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Hundreds of women rally in Istanbul on Saturday (19 June), urging President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to reverse his decision to withdraw from a Council of Europe anti-violence treaty ahead of a formal exit on1 July.

The entire region of the Western Balkans is frustrated with the EU because some member states oppose enlargement despite supporting it verbally, Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić said after the Western Balkans Summit in Vienna on Friday. “Whatever you do,...

Le dossier de l’immigration et des débarquements sera au centre des rencontres auxquelles participera le Premier ministre Mario Draghi dans les prochains jours, lundi à Berlin avec la chancelière Angela Merkel, et jeudi et vendredi au sommet du Conseil européen à Bruxelles.

A much-anticipated wave of some 290,000 tourists arrived in Croatia over the weekend, among whom 250,000 were foreigners, Croatian public television has reported. More than a half of the tourists – mostly Germans, Slovenes, Austrians, Czechs, and Poles – are...

Parliament could hold a special summer session to abolish a section to investigate offences within the judicial system (SIIJ), Justice Minister Stelian Ion said on Sunday, adding that Romania is only waiting for an opinion from the Council of Europe’s...

Bulgarian caretaker interior minister Boyko Rashkov accused on Sunday the prosecution of keeping secret a list of 38 magistrates and politicians who own undeclared property abroad. The list was made back in 2019 when the Bulgarian authorities asked foreign countries...

Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša has won another term as president of the Democrats (SDS), a conservative party he has lead without interruption since 1993. Janša ran unopposed for the eighth time in a row and out of the 656...

The Digital Services Act’s provisions on risk assessment and audit must stay and be improved if we are to hold tech companies accountable for harmful business models and rights violations, write Nienke Palstra, Emma Ruby-Sachs, Claudia Prettner, and Jesse Lehrich.

The EU lawmaker responsible for the Digital Services Act (DSA) deems the landmark legislation will provide a “democratic rulebook for online platforms”, and indicates consumer protection and product safety as the red line for future negotiations.

Österreich hat am vergangenen Freitag neuen EU-Wirtschaftssanktionen gegen Belarus zugestimmt. Zuvor hatte Wien offenbar stark gebremst.

Le programme a été adopté dans ses grandes lignes dès dimanche dans le huis clos de la direction de l'union conservatrice CDU-CSU.

Les législateurs tchèques ont approuvé un amendement qui inscrira le droit d’utiliser une arme en cas de légitime défense dans la Constitution tchèque — un nouveau droit qui sera inclus dans la Charte des droits et libertés fondamentaux du pays.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will deliver a major speech in Barcelona Monday (21 June) as his government is poised to pardon the jailed Catalan separatists behind a failed 2017 independence bid.

Dieser Mann hat in Mexiko die Gunst der Stunde genutzt. Edoardo Mortara fährt in Mexiko in beiden Formel-E-Rennen aufs Podest. Aus dem Nichts führt der Genfer nun vier E-Prix vor Schluss die WM an.

Three-time Slovak prime minister Robert Fico, who was forced to resign amid mass protests following the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée in 2018 has begun gaining once again in popularity, polls show. Meanwhile, President Zuzana Čaputová remains...

Czech lawmakers approved an amendment that will enshrine the right to use a weapon in self-defence in the Czech constitution – a new right that will be included in the country’s Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms. The amendment was...

The largest gay pride parade in central Europe took place on Saturday (19 June) in Warsaw for the first time in two years after a break during the pandemic and amid a backlash in Poland and Hungary against LGBT rights....

La Finlande et l’Estonie ont commencé à partager des données fiscales en ligne et en temps réel, ce qui en fait le premier échange automatique d’informations entre administrations fiscales nationales.

Die erste Plenarsitzung der Konferenz über die Zukunft Europas ist zunächst noch ohne Bürgerbeteiligung abgehalten worden. Das Auswahlverfahren für die 108 Bürgervertreter war vor dem Plenum am Samstag (19. Juni) noch nicht abgeschlossen. „Diese Konferenz ist eine einmalige Erfahrung“, verkündete...

Les 108 citoyens censés participer également à cette plénière sont toujours en cours de sélection et ne devraient donc participer aux travaux qu'après l'été, ce qui n'a pas manqué de soulever des critiques.