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Violent treatment of migrants at Croatia’s border has decreased, but police still resort to illegal pushbacks, and this is only likely to get worse once the country joins the Schengen area next year, said an official from a leading human...

The annual inflation rate was at 15.32% in October, a slight drop from 15.88% in September, but consumer prices continue to rise and are expected to continue doing so until the end of the year. In October, prices were 1.3%...

The European Commission published its proposed EU battery regulation in December 2020. After almost two years of discussion, the EU institutions are now in the final stages of negotiating the details. It could be adopted in December 2022, with entry...

The Velvet revolution – which overthrew the communist regime – is viewed favourably by less than half of Slovaks, a new survey conducted by the Institute of Public Affairs found. The Czechoslovak Velvet revolution in November 1989 overthrew the communist...

New EU rules on treating urban wastewater, proposed by the European Commission last month are too ambitions for Polish municipalities, which point to the country’s ongoing issues with wastewater treatment. The new directive was proposed by the Commission last month...

The government formally requested a third disbursement of the Recovery and Resilience Facility, worth €6 billion, making Spain the first member state to do so. This request places Spain “as the most advanced country in the deployment of the funds,”...

German federal police have warned their nation's delegation at the COP27 environmental summit in Egypt that its members may be subject to spying by Egyptian security agents, three people with knowledge of the matter said.

Dublin has welcomed a new subsea telecoms cable connecting Ireland with Iceland after the project was completed on Friday. The project is part of a broader strategy from Dublin to make Ireland a “Gateway to Europe” regarding these cables by...

The Democrats 66 (D66), a coalition member, wants the Netherlands to promote abortion as a right on an international scale. According to D66 MPs Sjoerd Sjoerdsma and Wieke Paulusma, women across Europe should have the right to safe and accessible...

According to the European Commission, Belgium will have the largest budget deficit in the Eurozone over the next two years. Belgium would also be the only member of the Eurozone with debt above 100% of GDP to face a debt...

As EU countries, including Germany and France, look to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), pressure on the Austrian government to follow suit is growing.

President Emmanuel Macron defended his efforts to fight climate change to Internet users on Sunday following a Twitter invitation for users to ask questions last week.

Political newcomer Nataša Pirc Musar, a left-liberal lawyer and former data protection commissioner, has been elected president, making her the first woman to hold the position in Slovenia. Pirc Musar defeated conservative MP Anže Logar with nearly 54% of the...

While the number of people willing to accept refugees rose between May to October, willingness to send military aid to Ukraine has slightly decreased, an opinion poll by Kantar CZ agency for Czech Television showed. The willingness to accept Ukrainian...

Finland’s five-party government risks falling into disarray due to mistrust between the two main parties, the social democrats and the Centre Party and a disagreement over indigenous rights. After surviving a row over the EU nature restoration regulation, the latest...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russian soldiers of committing war crimes and killing civilians in Kherson, parts of which were retaken by Ukraine's army last week after Russia pulled out.

The Iranian regime has accused German Chancellor Olaf Scholz of undiplomatic behaviour after he criticised the regime’s violence against protesters and expressed support for fresh sanctions. Scholz condemned the “outbursts of violence” on the part of the regime in Teheran....

After a late Friday deal, the German government has announced its intention to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), following similar decisions in other large EU countries, which left activists jubilant.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will arrive on the Indonesian island of Bali on 14 November for a long-awaited meeting with US President Joe Biden, ahead of a G20 summit set to be fraught with tension over Russia's war in Ukraine.

Sweden will take over the presidency of the European Council in January 2023, and it should take advantage of its mandate to increase the level of sustainability ambition of the European Union, argue members of the Stockholm Environment Institute.