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Central European countries are key drivers in developing EU-Taiwan relations as they make up 60% of all interactions between EU and Taiwan actors, a new report by the Central European Institute for Asian Studies (CEIAS) reads. From 2019 to 2022,...

The Visegrad Group is now a consultative group even if it was not set up as such, the new Czech President Petr Pavel, a former NATO military committee chief, who vows to strengthen cooperation with Slovakia and Poland but not...

The French government is set to present a plan to better regulate the commercial work of social media influencers to ensure they, as well as the consumers of their content, are better protected, Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire told Franceinfo on...

Upcoming parliamentary elections will not change the power dynamic in the country as the current conservative coalition is set to secure its third victory in a row, according to over half of Poles who responded to a survey published Monday....

The reform of the controversial Citizen Security Law known as the “Gag Law” will likely be delivered a blow in the parliamentary committee as the Catalan and Basque nationalist parties oppose part of the reform that would allow for anti-riot...

Italian right-wing parties are united against the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and call on the government to show its opposition in negotiations with the European Parliament following a vote set for Tuesday in Strasbourg.

Western sanctions on Russian and Iranian oil have channelled cheap fuel to Asia and in the process eroded a decades-long trend whereby the continent has paid more for energy than Europe, according to traders, analysts and Refinitiv Eikon data.

Pension company Alecta risks losing billions after two US banks – Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank – collapsed over the weekend, risking the savings of Swedish pensioners. The collapse of the two niche banks has already resulted in Alecta...

The government is under pressure again to bring down the current inner city speed limit of 50 kilometres per hour to 30 to match its neighbouring countries, after a fatal collision last week left three dead. Three people died last...

Nearly £1 billion will be allocated to the UK Integrated Security Fund, a new security fund that will go towards domestic security and address global sources of volatility, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Monday. The fund, also dubbed UKISF,...

Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Minister Liesje Schreinemacher will visit South Korea and Japan as part of a trade mission that started on Monday in a bid to foster commercial ties in fields such as hydrogen and battery technology.

Belgian MEP Marie Arena (S&D) was offered a stay in a luxury hotel in Morocco with former Italian MEP Pier-Antonio Panzeri – the alleged mastermind of the so-called Qatargate – back in 2015, although she was “unaware” that the trip...

Germany’s financial regulator BaFin has closed down the country’s branch of the Silicon Valley Bank, which faces bankruptcy in the US, to protect creditors amid worries of a new financial crisis. Silicon Valley Bank hit international news lately as the...

Electric and hybrid cars made up more than 20% of new cars sold in Romania in the first month of 2023, the latest data from the Association of Automobile Manufacturers and Importers shows. For the first two months of 2023,...

More Russian passport holders could choose Budapest as their point of entry into the EU after flag carrier Air Serbia, which continues routes to and from Russia, announced 17 flights a week between Budapest and Belgrade on Monday. The announcement...

The United States, Australia and Britain on Monday (13 March) unveiled details of a plan to provide Australia with nuclear-powered attack submarines from the early 2030s to counter China's ambitions in the Indo-Pacific.

The European Union and its energy market system are to blame for very high electricity bills last year, as companies have made windfall profits as production costs remained low, the investigative unit of the Finnish Broadcasting Company found in a study published Monday.

Chancellor Karl Nehammer announcing Austria will oppose the EU’s de facto combustion engine ban has sparked criticism from his Green coalition partner. On Friday, Nehammer said he would “speak out against the ban” if the topic is discussed at the...

Science says it loud and clear that the EU’s plans to reduce emissions are not in line with the Paris Agreement. The question is whether EU member states will set things right and shoot beyond the minimum ambition with their National Climate and Energy Plans, write Brigitta Bozsó and Klaus Röhrig.