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Belgian justice rejected on Thursday jailed MEP Eva Kaili’s third request to get released until the trial of the Qatargate takes place. Meanwhile, her lawyer lashed out against Pier Antonio Panzeri, the alleged mastermind of the scandal, saying he is...

The opposition and supporters held the third anti-government protest in a week outside of parliament in Tirana on Thursday, calling for the prime minister to resign and attempting to disrupt the parliamentary session. Hundreds of people, including a man in...

Flares, blasts, and loud chants flooded Ljubljana on Thursday as professional firefighters from all over the country gathered for one of the largest protests against the current government to date, making it the latest group to demand higher pay. Firefighters...

Undeclared and oftentimes cheaper ingredients were added to 5% of food products analysed on the local retail market, with meat, honey, milk and cheese being the most ‘spoiled’ foodstuffs,  the Health Ministry has found. “Honey was found to sometimes contain...

The National Council adopted a resolution Thursday, labelling Russia as a terrorist regime and condemning its widespread attacks on civilians, civilian objects, and a key energy structure. In Thursday’s National Council meeting, lawmakers adopted the resolution with 78 votes in...

Polish President Andrzej Duda began his two-day visit to the UK in a move which, according to an expert, further strengthens Polish-UK relations that have gradually tightened since the war in Ukraine. Meeting at 10 Downing Street Thursday, Duda and...

Portugal will end its golden visa programme, which fast-tracks residence permits for large investors from outside the EU and has raked in billions of euros in investments, in a push to combat property speculation, Prime Minister António Costa announced on...

Reforms to the country’s abortion rules and new legislation allowing teenagers over the age of 16 to change their gender without permission from a doctor or psychologist were approved by Spanish lawmakers on Thursday. The separate packages tabled by the...

Austria and Spain will seek consensus at the EU level to ensure the European Pact on Migration and Asylum is approved before next year’s European Parliament elections, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer pledged in Vienna...

Italy, while struggling to meet NATO spending requirements, will probably help Kyiv against the risk of Russian nuclear threat as a ceasefire appears very unlikely for now, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto told lawmakers during a hearing Thursday. During a hearing...

Russia rained missiles across Ukraine on Thursday (16 February) and struck its largest oil refinery, Kyiv said, while the head of the Wagner mercenary group predicted the long-besieged city of Bakhmut would take weeks if not months to fall.

The European Union, a place where until a few years ago it was almost impossible to freely discuss the migratory drama, has decided to change course. If we can rise to this challenge, if we can truly show that 'there’s strength in unity', then there's still hope for a greater future for the EU.

Although emissions of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in the European Union and the United Kingdom are on the decline, they do not meet guidelines issued by the World Health Organisation, a study shows. 

Belgium presented a seven-point federal action plan to fight against drug criminality, Prime Minister Alexander de Croo and several ministers announced during a press conference after a National Security Council meeting on Thursday. Some of the measures had already been...

The German government will work more closely with regions on accommodating refugees but will not give more money, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Tuesday as regions warned that they are being pushed to their limit. Faeser met with her...

As the French National Assembly debates pension reform, a section of the left has launched a radical and sometimes violent battle that risks undermining their cause. The left-wing coalition is waging a merciless opposition to the government on its pension...

Italy stepped up its opposition on Thursday (16 February) to European plans to outlaw the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in 12 years, with the transport minister calling a rapid switch to electric vehicles "suicide" and a "gift" to Chinese industry.

An application to burn a Quran outside the Iraqi Embassy in Stockholm has been processed and refused by the police on Thursday as tensions with Turkey over Sweden’s NATO applications are still high. Stockholm police have, for the second time...

The European Commission’s new plan to reduce CO2 emissions from newly produced heavy lorries by 90% by 2040 is unrealistic, the Automotive Industry Association (AutoSAP) said in a press release on Thursday.

The project for an oil pipeline between Burgas in Bulgaria and Alexandroupolis in Greece has been officially revived by Bulgarian Energy Minister Rosen Hristov and his Greek counterpart, Kostas Skrekas, following several months of negotiations.