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We all remember the images of atrocities in Bucha, Irpin and other Ukrainian cities after Russian troops were forced to withdraw from northern Ukraine in March 2022. The Kremlin-linked paramilitary group Wagner, responsible for those war crimes, was recognised as a Transnational Criminal Organisation by the United States.

Once the EUs new space-based secure communication system is operational, it could be offered to help third countries like Ukraine and reduce their dependence on a single provider, Ekaterini Kavvada, the director of development and innovation at the Commission's DG DEFIS, told EURACTIV.

Although Russia’s war in Ukraine has united the West, it also revealed a fragmentation of the global order, a new survey has found. The poll, conducted by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), surveyed opinions in nine EU member...

Under pressure from EU countries to tackle rising electricity bills, the European Commission is somewhat reluctantly fetching the key to Pandora’s box - and hoping it doesn’t release too many evils in the process, writes Kira Taylor.

Investigations by Denmark, Germany and Sweden into explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines have not yet concluded, the three countries said on Tuesday (21 February) as the UN Security Council met to discuss the September incident.

Russia has urged UN states to vote against an "unbalanced and anti-Russian" move at the General Assembly by Ukraine and others to mark one year since Moscow invaded, as China said on 21 February it could release a "position paper" on the war within days.

Fresh from his visit to Ukraine, US President Joe Biden will rally NATO’s eastern allies in Poland on Wednesday (22 February), a group of countries in which most – but not all – are strong supporters of military aid to Ukraine.

The German government is looking to acquire shares in renewable energy firms and provide support to wind turbine and solar panel manufacturers in order to encourage their production in Germany.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the EU Prosecutor's Office in Sofia having a serious staffing problem, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stressing her government's pro-Ukraine stance, and so much more.

President Vladimir Putin revoked on Tuesday (21 February) a 2012 decree that in part underpinned Moldova's sovereignty in resolving the future of the Transnistria region. US President Joe Biden reacted from Warsaw.

Former conservative prime minister Kostas Karamanlis (New Democracy – EPP) has decided not to run as a candidate for the upcoming elections putting an end to his 34-year political career. His decision sparked a debate over the impact on the...

To achieve a robust charging network for electric vehicles, lawmakers must ensure that EU legislation sets the right conditions, write Sigrid de Vries, Philippe Vangeel, Lucie Mattera, and André Kaufung.

The European anti-tobacco lobby has urged the international community to help earthquake-hit Turkey avoid a €1.8 million donation from Phillip Morris International (PMI) highlighting “hidden” lobbying activities. For its part, PMI rejected the accusations saying it’s money to help people in need.   

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.

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”.