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Poland’s opposition-dominated Senate is to set up an alternative commission to investigate Russian interference in Polish politics after plans by the ruling conservative camp to create a similar body drew criticism from Brussels and Washington. The decision to set up...

The left-wing Sumar platform urged Spain’s Socialist party on Thursday to open the debate “without complexes or taboos” on an amnesty law, something required by Catalan separatists to support a government led by Pedro Sánchez. Sumar, a platform of 15...

North Korea has launched its first operational "tactical nuclear attack submarine" and assigned it to the fleet that patrols the waters between the Korean peninsula and Japan, state media said on Friday (8 September).

The Romano lithium mine, proposed for Montalegre in Portugal's northern district of Vila Real, has received a favourable conditional environmental impact statement from the Portuguese Environment Agency, but environmentalists are concerned about its impact.

Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has bluntly criticised EU Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni and former climate commissioner Frans Timmermans, whom he believes do not serve Italy’s interests, and is hoping to get someone who ‘defends the interest of the entire community’....

« Une activité bancaire solide » doit être la première priorité de la Banque européenne d’investissement (BEI), a déclaré le ministre allemand des Finances alors que Margrethe Vestager, une candidate au poste de président de la banque, a déclaré qu’elle souhaitait que la BEI prenne plus de risques.

While rejoining the UK to Horizon Europe was met with overwhelming support from the academic community, some say the years it took – and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s hesitance – has caused serious damage and is ‘hardly something worthy of...

A motion opposing the European Commission from potentially re-authorising glyphosate has received majority support in the Dutch parliament, with MPs urging Agriculture Minister Piet Adema (CU/EPP) to vote against the measure at next month's EU Agriculture Council.

Huit associations ont introduit un recours d’urgence auprès du Conseil d’État contre la décision de la Secrétaire d’État à l’Asile et à la Migration Nicole de Moor de ne plus offrir temporairement d’hébergement aux demandeurs d’asile célibataires de sexe masculin.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been accused by Dutch MP Leonie Vestering (PvdD/EU Left) of carrying out a personal vendetta after the EU executive questioned the high protection status of wolves earlier this week. In a statement...

À l’approche du renouvellement du parlement, le 22 octobre, des spécialistes analysent les forces et les faiblesses du système politique suisse.

Eight associations have lodged an urgent appeal with the Council of State against the decision to temporarily stop offering accommodation to single male asylum seekers, taken by State Secretary for Asylum and Migration Nicole de Moor. Last week, de Moor...

France will introduce a rail pass similar to the one recently introduced in neighbouring Germany, French Transport Minister Clément Beaune announced on Thursday, in a bid to encourage the French to use trains, which are often bemoaned as an expensive way to travel.

The United States and the European Union on Thursday (7 September) criticised remarks about the World War Two persecution of Jews and antisemitism by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) needs to increase at least 100-fold by 2050 for the world to meet its net-zero emissions goals. The US and Norway illustrate how effective government policy can help achieve this, write Jarad Daniels and Nils Rokke. 

Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik said on Thursday (7 September) that police in Bosnia's Serb-dominated region have been instructed to arrest and deport an international peace envoy if he enters the Serb Republic.

Austria’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the head of the EU Commission’s representation in Austria, Martin Selmayr, over his comments highlighting the country’s continued dependence on Russian gas flows and its role in financing the war in Ukraine.

A UN-backed court in the Central African Republic said it had charged ex-rebel leader Abdoulaye Hissène with crimes against humanity and war crimes on Thursday (7 September).

Greece has joined the Three Seas Initiative (3SI), while Ukraine and Moldova have become associated states, according to the Joint Declaration of the Eighth Three Seas Initiative Summit in Bucharest. By becoming a Three Sea Initiative-associated state, Ukraine will be...

Bulgaria has started equipping its coast guard with missiles so that ‘no one dares to approach the Black Sea cities’ of the country, Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov announced on Thursday while answering citizens’ questions on Facebook. Denkov added that the...