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The Russian spy network operating in Sofia, which Bulgarian authorities broke up last week, has failed to cause serious damage to the security of the Balkan country and its NATO allies, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov announced...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has accused the European Commission of interfering in Albania’s elections to the benefit of the opposition and against his party, the Socialist Party of Albania, exit.al has reported. A few days before the start of...

The Slovak national recovery and resilience plan will direct investments worth half a billion euros into the renovation of 40,000 detached houses to ensure the recovery plan is “closer to the people”, announced Environment Minister Ján Budaj (Ordinary People and...

Health Minister Jan Blatný assured the public on Wednesday that the country will have a sufficient amount of COVID-19 vaccines after it was recently reported that the Czech government only ordered 80% of EU-allocated doses. The initial decision to order...

Italian police found a stockpile of 29 million AstraZeneca vaccines last weekend in US company Catalent’s factory in Anagni, central Italy, where the ‘fill and finish’ of the doses produced in Europe is done, as revealed by newspaper La Stampa...

Speaking from her sickbed, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas admitted in an interview with ERR news on Wednesday, that everything possible to stop the coronavirus spread in Estonia has been done, and that all that is left to be done is...

Finland has managed to attract a growing number of foreign companies during the pandemic despite leading politicians and economists stressing the country’s need for new investments, government organisation Business Finland has found. Business Finland was set up in 2018, for...

It would be useful for Northern Ireland to adopt the same mandatory hotel quarantining rule as the Republic, Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin told MPs in parliament on Wednesday. “Obviously, it would be very important if there was alignment in...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected on Wednesday demands by the opposition to ask the Bundestag for a vote of confidence in her government over rising discontent with her handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Following an acrimonious summit between Merkel and...

EU partners are struggling to agree on a joint statement regarding future relations with Turkey ahead of a summit on Thursday. EURACTIV has learnt that EU diplomats have been exchanging several drafts and disagree on the wording. Incidentally, Greece, which...

Diplomatic sources have told EURACTIV that “realistically” one should not expect the EU Green Pass, a health certificate aimed to facilitate travel across the bloc, to be implemented before July. The main reason is that technically, the project faces a...

US-EU economic relations are poised to bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic and the tensions caused by the Trump administration, according to a new report by the American Chambers of Commerce.

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday that she will push for another referendum for Scottish independence if her party is voted back into power in the upcoming elections.

North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into the sea near Japan, Japan’s prime minister said, fueling tension ahead of the Tokyo Olympics and ramping up pressure on the Biden administration as it finalises its North Korea policy.

Belgium has announced it will close schools, limit access to non-food stores and hairdressers for four weeks from Saturday, in a strict renewed lockdown designed to contain a rising third wave of COVID-19 infections.

Spain and the Netherlands in a joint call on Wednesday (24 March) urged the EU to ditch unanimity decisions and keep its economy open, as it tries to become more independent of global powers like the US and Asia in...

The West needs to learn how to talk with Russia without losing face or credibility, even when values are diametrically opposed. EU leaders must also keep in mind the need for long-term thinking and stop resorting to sanctions as a panacea, as these have proved to have limited effect, write Alexandra Martin and Zachary Paikin.

Spain is pinning its hopes on the EU's proposed digital health certificate and on vaccines to save the summer tourism season, after a catastrophic year for the country's hospitality industry, commonly known as HORECA. EURACTIV’s partner EFE reports.

Poland's government said on Wednesday (24 March) it was considering sending COVID-19 patients from regions where hospitals are under severe strain to areas where more hospital beds are available after new cases hit a record daily high of almost 30,000.