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Bei einem Treffen der EU-Außenminister am Montag (21. Juni) wurden die Sanktionen gegen Russland verlängert und jene gegen die Militärjunta in Myanmar ausgeweitet.

Kosovo’s president, Vjosa Osmani, has emphasised the importance of Turkey’s continued support for her country to gain recognition and membership in international organisations. “We will be in touch with Turkish institutions to make sure that every single effort that we...

Italiens Ministerpräsident Mario Draghi hat gestern Berlin und Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel besucht. Dabei äußerte er sich auch zur COVID-Lage in England und den dort stattfindenden Finalspielen der Fußball-EM.

EU High Representative Josep Borrell said on Monday that he had briefed EU foreign ministers on last week’s round of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and the plans to hold the next session in July. Summarising the outcome of the session in...

Gloria Tumushabe is the founder of Afro Fem Coders which aims to teach Ugandan women how to code.

Anti-fascist activists have welcomed Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković’s decision to attend the commemoration of the anti-fascist Struggle Day for the first time. Franjo Habulin, the head of the Alliance of Anti-fascist Fighters and Antifascists (SABA), said that over the...

La ville de Nowy Sącz, dans le sud de la Pologne, a le pire air de l’Union européenne, selon un nouveau classement publié par l’Agence européenne pour l’environnement (AEE).

The European Union on Monday (21 June) imposed a third round of sanctions on Myanmar officials and state companies over the military coup on Feb. 1 that overthrew elected leader Aung Suu Kyi and sent the country tumbling into chaos.

Russian authorities have allowed the local air operator Pegasus Tourist to operate charter flights to Burgas and Varna, Bulgarian media reported on Monday. The flights will reportedly start at the end of June. There are currently no flights from Russia to the Bulgarian Black...

Le Premier ministre italien Mario Draghi a déclaré qu’il « veillera à ce que la finale européenne [de football] n’ait pas lieu dans des pays où la contagion se développe. »

The European Commission has approved Slovakia’s Recovery and Resilience Plan, the fifth EU member state to be granted approval. Visiting Bratislava, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the plan will allocate 43% for green investment and 21% for digital...

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has said it would be “extremely harmful and dangerous to mix sport and politics,” in response to reports that the stadium hosting Wednesday’s UEFA Euro 2020 match between Hungary and Germany could be painted in...

The Czech police have denied any wrongdoing in the death of a Romani man on Saturday in the town of Teplice after a video circulating on social media shows Czech police kneeling on the man’s neck. The Romani community compared...

The southern Polish city of Nowy Sącz has the worst air quality in the European Union, according to a new ranking released by the European Environmental Agency (EEA). A further four Polish cities are among the top 10 most polluted...

Greece has not ruled out taking legal action over the incident in May in which Belarus forced a Ryanair passenger plane carrying a wanted opposition activist to divert and land in its capital. “We have not forgotten the issue with...

Parmi les dix villes du monde les plus chères pour les expatriés, on trouve encore Tokyo (4e), Shanghai (6e), Singapour (7e), et Pékin (9e), ainsi que, pour l'Europe, trois villes suisses : Zurich (5e), Genève (8e) et Berne (10e).

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said in response to a question from a German journalist during a press conference at the end of his meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Monday that he “will make sure that the...

The EU's data protection agencies on Monday (21 June) called for an outright ban on using artificial intelligence to identify people in public places, pointing to the "extremely high" risks to privacy.

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven’s minority government of Social Democrats and Greens lost a no-confidence vote in parliament on Monday, the first time in Sweden’s history a prime minister has been ousted by parliament. The parties have been given a...