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The train tragedy that cost the lives of at least 57 people has changed the Greek government’s plan for elections in April, with media reports suggesting the conservative government is seeing 14 or 21 May as a possible alternative date....

Europe must triple investments in the annual retrofitting of buildings, starting with the most vulnerable households, in order to meet the EU's 2030 climate targets and curb dependence on fossil gas, writes Júlia López Ventura.

More opportunities and better working conditions must be given to Serbia’s youth, many of which live with their parents until a relatively old age, are much poorer than the national average, and have a strong desire to leave the country,...

The Greek government and other state stakeholders have sabotaged a mission of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) to Athens to examine the state of the rule of law and wiretapping scandal. The sabotage...

Berlin is planning to introduce a special industrial electricity tariff ranging between €0.05 and €0.09 per kilowatt-hour in order to boost the country’s competitiveness and push back against US and Chinese subsidies. Electricity has always been pricey in Germany –...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama is set to meet for a ‘head-to-head’ meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, where the Berlin process and Albania’s EU accession will be high on the agenda. Germany and Albania have long had good relations,...

Environmental organisations are threatening to bring about a court challenge to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada, just as the government is preparing to put ratification of the agreement on the parliament’s agenda. CETA...

A large monument to the Soviet Army in Sofia will finally be removed after years of opposition from former prime minister Boyko Borissov’s party, GERB. Though the pro-European coalition Democratic Bulgaria submitted its proposal to remove the monument to the...

The US should change its recent mistaken policies towards China or "conflict and confrontation" will follow, China's foreign minister said on Tuesday (7 March), while reiterating Beijing's call for dialogue to end the conflict in Ukraine.

French people’s relationship to work is changing. While the government pushes for longer working lives, burnout rates are high. Opposing voices look to the four-day workweek as an alternative.

Regional and local politicians from the Party of European Socialists Group in the European Committee of the Regions together with PES Women and other progressive partners call on municipalities, cities and regions to declare themselves a safe place for women.

Slovakia, Czechia, Hungary and Poland, comprising the Visegrad Four, want to unite in dialogue with the European Commission on the issue of illegal migration, Slovak Interior Minister Roman Mikulec said after meeting with other Visegrad ministers. Mikulec met with Hungarian...

The Czech Republic opposes the European Commission’s plan to create a new European Sovereignty Fund as part of the EU’s response to the US Inflation Reduction Act. The European Commission wants to support investments in strategic areas, especially clean technologies,...

The government has dismissed the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive of flag carrier TAP, Manuel Beja and Christine Ourmières-Widener, after the inspectorate of Finance (IGF) reported on the departure of board member Alexandra Reis from...

Those who survived the shipwreck in Cutro on 26 February that left 70 dead and several others missing will be heard by a judge and will be assisted free of charge by a pool of lawyers. To understand the events,...

Ukraine has broadened a request for controversial cluster bombs from the United States to include a weapon that it wants to cannibalize to drop the anti-armor bomblets it contains on Russian forces from drones, according to two US lawmakers.

For Finland to remain a “stable and sustainable” society, general government finances must be improved by at least €9 billion over the next two parliamentary terms, the Finance Ministry predicted in its structural and tax surveys published on Monday. The...

Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg appealed to developing countries to support Ukraine at the Monday UN Development Aid Conference in Qatar, emphasising Russia war of aggression in Ukraine is not just a European war. Schallenberg called on developing countries to support...

Large retailers and the government agreed to commit to a so-called “anti-inflation quarter” to reduce the inflationary trend on everyday products until June, French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire announced Monday. On Monday, the government announced its plan to fight...

The compromise reached between EU institutions on the phase-out of internal combustion engines for new cars and vans by 2035 should be changed, said Thomas Schmidt, Minister in the German region of Saxony and head of the Automotive Regions Alliance....