Euractiv.com

Albanian citizens and environmentalists protested at the weekend over the construction of a new airport on the edge of a protected area, a project the European Union says violates national and international biodiversity protection laws.

The amount of olive oil is increasing significantly, but supply is far outstripping demand, leaving farmers and producers in a difficult position, but EU funding could be set to give a helping hand. At the end of 2021, there were...

Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti has said he does not see the need to create an Association of Serb Municipalities in Kosovo, as per the wishes of Belgrade and international stakeholders, but stressed willingness to discuss the rights of the...

Hate crimes committed based on the victim’s personal circumstances such as national origin, race, sex, language or religion will be given harsher sentences after amendments to the criminal code were passed in parliament. The amendment to article 49 of the...

Russian missile strikes killed three people in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson while fighting raged in the eastern Donetsk region where Russia again shelled the key town of Vuhledar, Ukrainian officials said.

Bulgaria’s gas storage facility, Chiren, which has a capacity of 550 million cubic metres and can cover about 20% of the country’s annual consumption, will be doubling its capacity.

General Petr Pavel defeated Andrej Babis and became the new Czech president, receiving congratulations from Polish political representatives, although they do not all agree with his policies. A few days before the second round of the Czech presidential election, the...

A fresh direct aid package to help farmers cope with soaring energy prices following the war in Ukraine will be approved by the government on Tuesday, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced. At a socialist political rally in La Palma, together...

Housing associations are eager to solve the housing crisis but need more guidance from Housing and Spatial Planning Minister Hugo de Jonge, said Ymere’s CEO Erik Gerritsen. De Jonge’s Residential Building program aims to create 900,000 homes by 2030. “We...

A state election in Lower Austria on Sunday has seen Austria’s traditional ‘big tent’ parties, the conservative ÖVP and the social democrat SPÖ, suffer historic defeats, while the far-right continues to grow rapidly. Lower Austria is the country’s largest state,...

Despite growing criticism against a bill that would raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, the government is holding its ground as the country prepares for a hectic week ahead of the strike on Tuesday. A day before the...

A record-breaking agreement was signed to increase gas production and control migratory flows when Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni struck a deal with the Libyan government on migrants, while hydrocarbon giant Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi concluded an agreement on the energy front.

If a military threat considered by Finland or NATO would necessitate preventive actions, the deployment of allied troops into Finland would not be completely out of the question, General and the Chief of Defence Timo Kivinen told MTV3 on Saturday....

Slovakia can provide its T-72 tanks to the Ukrainians immediately, as long as it receives German-made Leopard 2 tanks later in the exchange, said Defense Minister Jaroslav Naď. European NATO members have recently agreed to arm Ukraine with their tanks,...

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged South Korea on Monday (30 January) to increase military support to Ukraine, citing other countries that have changed their policy of not providing weapons to countries in conflict after Russia's invasion.

Repatriating rejected asylum seekers could be a win-win situation if Germany puts that money into funding climate action, Liberal (FDP) parliamentary group leader Christian Dürr proposed in an interview.

Retired army general and former NATO military committee Chief Petr Pavel won the Czech presidential election, promising to return the country back to the international stage after years of isolation. On Saturday’s second round of the Czech presidential elections, Pavel...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Egypt on Sunday (29 January) at the start of a three-day visit to the Middle East as violence flares between Israelis and Palestinians, and with Iran and Ukraine high on the agenda.

Israel appears to have been behind an overnight drone attack on a military factory in Iran, a US official said on Sunday (29 January).

With Western-made battle tanks soon to be provided to Ukraine, discussions have moved on towards supplying Kyiv with modern aircraft, but for Germany, this could mean another standoff with its allies. Pressure has been building for weeks on Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s...