Feed aggregator

Russian tourists are likely to pay €80 instead of €35 for EU visas in future, as the bloc's hawks and doves debate how far to go with travel sanctions.

UN inspectors are expected to arrive at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia plant later this week, after months of seeking access to the site.

The vision of the founding fathers was to curb the absolute sovereignty of the bellicose European states rather than to vest absolute sovereignty in a new overarching European empire.

In a speech about the future of Europe, the German chancellor argued for majority voting in some policy areas — and institutional reform to prepare for enlargement eastwards.

An investigation by Lighthouse Reports and media partners including EUobserver found Italian firms Tykelab and RCS Lab were using surreptitious phone network attacks and sophisticated spyware against targets. The findings have spiked the interest of MEPs already probing spyware abuse.

Face à l’opposition de la France, le Premier ministre espagnol et le chancelier allemand vont défendre leur position commune en faveur d’une augmentation des interconnexions énergétiques dans l’UE, en particulier le gazoduc MidCat.

The only oil port in Bulgaria has been given a concession to the Russian company “Lukoil Neftochim” for 35 years for €500,000 per year, said the co-chairman of the “Change Continues” party, Asen Vassilev. Vasilev was the deputy prime minister...

Der Bau eines Zauns entlang der litauischen Grenze zu Belarus wurde Ende letzter Woche abgeschlossen, wie EPSO-G, der für das Projekt zuständige staatliche Energiekonzern, am Montag (29. August) laut Medienberichten bestätigte.

Czech Industry and Trade Minister Jozef Síkela called for Europe to decouple gas and electricity prices to deal with the current crisis and announced an extraordinary Energy Council on 9 September. Síkela, whose country is currently leading the EU Council,...

The textbook for the subject ‘History and the Present’, considered right-wing and biased, was approved for the school curriculum starting from 1 September, causing outrage, while publishers have created an alternative available from the same date. The book made international...

Dans sa tentative de trouver une certaine unité pour faire face aux crises du coût de la vie et de l’énergie, ainsi qu’à la guerre menée par la Russie en Ukraine, le gouvernement allemand se réunit pendant deux jours en dehors de Berlin.

The EU is complacent in key areas like climate change and foreign policy and often fails to think strategically, Foreign Minister João Gomes Cravinho said on Monday. The EU can respond capably to various crises, and there have been several...

In face of French opposition, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz are set to defend their joint position favouring an increase in energy interconnections in the EU, particularly the Midcat pipeline, which if constructed, would link...

Sweden will send Ukraine a new €93 million aid package, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson told Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at a press conference on Monday. Sweden’s aid to Ukraine will be divided into reconstruction and defence aid, said the...

Energy supplier Wien Energie is asking the federal government for a €6 billion bailout to prevent risking two million customers’ contracts, though it assures its supply is secure and no losses have to be compensated. Due to increasing electricity prices,...

In the most recent of Berlin’s now regular arms swap deals, struck by Chancellor Scholz and Czech Prime Minister Fiala, the Czech Republic is to get 15 German tanks in exchange for delivering tanks to Ukraine. “I am very happy...

High gas prices mean city councils in the Netherlands are struggling to find alternatives to Russian supplies and meet an EU deadline for governments and public bodies to quit existing contracts with Russian companies. High energy prices mean new contracts...

The European Union expressed regret at Serbia’s decision to cancel or postpone  ‘EuroPride’, noting that the EU bloc supports equality and opposes any form of discrimination as Prime Minister Ana Brnabic met with Greens/EFA MEPs. Vucic announced on Sunday that...

Schools may be forced to shut down in winter due to the dramatic increase in electricity and heating prices, schools and municipalities representatives have warned. For schools in southern-Slovak city Rimavská Sobota, energy bills will rise by more than 350%....

New aid packages, including those already planned, will not be adjusted to face rising energy prices, but an aid package could be looked into to help those struggling with sky-rising energy bills, Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Economy Minister Daniele...