellor Olaf Scholz did not shy away from criticising contentious projects pursued by Israel’s partially far-right government during a visit of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Berlin.  Heavily guarded by police forces, Netanyahu met with Scholz for bilateral talks...

Portugal’s cabinet approved an interest rate subsidy for housing loans that will be in force until the end of the year with the possibility of renewal, Prime Minister António Costa announced on Thursday. Costa announced the measure at a press conference that...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called for journalists facing defamation suits to be better protected after police stormed the Domani newsroom following a press defamation complaint made by Labour Ministry Undersecretary Claudio Durigon (Lega/ID). Police stormed the newsroom to seize the print...

Finnish politicians and analysts anticipate concrete and positive results from President Sauli Niinistö’s two-day visit to Ankara on Friday, which Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will also attend. Niinistö’s two-day visit could be a breakthrough for Finland, which has seen...

Moldova's parliament on Thursday (16 March) approved a law on referring to the national language as Romanian in all legislative texts and the constitution, despite opposition from a pro-Moscow communist party.

Given their importance in everyday life, cars must be ‘given more space’, particularly as they have become ‘cleaner, quieter and safer’, Infrastructure and Water Management Minister Mark Harbers said as he presented his government’s “Automotive Development Agenda” on Thursday. In...

Security service warnings against attacks on Syrian-linked institutions have kept Viennese wide awake for multiple days in a row, and while the threat appears to have passed, experts have voiced discontent with the police’s communication strategy. In 2020, Vienna was...

Belgium and the Netherlands have become Western Europe’s main import centres for cocaine, a report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) presented in Vienna on Thursday reads. “The points of arrival in Europe have changed, with Belgium...

Sweden will send eight Archer artillery systems to Ukraine and help the UK build its stock back up by replenishing it with 14 units, the same amount it previously sent Ukraine.  The first 14 Archer artillery systems will have ownership...

EU lawmakers on Thursday (16 March) adopted a resolution calling on the UN Human Rights Council to conduct an independent investigation into a wave of poisonings that have hit schoolgirls in Iran.

A new Council text on the Cyber Resilience Act, seen by EURACTIV, removes the five-year limit to the product lifecycle, clarifies the regulation's scope and makes automatic security updates the default option for connected devices.

Representatives of the main EU institutions will discuss at a technical meeting on Friday (17 March) a compromise text, obtained by EURACTIV, on the mechanism for monitoring and responding to the semiconductor supply crisis in the upcoming Chips Act.

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne resorted to a special legal procedure to adopt an unpopular pension reform bill without a vote in the National Assembly on Thursday (16 March), but opened itself up to a potential fall in the face of growing dissent among lawmakers.

Russia needs the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, but this is also fuelling a conflict with the Central Asian country which may get out of hand.

The Brewers of Europe are committed to sustainable packaging, have a strong track record and support the broad aims of the draft EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. However, this important legislation must be proportionate, well-targeted, non-discriminatory and coherent.

Bowing to EU criticism, Albania said on Thursday (16 March) it would temporarily withdraw plans for a so-called ‘cash-for-passports’ scheme, as Tirana attempts to defend its track record on its path towards EU accession.

The European Commission unveiled the new regulation on Thursday (16 March), setting targets for the production, refining and recycling of key raw materials needed for the green and digital transitions.