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The Czech government organised a meeting of countries which could jointly fight against the new car emission standards, which according to the country, is unreasonably strict and poses a danger to the European car industry, Hospodářské noviny reported.

Boštjan Poklukar was appointed on Thursday as Slovenia’s new interior minister, a job that he held in the government of incumbent Defence Minister Marjan Šarec between 2018 and 2020. Poklukar, 52, who has spent most of his career as a...

The increase in bank interest rates will impact every sphere of society as those taking out loans, including companies, will be forced to reconsider their business models, including prices, meaning a lengthier economic crisis, Serbian Economics Professor Ljubodrag Savić told...

Albania’s special court has accepted the prosecution’s request to send to trial the former minister of the environment, an ex-member of parliament, and several business people over a corrupt incinerator scandal. The incinerators affair saw the issue of three concessions...

Slovakia on Tuesday commemorated the fifth anniversary of the murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak, his fianceé and archaeologist Martina Kušnírová, which triggered some of the largest protests in the country’s history, as media stakeholders call for more government protection....

EXCLUSIVE: Lowering electricity prices and offering greater visibility to investors are the two key objectives of the French Electricity Union (UFE) for the upcoming reform of EU electricity market rules, said the union's president.

The US wants Ukraine to win, but it does not seek to destroy Russia, Joe Biden said in Warsaw, in response to Vladimir Putin, who earlier dangled the threat of nuclear war, accusing the West of seeking “the strategic defeat of Russia”.

A new generation of recruits to industry sees the EU’s ambitious climate agenda as an opportunity to decarbonise energy-intensive sectors and rebuild society. Speaking ahead of the publication of a new report, Sara Versano explains what this means for net zero policy and practices.

US President Joe Biden’s speech in Warsaw on Tuesday was met with great enthusiasm across the Polish political scene, as the president expressed loyalty to NATO Treaty’s Article 5 and his readiness to stand with allies, however, the ruling party...

The level of advance payments of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) funds are to increase to 23%, a 10 percentage point increase, to “give muscle” to implement projects,  the Secretary of State for the Economy Pedro Cilínio, announced Tuesday....

Large energy companies and financial institutions in Spain have paid €1.45 billion in a first instalment of two extraordinary taxes imposed by the government on both sectors, Finance Minister María Jesús Montero explained on Tuesday. At a press conference in...

Lithuanian representatives will boycott the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna after Austria allowed Russian representatives to attend. The OSCE PA’s winter session in Vienna will take place...

A joint declaration on closer military and economic cooperation was signed by Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and Slovak Foreign Minister Rastislav Káčer Tuesday in London. The two countries will continue providing military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine and deepen defence...

Luxembourg will need another 270,000 workers by 2030, according to the Chamber of Commerce’s estimates, a figure that worries the industrial sector, artisan businesses and the banking industry. Foreign workers make up 70% of Luxembourg’s 460,000-strong labour force, with 210,000...

Belgium is currently facing a serious drug shortage with a total of 1,239 medicines being unavailable – a far cry from numbers revealed by the country’s Federal Medicines Agency – according to the  Febelco Group, Belgium’s biggest medicines supplier, Belgian...

About 47% of French people across all age groups are overweight, a number that has increased by nearly 10 percentage points in the last 25 years, a League Against Obesity study has found. The proportion of people who are overweight...

The German government will take action in response to Iran sentencing a German-Iranian citizen to death over so-called “corruption on earth” charges, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday. On Tuesday, a Revolutionary Court in Tehran sentenced 67-year-old Jamshid Sharmahd...

After months of stalling, the Hungarian parliament will discuss the support of the Swedish and Finnish NATO accession applications on Wednesday. On 1 March, the Hungarian parliament will start discussing Budapest’s support to Sweden and Finland’s application to NATO, as...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni travelled to Kyiv Tuesday to emphasise her government’s position in support of Ukraine – a likely attempt to cover up for the pro-Russian sentiments recently voiced by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and Infrastructure and...

Austria must take a more proactive stance in shaping EU foreign and defence policy matters and not hide behind its historically neutral stance towards conflict, European Parliament Vice-President Othmar Karas told EURACTIV on Tuesday after signing an open letter to...