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Albanian Defence Minister Niko Peleshi took part in the two-day NATO Defence Ministers Meeting in Brussels this week, pledging more support for Ukraine while increasing stockpiles and strengthening deterrence and defence. Defence ministers took decisions to further strengthen the deterrence...

Obwohl die Grenze zwischen Finnland und Russland geschlossen ist und die Visa für Russen aufgehoben wurden, haben Russen ein legales Schlupfloch entdeckt und kommen zum Einkaufen nach Nordfinnland.

Marking one year since Russia invaded Ukraine, the UN General Assembly will vote next week on a draft resolution stressing the need to reach a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in line with the founding United Nations Charter.

Nach Angaben der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO), sind psychische Störungen die am weitesten verbreitete Erkrankung in Gefängnissen weltweit, ein Drittel der Insassen seien betroffen. Die Organisation fordert deshalb nationale Regierungen auf, mehr in die Gesundheitsdienste in Gefängnissen zu investieren.

Parliament’s upper chamber has shelved legislation that would create a legal basis to establish provinces, ensuring that yet another attempt at devolution is doomed amidst irreconcilable disputes about the number of provinces. After being shepherded by the National Council through...

The European Commission has approved a €259 million scheme, under Romania’s Recovery and Resilience Plan, to support investments in energy projects. The scheme aims at supporting Romania’s regional development and fostering the EU’s strategic objectives relating to the green transition,...

Bulgaria, a major producer of ammunition used by Ukrainian soldiers, has sent all the armaments required under a parliamentary decision, Acting Minister of Defense Dimitar Stoyanov, echoing the previous words of  President Rumen Radev. Bulgaria is a major producer of...

Anick and Destin were flown from a remote village of Muzombo to be separated.

The European Commission launched legal proceedings against Poland on Wednesday, citing the Constitutional Tribunal’s 2021 ruling as challenging the supremacy of EU law. In 2021, the Polish Constitutional Tribunal decided that certain EU Treaty provisions were incompatible with the Polish...

The Socialists and Democrats (S&D) are on a collision course with the EU centre-right (EPP) over a European Parliament mission to Spain related to the country’s recovery fund. Socialists hint that the EPP aims to discredit Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez,...

The European Parliament’s motion for a resolution on fertilizer availability and affordability offers an opportunity to recognize the importance of domestically produced mineral fertilizers and pave the way for Europe’s long-term action plan for strategic autonomy on low-carbon fertilizers and food.

Instead of building walls, European countries must devise systems that allow for more and decent work permits for people to come to work in Europe, across skills and sectors.

Matovič a havi átlagbér szintjére csökkentené a parlamenti képviselők jussát. Horecký és Mikulec megsimogatta az OĽANO-vezér 500 eurós választási atombombáját. Budaj az elődje által bevezetett betétdíjrendszer sikerével kérkedett. Fico megpróbálja rávenni a nemzeti tanácsot, hogy ne várjunk őszig az előrehozott választással.

Le chef des ex-agents – qui font actuellement parler d’eux pour le hacking des politiciens – s’était déjà retrouvé dans le viseur du Ministère public de la Confédération.

Hundreds of hardline Serb nationalists and pro-Russia activists rallied in downtown Belgrade on Wednesday (15 February), threatening riots if Serbia accepts a Western-backed plan aimed at mending ties with Kosovo, its former mainly Albanian southern province.

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is to begin his mini EU tour on Thursday to give Madrid’s priorities for when it takes over the six-month rotating EU Council presidency in July. Sanchez’s mini-tour will take him through Austria, Croatia and Slovenia,...

Support for Ukraine, reconstruction and the country’s EU application process were among the topics Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson discussed with his counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Wednesday. Kristersson went to Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy....

The prisoner swap treaty between Belgium and Iran could free Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele, currently trapped in Iran, if an agreement is reached in the coming weeks. In January, Olivier Vandecasteele – the Belgian aid worker who has been...

President of the European Council Charles Michel met in Brussels with the new Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Chairwoman Željka Cvijanović and Members Željko Komšić and Denis Bećirović.

Press briefing ahead of the upcoming Foreign Affairs Council will take place on 17 February 2023 at 9.45.