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Die USA haben Russland für den Fall eines Angriffs auf die Ukraine mit Maßnahmen gegen die deutsch-russische Ostseepipeline Nord Stream 2 gedroht.

The number of COVID-19 PCR tests carried out in Albania has fallen to a 13-month low, with just 13,781 tests carried out over the last seven days. This is an average of just 1968 tests a day, as reported by...

A suspected member of the team that murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, Khalid Alotaibi, was arrested at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris on Tuesday, sources told Reuters. France acted on a warrant issued by Turkey. French radio RTL said the person arrested was a former Royal Guard of Saudi Arabia who is believed to have been involved in the Kashoggi killing at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

The European Commission is set to propose new legislation requiring companies to detect, report and remove child sexual abuse content. The rules come amid other moves by the EU's police agency Europol to develop AI targeting encryption.

Mandatory vaccination has become a hot topic in the EU, but the European branch of the World Health Organization has warned that it should be "an absolute last resort". Children, meanwhile, account for the highest infection-rates across the continent.

EU ministers failed to agree on a revised set of a new Code of Conduct for tax rules.

EU finance ministers agreed on a new set of rules for value-added tax, opening the door to lower taxes for environmentally-friendly products.

Central and eastern European countries are diverse - but an increasing mistrust in government and a quick spread of conspiracy theories seem to be a common thread between them.

Lacking any monetary policy instruments and fiscal discipline, the economy in the north of Cyprus is suffering the consequences of the recent unorthodox and controversial monetary policy decisions made in Turkey.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić offered, through the American lobbyist and former ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, to help remove the Serb member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency Milorad Dodik, the daily Vijesti reported on Tuesday. According to the daily,...

A deep-dive into the new German coalition government's thinking on Hungary, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and the 'ever-closer' federal state of the EU itself.

Serbia is a valued and longstanding partner of the Alliance, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Javier Colomina Piriz told the BETA news agency in an interview, adding that “NATO fully respects Serbia’s declared policy of...

Australia will join the United States in a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday (8 December), as other allies weighed similar moves to protest China's human rights record.

Football referee and former tax official Borislav Kolev has been arrested on suspicion of laundering €26.5 million granted by the state for constructing the country’s longest highway, Hemus. According to unofficial police information, his brother is an employee of one...

New Year and Christmas parties could be allowed in Romania, as the Bucharest government is discussing a relaxation of the restrictions introduced when the pandemic’s fourth wave hit the country hard. But the authorities are also planning on tightening entry...

Following bribery allegations, Pál Völner has resigned as justice state secretary despite proclaiming innocence, Telex reported. Earlier on Tuesday, the Prosecutor General had initiated the suspension of the immunity of the Fidesz lawmaker and justice secretary of state, working under Justice Minister Judit...

With exciting new processes, innovations and technologies, farming today is more precise, more productive and more sustainable than ever before. The transformation has been startling.

Poland should explain how, in the context of the Constitutional Court’s recent judgment, it would ensure the effective implementation of its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić asked the Polish...

Discussions with the European Commission on the restructuring plan of national flag carrier TAP are in the final stages, with approval expected before Christmas, Finance Minister João Leão said on Tuesday in Brussels. “It has been going well. We are...

Spain’s Public Health Commission and health representatives of the country’s 17 regions on Tuesday approved the new anti-COVID-19 strategy, allowing for the vaccination of children aged 5 to 11, in a new campaign scheduled to start next week. Following the...