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Countries opposing the EU reform but seeking Ukraine’s accession to the EU will soon realise that they have to agree with the adjustment of EU’s decision-making procedures as changes are not possible before the 2024 EU elections, Czech expert Jan...

Opposition leader and former European Council President Donald Tusk has organised another anti-government Million Heart March – just two weeks ahead of the nation’s parliamentary elections – after at least 300,000 participants attended the last march in June. The rally...

Senior EU officials insist a majority of EU states support tougher asylum reforms after Germany decided to drop its veto despite a last minute reported backlash from Italy.

Slovakia’s government has significantly reduced the risk of unspent EU funds, cutting it from €800 million down to €100 million, having re-routed large portions to crisis management, according to Prime Minister Ľudovít Ódor. Ódor emphasised that the government has been...

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is set to visit Malta on Friday but has been warned not to fall prey to propaganda from the Maltese government after a trip to a hastily patched-up but still unfinished EU-funded primary...

The European Socialists (S&D) are encouraged to follow the example Spain set in the 23 July snap general elections and stop the far-right in the June 2024 European elections, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said at a meeting with S&D...

X-owner Elon Musk said that he had gutted the platform's team dedicated to preserving election integrity as key votes in many countries are approaching.

Magdalena Andersson, Sweden’s former prime minister and leader of the opposition Social Democrats, is open to using the military to combat gang violence, she said on Thursday, as the number of gang-related deaths in the country continues to rise. After...

Lithuania is ready to take in migrants who have entered Italy illegally if the European Union’s solidarity mechanism is activated, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė said on Thursday. In June, the EU Council agreed on a new migration pact aimed at...

The Netherlands is the EU’s largest importer of products with a high risk of deforestation from third countries, including soy, palm oil and cocoa, the country’s statistics agency CBS reported on Thursday. Brazil is the largest third-country exporter of deforestation-linked...

A bill to reform Belgium’s abortion laws, particularly by extending the legal period for abortion and decriminalising it, was tabled by two Ecolo-Green (EELV) MPs on Thursday. Séverine de Laveleye (Ecolo, EELV) and Eva Platteau (Groen, EELV) presented this project...

A Serbian daily newspaper and its editor received death threats on Thursday (28 September) after the country's president denounced their coverage of the recent clashes in Kosovo.

The European Commission is pressing ahead with plans for a new law modelled on the US Foreign Agents Act in a bid to tackle Russian and Chinese influence amid warnings that the draft bill could end up hitting civil society...

The right mix of short and long-duration storage is key to answering the challenges ahead while phasing out fossil-fuel solutions. All innovative technologies should be considered for tenders, contingent upon a mandatory requirement: the demonstration of a high technology readiness level.

French power giant EDF's future investments could exceed €20 billion per year, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, the country's energy transition minister, said on Thursday (28 September), adding that the exact level was the subject of discussion.

The Abraham Accords have transformed the region, shaping a brighter future in the Middle East and beyond, while opening new doors for collaboration with the EU, writes Haim Regev.

Kazakhstan’s support is vital for enforcing sanctions against Russia and ending the war, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said as he met Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Berlin on Wednesday, as EU countries seek to win over Central Asia as a key...

French small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are ready fight climate change as long as there is no “regulatory tsunami”, the French Federation of SMEs warned ahead of introduction of the EU’s new extra-financial reporting requirements.

The Bulgarian parliament abandoned its intention to ban the import of Russian oil by the end of this year and decided that this should happen by the end of October 2024.

Slovakia is on the brink of a critical parliamentary election set for Saturday, with a campaign that underlined a stark divide between nationalist sentiments, represented by former socialist prime minister Robert Fico, and the forces of liberalism embodied by the...