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The Russian foreign ministry used Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó’s interview with Russian state television channel RT to promote their Sputnik V jab on social media with the hashtag “Russia Helps” on Saturday. Szijjártó received the first dose of the...

Popular public service broadcaster Czech Television has been under threat since the broadcaster’s supervisory commission – which controls the TV’s activities, appoints the director-general and approves the budget – was suddenly removed in November, and last week’s vote in parliament...

Over 20 Polish medics will fly to Brussels on Thursday to vaccinate 3,500 employees of the NATO Headquarters using the newly resumed AstraZeneca vaccine. Poland received an official invitation from NATO to carry COVID-19 vaccinations at the military bloc’s headquarters...

The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo) has identified the group behind the cyber-attack against the Finnish parliament’s IT systems last autumn. A group called APT31 is responsible for the “state-run cyberespionage operation,” according to the intelligence service’s press release...

Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin has declared he “would indeed” take the AstraZeneca vaccine amid confirmation from the European Medical Agency (EMA) that it is safe and not associated with a higher risk of developing blood clots. “I would say...

A poll unveiled Monday (22 March) showed trust in AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine has plunged in many European countries, as the continent grapples with resurgent infections and Germany considers extending restrictions into April.

UK ministers have hinted that international travel may not resume from 17 May as previously mentioned, because of fears that travellers could bring new COVID-variants into the UK and rising cases across much of Europe. Speaking on Sunday, Defence Secretary...

Germany on Monday is set to to tighten lockdown measures into mid-April, after it had progressively began easing restrictions, first reopening schools in late February, before allowing some shops to resume business in March. “Given the current infection dynamics accelerated...

Belgium’s ban on non-essential travel has been extended after the Easter holidays until 18 April. ‘Non-essential trips abroad are prohibited for persons who have their main residence in Belgium,’ the new Ministerial Decree, published on Sunday, confirmed. The travel ban, which...

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has called on Russia to stop conducting espionage activities in Sofia after six Bulgarian citizens were arrested in Sofia for allegedly participating in a Russian spy network on Friday. Commentators say the Bulgarian spy scandal...

US and European leaders denounced what they called Turkey's baffling and concerning decision to pull out of an international accord designed to protect women from violence, and urged President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to reconsider.

The EU transport sector had just 6.3% renewables in real terms in 2019, a substantial portion of which was palm oil in various forms.  With a 2010 starting point of around 4%, this 6.3% is a pitiful result, writes Eric...

Approximately thirty Spanish companies hit economically by the COVID-19 crisis have asked for bailouts between €3 and €3.3 billion from the government in order to survive and remain competitive, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reports.

The European Union does not need Russia's Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19 and can achieve immunity across the continent using European production, a leading EU executive saidin comments that provoked a backlash from the vaccine maker.

US: The Unique Stories of Liberals is an exclusive interview series produced by the ALDE Party, featuring liberal leaders from across Europe. In the interviews, the leaders share their personal and professional experiences on key political and policy issues including...

Margrethe Vestager, the executive vice-president of the European Commission, said on Friday (19 March) that she has "reservations" about a proposal from the Portuguese EU Presidency to unblock negotiations on the ePrivacy regulation.

Six southern and eastern EU countries are asking the bloc's foreign ministers to focus on Bosnia-Herzegovina and help the barely functioning Western Balkan country implement key reforms that should boost its dwindling EU membership bid and ease simmering tensions in the region.

Britain on Sunday (21 March) warned the European Union against halting exports of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccines if the bloc does not receive promised deliveries, saying such a move would be "counter-productive".

Southern EU countries sometimes called ‘Club Med’ of MED5 on Saturday (20 March) showed a united front at a meeting in Athens, urging solidarity from other EU states in sharing the migration burden.

It's time the EU finally mind up its mind about what to do about Turkey, writes Robert Ellis.