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Ein Gesundheitspass, der derzeit in der Nationalversammlung diskutiert wird und an den Grenzen zwischen dem französischen Festland und anderen französischen Territorien vorgelegt werden soll, stieß bei den betroffenen Politikern auf Kritik.

As the pending combustion engine ban sets the clock ticking on the lucrative fuels market for passenger vehicles, the biofuels industry is aiming to bolster its position in other transport sectors – including trucking, shipping, and aviation.

Les gouvernements de Berlin et de Prague ont approuvé une déclaration commune qui met en oeuvre des mesures de solidarité entre les deux pays en cas de pénurie de gaz.

With Earth Overshoot Day just over two weeks away, out of the region’s countries only Albania has managed to do better than average, meaning it leads the way in the Balkans in terms of renewable energy use. Earth Overshoot day...

For 27 years, the Srebrenica genocide has been denied in various forms, from denial that there was any crime at all, through denial of the number of the murdered and their civilian status and the fact that genocide verdicts even...

Slovenia’s gas consumers are being urged to use natural gas with care after the country’s Energy Agency gave the public an early warning on Monday of possible supply disruption in the future. In its notification to Slovenians, the agency assured...

The first Croatian trial initiated by the European Prosecutor’s office over the abuse of EU subsidies has resulted in a settlement, and no jail time after the defendant pleaded guilty, TPortal reported. The case against  Danijel Vinković, a farmer, received considerable attention...

Bulgaria is currently looking into how it can maintain its Soviet-era fighter jets before the end of the year, as failing to maintain them would leave the country without an airforce. Bulgaria, a critical part of NATO’s eastern flank, is...

The outgoing Croatian minister of finance, Zdravko Marić, spoke to EURACTIV ahead of his last ECOFIN meeting of European finance ministers, stressing that Croatia had undergone serious fiscal consolidation to meet the convergence criteria and that it would continue to be a "constructive partner".

NATO’s new strategy is not about the alliance shifting its attention toward the Indo-Pacific, but instead that there is a need to acknowledge and address China’s increased strategic influence in Europe, US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian...

Slovakia’s recent pledge to increase military spending to 2% of its GDP to fall in line with NATO requirements could be undercut by a crisis currently brewing in government. Read also: Slovak government close to tipping point amid coalition ultimatum The...

Russia has shut down its Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline to Germany, the biggest single conduit to Europe, for 10 days of annual maintenance, amid fears it might extend the cut-off to put pressure on Europe to stop helping Ukraine. "[Russian president Vladimir] Putin knows no taboos," Timm Kehler from German industry association Zukunft Gas told Reuters. Germany and the Czechs also signed an agreement to share gas if needed.

The new UK prime minister to replace the outgoing Boris Johnson will be announced on 5 September, the ruling Conservative party said Monday, with 11 hopefuls currently vying for the job. The leadership contest was triggered last week when Johnson,...

Russian president Vladimir Putin and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone call where they discussed coordinating efforts on exporting grain and safety of navigation in the Black Sea, the Kremlin said on Monday. It said the talks took place in the run-up to a Russian-Turkish summit scheduled for the near future.

A new platform was launched to help Moldova with the potential increase in organised crime due to the war in Ukraine during an EU interior minister meeting in Prague on Monday. The first real test of the Czech EU Presidency...

Greek NGOs on Monday hailed last's week judgement from the European Court of Human Rights in an eight-year old case that vindicated people who lost their lives in the 2014 shipwreck off Farmakonisi. The judgement cited right to life violations by Greek authorities. "The case is not closed: the file will reopen in the Greek courts to investigate and attribute criminal responsibility," said University of Macedonia professor Konstantinos Tsitselikis.

A successor to Boris Johnson as Conservative party leader and British prime minister will be announced on 5 September, the Tory party announced on Monday. Nearly a dozen MPs are seeking to be the replacement to Johnson, who announced last week he was stepping down. Conservative MPs vote this week to narrow the field down to two candidates, one of whom will then be voted leader by party members.

In 2016, it was revealed former EU commission vice-president Neelie Kroes failed to disclose her role in an offshore company. Now, she is engulfed in controversy once again over Uber.

The risk of forest fires in Portugal will keep increasing each year due to climate change and the current state of the country's forests, Prime Minister António Costa told journalists on Monday (11 July).

Only 11 out of the 340 cities analysed by the European Environment Agency had good air quality from 2020 to 2021, according to new data published by the environmental watchdog on Monday. The best cities in terms of air quality include Umeå in Sweden and Faro and Funchal in Portugal. The World Health Organization's threshold for the air pollutant particulate matter was exceeded by 97 percent of the cities analysed.