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Defending the rule of law will be one of the major challenges when France takes over the rotating EU Council presidency in January, said President Emmanuel Macron. He was invited by the European Committee of Regions (CoR) to debate democracy...

After its crushing defeat in the German federal election in September, the conservative CDU is looking for a leader to bring the party back on track. The three candidates who are running for party chairman faced each other in a...

About 45% of Bulgarians firmly refuse to get COVID-19 jabs, and their reluctance to be vaccinated is likely to remain, despite the introduction of green certificates. This is according to the “The COVID-19 Crisis and the Future of Liberal-Democratic Constitutional...

Romania will send a special flight on Thursday to repatriate around 180 Romanians and other EU citizens, the country’s foreign ministry has announced. By Wednesday afternoon, 127 Romanian citizens had asked to return to Romania, the ministry said. The government...

“Ahead of us is the task to increase the Croatian economy’s competitiveness by shifting our activities from crisis management, which has been going on for nearly two years now, to competitiveness and job creation,” Prime Minister Andrej Plenković told the...

Unlike Austria and Greece, which decided to punish unvaccinated citizens with heavy fines, Slovakia seems to be exploring another way: incentivising people over-60-years-old with €500 if they get the COVID-19 jab. Meanwhile, EU sources explained to EURACTIV the logic behind...

It will be possible to pay using cryptocurrency from 1 December when shopping on the webshop of Konzum, the country’s biggest retail chain and part of the Fortenova Group. This will make Konzum Croatia’s first retail chain to allow payment...

Croatian police were “instructing” migrants to request international protection in Slovenia, Interior Minister Aleš Hojs has said, claiming the allegations made by NGOs about Slovenian police officers being involved in pushbacks are false. “The information I have shows that the...

Serbian Parliament Speaker Ivica Dačić has called for a referendum on amending the country’s Constitution to be held on 16 January 2022. Dačić signed the Decision to call a nationwide referendum on confirming the Act on Amending the Constitution following...

BiH’s membership in NATO and the European Union is a precondition for stability not just on the Croatian borders and beyond, Croatia’s Foreign and European Minister Gordan Grlić Radman has said. Croatia’s border with BiH, which spans 1,000 kilometres, is...

North Macedonia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Artan Grubi, believes Bulgaria could be set to greenlight the country’s EU accession, suggesting the veto could be lifted. Bulgaria has refused to allow North Macedonia to progress to the first intergovernmental conference, marking the...

The government will ask Sobranje, the local parliament, to extend the state of the energy crisis for six more months due to difficulties in power supply and the current situation on the energy markets. This will allow the government to...

With the help of an improved rail connection, freight between China and Finland will be delivered in six or seven days rather than the current ten, according to the plans of United Transport and Logistics Company-Eurasian Rail Alliance (JSC UTLC...

EU diplomats agreed Wednesday (1 December) to add 28 individuals and bodies to its Belarus sanctions list in response to the alleged channelling of migrants to the bloc's borders.

In light of new supply chain laws, an effective due diligence and corporate responsibility is becoming of even greater importance for many companies. The case of Christmas trees shows which aspects are key to implementing fair supply chains.

Az ország jelentős részére elsőfokú figyelmeztetést adott ki 10:00 óráig a Szlovák Hidrometeorológiai Intézet (SHMÚ) az utak jegesedésének a veszélye miatt. Dél-Szlovákiában a Nagykürtösi- és a Rozsnyói járások közötti vidékekre vonatkozik a riasztás. Óvatosan közlekedjenek az útnak indulók!!!

The street in front of the prime minister’s office and site of most cabinet meetings, the last place with meaningful press access to leading government figures in Budapest, has been cordoned off, Telex reported via 444.hu. On 25 November, the entire length of...

A calendar of events describing the actions of Belarusian and Polish officials show a systematic increase in violence since the start of the crisis in the second half of August, a new report published by the NGO Grup Granica based...

A highway project near Vienna has failed to pass the “climate check” of the climate, environment and transport ministry, the ministry’s chief, Leonore Gewessler, has announced. Her ministry had also blocked another expressway in Lower Austria. “I don’t want us...

Czechia has expelled Vladimir Bazanov, the Belarusian Football Association president and loyal supporter of Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko. Bazanov and his wife were detained on 20 November by the Czech immigration police after they entered the country without a visa...