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India posted a record rise in new coronavirus cases in an alarming surge being blamed on a "double mutant" variant and super-spreader events, even as countries in Europe prepare to ease restrictions, hoping the peak may have passed.

Croatia’s GDP contracted by 7.8% in the first half of 2020 compared with the same period the previous year, Croatian National Bank (HNB) Governor Boris Vujčić said on Thursday. The fall has been blamed on the COVID-19 pandemic and natural...

Academic Martin Osikovski has been fired on disciplinary grounds from his post at Sofia’s University of National and World Economy days after criticising a pre-election appearance of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov at the institution on 2 April. Osikovski was fired...

President Joe Biden on Thursday (22 April) doubled US ambitions on slashing greenhouse gas emissions, leading Japan and Canada at a summit in making new commitments that bring the world closer to limiting the worst climate change.

The European Commission on Wednesday (21 April), tabled a first set of implementation rules under the EU's sustainable finance taxonomy, but changes made since a draft leaked last week have weakened criteria on waste management, campaigners say.

Slovakia is to expel three Russian diplomats in solidarity with the Czech Republic, Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger, Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď and Foreign Affairs Minister Ivan Korčok said on Thursday. Slovakia was the first EU country to express a...

Czech President Miloš Zeman has so far remained silent on his country’s biggest diplomatic dispute in modern times after the government said it believes Russian GRU agents were behind explosions at a Czech ammunition depot in 2014. Zeman – known...

Rapid emission cuts need one carbon price for all sectors, including transport and buildings. But to move quickly enough, we should allow some differentiation for a limited time, writes Georg Zachmann. 

Poland recorded the highest number of COVID-related deaths in Europe last week, according to WHO data. Meanwhile, the country’s surplus death rate during the pandemic in relation to the 2016-2019 period was the highest in the EU as it amounted...

The Greek government has put forward a last-minute amendment in a bill offering immunity to all those dealing with and making decisions aimed at tackling the ongoing pandemic.

Chinese telecom giant Huawei has filed a case against Sweden’s telecom regulator after the company was banned from participating in 5G auctions in Sweden and telecom operators were ordered to remove their technology before the end of 2024. The case...

Russia's defence minister on Friday (23 April) ordered an end to military drills near Ukraine involving tens of thousands of troops and dozens of warships that had exacerbated tensions with the West.

After refusing to reveal the location of their voter database for the last two weeks, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald revealed on radio station Newstalk on Thursday that the information has been moved to Frankfurt post-Brexit. “It had been...

The COVID-19 situation in France “is improving,” French Prime Minister Jean Castex told a press conference Thursday evening, adding that “the peak of the third wave seems to be behind us.” Castex announced a relaxation of the rules, starting with...

The death of Chad's strong-man president underscores the need for the EU to overhaul its strategy in the Sahel region, writes Bram Dijkstra.

Football’s all about money, wow, big shock, EU has a climate law, please don’t mock, and might German Greens stand a chance with Frau Baerbock?

The Czech Republic on Thursday (22 April) ordered Russia to remove most of its remaining diplomatic staff from Prague in an escalation of the worst dispute between the two countries in decades.

Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa has said that the European initiative called the New European Bauhaus was of crucial importance to ensure that the bloc achieved its climate goals. “By improving the sustainability, aesthetics, inclusivity and accessibility of housing and...

The Spanish government has in the last weeks already advanced €2.1 billion of its coronavirus recovery programme, amounting to 7.9% of the €26 billion Spain is expected to receive in EU funds this year, Spanish financial media reported.

French vaccine maker Valneva has not met the conditions to conclude talks on a deal with the European Union to supply the bloc with its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, a spokesman for the European Commission said on Thursday (22 April).