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Ukraine and Moldova have made good reform progress and are expected to wrap them up in the next months, while bigger efforts are required from Georgia, an internal European Commission update is expected to say this week, indicating how fast the countries could progress on their path toward future EU membership.

At the Strategic Council for Cooperation between Serbia and Hungary in Palić, an agreement was signed on the establishment of a joint venture for gas SERBHUNGAS d.o.o. between Srbijagas and the Hungarian electricity company.

The resignation of top judge Michel Claise due to a conflict of interest puts the entire judicial investigation into the Qatargate corruption scandal into question, a Brussels-based lawyer told EURACTIV.com. “The news of Michel Claise’s resignation is disruptive because the...

The Slovenian government has extended the existing system of partial regulation of motor fuel and heating oil prices for another year.

Albanian police raided the MEK compound outside of Tirana on the order of the country’s corruption and organised crime court, resulting in resistance from residents, one death and over 100 injured, with the Iranian group calling on the EU to...

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti said he is ready and interested to go to Brussels to discuss the ongoing situation in the north of Kosovo and the state of relations with Serbia, while President Aleksander Vucic has not demonstrated such...

Slovak President Zuzanna Čaputová will not enter the presidential campaign race in the hopes of getting re-elected for a second term in 2024, citing personal reasons related to the toll her role has taken on her and her family. In...

Czech influential MEP Dita Charanzová (Renew), currently a vice-president of the European Parliament, will not be running for the European Parliament next year on behalf of ANO, the party of former prime minister Andrej Babiš. Charanzová was elected to the...

Ahead of Spain’s elections on 23 July, the election campaign debates have focused on how far-right Vox (ECR) and right-wing PP (EPP) approach gender violence, where VOX denies its existence altogether and PP affirms it is a priority while slashing...

Russia on Tuesday (20 June) struck military and infrastructure targets in Ukraine's capital Kyiv and across other parts of the country, including western areas far from the front lines, Ukrainian officials said.

Italian Deputy Prime Minister and far-right Lega leader Matteo Salvini suspects illicit complicity between the EU, Germany and China in favour of electromobility and against the Italian car industry.

Portuguese voters will now be able to vote at any polling station in the country, and at posts abroad, in the 2024 European elections, Portugal’s Internal Administration Minister José Luís Carneiro announced in Porto on Tuesday. Carneiro spoke to journalists...

The Western Balkan countries aspiring to join the EU can count on Slovenia's support in their quest to join the bloc, write Slovenian leaders Nataša Pirc Musar, Robert Golob, and Tanja Fajon.

Strategic autonomy in agri-food will be a cornerstone of Spain's time at the helm of the European Council, as well as a strong focus on new technological advancements in the sector, Spain’s agriculture minister Luis Planas told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview.

Stricter security checks will be conducted on dual citizens or people with links to foreign countries who apply for sensitive jobs, the head of the Swedish Security Service announced Tuesday. Last year, Säpo, the Swedish Security Service, called for a...

Finland’s left-wing parties and trade unions are unhappy about the new right-wing Finnish government’s push to reform employment and social security legislation to boost jobs and growth. The new government programme in Finland introduces a significant change in the approach...

The UK and Denmark intend to strengthen cooperation on security, science and technology, illegal migration, trade, and climate change, a joint statement signed in London Tuesday reads. UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and his Danish counterpart, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, signed...

The website of three Dutch and Belgian ports was rendered inaccessible by a hacker group sympathetic to Russia early on Tuesday, just two weeks after similar incidents. The website of North Sea Port, the company running the three affected ports...

France and Italy will enhance their cooperation looking forward, French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said at a meeting in Paris on Tuesday, marking a thaw in relations. The two leaders met to highlight the points...

The controversial pensions reform that French President Emmanuel Macron forced through parliament in March will not close the pensions deficit as predicted by the government, France’s pensions watchdog found in a report. Macron signed the pensions reform into law in...