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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian troops on the southeastern front and handed out medals, his office said on Sunday (4 February), and his spokesperson said he came very close to exchanges of fire on the front line.

The ban on far-right AUR party President George Simion from entering the Republic of Moldova has been extended for another five years, representatives of the General Inspectorate for Migration of the Ministry in Chisinau told NewsMaker.md.

La Pologne a introduit des contrôles plus stricts des produits agroalimentaires à la frontière ukrainienne afin de protéger son marché intérieur d’un afflux incontrôlé de produits ukrainiens, a déclaré ce week-end le vice-ministre de l’Agriculture Michał Kołodziejczak.

Slovak farmers are prepared to join their European counterparts in the week-long protests that have rocked many countries in recent weeks, the Slovak Chamber of Agriculture and Food (SPPK) said, adding that the EU’s “green fanaticism” was to blame.

On Sunday, Parisians voted to increase parking charges for sport utility vehicles (SUVs), but the opposition jumped to call it a democratic, ecological and social farce.

Spain’s minimum wage will rise from the current €1,050 to €1,134 gross per month, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (PSOE/S&D) announced at a rally on Saturday.

The economic benefits of "partial" Schengen entry are limited — the decision provides more symbolic significance than economic benefit for Bulgaria and Romania.

Taylor Swift trended again. This time not for her music but due to violent deepfakes of the artist that flooded the platform X. EU policymakers now have a historic chance to protect women from sexualised deepfakes – if they are up for the task.

The leader of Germany’s conservative Christian Democrats, Friedrich Merz, is convinced his party will lead the next federal government, he said in his weekly newsletter on Saturday, outlining potential coalition partners.

Le chef de l’Union chrétienne-démocrate d’Allemagne (Christlich Demokratische Union, CDU), Friedrich Merz, est convaincu que son parti dirigera le prochain gouvernement fédéral, a-t-il déclaré dans sa newsletter hebdomadaire samedi (3 février).

James Landale travels with the UK Africa minister to northern Ethiopia, where the situation is deteriorating.

Following failed interinstitutional negotiations over the platform work directive last week, the Belgium Presidency circulated yet another draft text, which significantly waters down the file’s flagship chapter on the legal presumption of employment.

Protesters and police clashed in the Senegalese capital Dakar and at least one senior opposition figure was arrested Sunday (4 February), a day after President Macky Sall announced the indefinite postponement of the presidential election.

Poland has introduced stricter controls on agri-food products at the Ukrainian border to protect its domestic market from an uncontrolled influx of  products, Deputy Agriculture Minister Michał Kołodziejczak said over the weekend.

The European Union is failing to supply Ukraine with enough ammunition on time, and the logical solution is to use EU funds to buy ammunition abroad, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský told Czech reporters over the weekend.

European solar panel manufacturers have warned they are “poised to shut down manufacturing lines” unless the EU takes emergency measures to save the sector, such as a buy-out of their inventories, which have piled up in recent years due to an influx of cheaper versions from China.

The European Green Party has renewed its pledge to cater for farmers and agreed to try to bring forward the EU's climate neutrality targets at this weekend's congress in Lyon in an attempt to fend off right-wing 'attacks' on the party and the Green Deal.

Americas The Boeing won a $19.4 million modification, which exercises an option to procure two P-8A Increment 3 retrofit A-Kits in support of anti-submarine warfare capabilities upgrades for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Florida; St. Louis, Missouri; and Mesa, Arizona, and is expected to be completed in June […]

ResQ Biotech has become the first Greek company to receive a European Research Council Proof of Concept Grant, for the enhancement of its innovative biotechnologies, and the development of new drugs against diseases caused by protein misfolding.

Adoption of the European Health Data Space regulation is expected soon, but Sweden is scrambling to prepare for the digital leap, unsure of an implementation timeline or the financial cost.