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"It is increasingly clear that the 'hybrid' tribunal will be the solution," a senior EU official said, after foreign ministers of the key Western powers supported a tribunal option which is not Ukraine's preferred option.

La contraception orale pourrait bientôt devenir gratuite en Italie, mais les associations pro-natalité estiment que le gouvernement devrait plutôt investir les fonds dans le soutien aux familles, alors que le pays est confronté à une baisse de la natalité.

Elections that took place in the north of Kosovo in four municipalities with a Serb majority registered the lowest turnout ever in the country’s history at just 3.47%, sparking harsh words from Serbian President Aleksander Vucic and scathing criticism of...

Government infighting in Berlin could see Germany abandon a mandatory renovation principle in the EU's buildings directive ahead of final negotiations in Brussels.

Face à la colère croissante des agriculteurs, le gouvernement slovène s’est efforcé d’atténuer la proposition de la Commission européenne visant à réduire de moitié l’utilisation des produits chimiques et des produits phytopharmaceutiques les plus dangereux d’ici 2030.

Beijing needs the EU and the whole of Europe to be passive in the context of tensions between China and the USA. And Beijing wants exactly the same in the context of the war in Ukraine – it wants Europe to betray its key military and security ally - the United States, writes Roman Rukomeda.

Despite the EU’s emphasis on free movement, workers from the Western Balkans continue to face serious obstacles when taking up work in the EU, says Aleksandra Lakić, programme manager at the Zajedničko Platform in Belgrade.

During the week, the European Parliament special committee on foreign interference is set to adopt its proposals to fight foreign actors, particularly Russia and China, using information manipulation — which is likely to increase as the 2024 European elections approach.

Après avoir remis en question la souveraineté des pays anciennement soviétiques, l’ambassadeur chinois à Paris Lu Shaye a suscité de vives réactions dans l’Europe entière, de Paris à Kiev.

Czech President Petr Pavel has called for a joint and balanced strategy between the US, Europe and other democracies to address China’s increasing economic, political, and financial power while avoiding divisive lines between them. Pavel spoke about EU-US-China relations with...

Oral contraception may soon become free in Italy, but pro-natal associations argue that the government should instead invest the funds in family support as the country is facing declining birth rates. The Pricing and Reimbursement Committee (CPR) of the Italian...

The two biggest parties likely to form a right-wing government remain divided on immigration despite this being a possible answer to the current labour shortage that is negatively affecting the health sector and growth. After two weeks of negotiations, Finland...

Azerbaijan said on Sunday (23 April) it had established a checkpoint on the only land route to the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a step that was followed by claims of border shootings by both Azeri and Armenian forces.

MPs will debate a public petition calling the government to hold a public inquiry into the impact of Brexit on Monday. “The UK’s departure from the EU was a democratic choice, and the UK-EU institutions are functioning as intended. The...

Plans for a new power line to link both countries and offshore wind turbines in the North Sea, to increase energy security and boost renewable power, will be announced by the Netherlands and the UK on Monday.

Dutch mayors and the families of fallen soldiers asked citizens to hang Dutch flags for Remembrance Day properly and not upside down amid ongoing protests against the country’s nitrogen policy. In the wake of fierce disagreement between the government and...

The communist party KPÖplus made huge gains and secured a solid fourth place in its best supralocal election result since at least World War II in the Salzburg state elections on Sunday, which also had the far-right FPÖ make the...

The liberal FDP party (Renew) has renewed its call for a higher carbon surcharge on fossil fuels at a party convention this weekend to stop a proposed ban on new gas and oil boilers as of 2024. Last week, the...

EU environmental reporting rules cause an administrative burden for companies and should be measured against the burden they would cause each time they are adopted, a plan to curb costs and bureaucracy for companies presented by German conservatives reads.

EU foreign ministers on Monday (24 March) are expected to give their political green light to create a new sanctions framework to target Moldovan oligarchs trying to overturn the pro-Western government in Chișinău. With the new framework, EU travel bans...