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German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer will next week discuss with her French counterpart Florence Parly the behind-schedule Franco-German combat jet project as well as tensions with Russia over Ukraine.

The Serbian minister for innovation and technological development Nenad Popović on Thursday met a delegation of Russian experts who supervised the filling of the first control vials of the Sputnik V vaccine conducted by Belgrade’s Torlak Institute of Virology, Vaccines...

The necessary funds for Croatia’s healthcare system’s debt settlement will be ensured through budget reallocation and revision as well as cost cuts, Finance Minister Zdravko Marić said on Thursday. Marić informed the parliament about the debt settlement scheme whereby installments...

The Bulgarian government resigned on Thursday, following last Sunday’s elections, and Prime Minister Boyko Borissov announced he was going on paid leave from Friday, meaning he will not appear before parliament to explain his decision to not submit Bulgaria’s recovery...

Slovakian Finance Minister Igor Matovič (OĽaNO) who was ousted as prime minister after he bought the Sputnik V vaccine from Russia without consulting his coalition partners in government, has been appointed to represent Slovakia in international financial institutions, according to...

Czech President Miloš Zeman considers the US and NATO decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan a mistake, the president’s spokesman said on Thursday in a statement for the daily newspaper Pravo. Zeman had always defended the role of allied troops...

Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal has ruled that an article of the Commissioner for Human Rights Act is unconstitutional, meaning Ombudsman Adam Bodnar – who repeatedly pointed out the government backsliding on the rule of law, freedom of the press, and democratic...

Portugal's secretary of state for integration and migration said on Thursday that socially excluded populations should participate in the climate and digital transition, enhancing their opportunities, integration and participation in the labour market.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias was given explicit orders to respond accordingly if provoked during a crunch meeting with Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu earlier this week, diplomatic sources in Athens have said. The foreign ministers of Greece and Turkey on...

Italy’s Northern League will not be supporting a no-confidence motion against Health Minister Roberto Speranza, Riccardo Molinari, leader of the League group in the Chamber of Deputies said on Thursday, despite his party having criticised the health minister almost daily...

Gaining approval for the EU coronavirus recovery package worth €750 billion in frugal Finland is proving more difficult than expected as it is now dividing parliament and widely being referred to as a “necessary evil”. Finland’s Constitutional Law Committee will...

The presidency of the Hungarian Doctors Union (MOSZ) wrote an open letter to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Thursday (15 April), asking him to postpone the opening of schools scheduled for next week. Orbán announced Wednesday (14 April) bars...

Several Belgian mayors had announced on Thursday they would reopen their terraces before 8 May as they would no longer have the means to prevent hospitality owners from opening their businesses. Belgium’s Consultation Committee on Wednesday (14 April) decided to...

Those Brussels bar terraces better be roomy, the EU vaccine news is a smidgen less gloomy and delivering world peace, all hail Halloumi!

The EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific Community on Thursday (15 April) finalised the successor to the Cotonou agreement, bringing a close to two and a half years of negotiations and repeated delays.

Gas power plants overtook lignite in 2020 to become the EU’s single largest source of power sector emissions, according to fresh analysis from energy think tank Ember. The analysis, published on Friday (16 April), is based on data reported by...

Some EU finance ministers are expected to request the European Commission on Friday (16 April) to shorten the two-month evaluation period of the recovery plans in order to speed up the implementation of the long-awaited European stimulus.

The foreign ministers of Greece and Turkey on Thursday (15 April) clashed on a wide range of issues during a heated news conference that underscored the trouble the two historic rivals will have at mending their broken ties.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is expected to apply for EU funding to help retrain 900,000 workers on government-backed temporary lay-off schemes known as ERTE, Spanish financial media has reported. EURACTIV’s partner EuroEFE reported. 

France's Council of State, the country's highest legal entity, is meeting on Friday (16 April) to finally decide whether to allow the widespread retention of connection data despite the Court of Justice in Luxembourg having already ruled against the practice several times. EURACTIV France reports.