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The European Parliament on Wednesday (10 March) overwhelmingly endorsed the creation of a carbon border charge that would shield EU companies against cheaper imports from countries with weaker climate policies.

Karl Erjavec, the leader of the Pensioners’ Party (DeSUS), announced he was stepping down after having led the party for 15 years. Erjavec led DeSUS while he held the defence minister post in the first government of current Prime Minister...

After parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković called on President Zoran Milanović to submit his nomination for the Supreme Court President, Milanović announced he would nominate Zagreb law school professor Zlata Đurđević as his candidate, even though Đurđević did not apply for...

The Romanian parliament planned to convene on Wednesday to approve the EU Council’s own-resources decision, but the meeting did not go ahead, with Prime Minister Florin Citu accusing the Social-Democrats of derailing it and thus potentially damaging the EU’s borrowing...

The official Facebook page of the Bulgarian defence ministry (Bulgarian Armed Forces) was hacked, forcing it to set up a new Facebook account, the ministry announced on Wednesday. “Information may appear on the Facebook profile for which the defence ministry...

The "OpenLux" investigation showed a need to better implement European Union tax rules and to strengthen tax-related disclosures by companies, a top EU official said on Wednesday (10 March).

Since Slovakia’s recovery plan, which was presented Monday, failed to set anything aside for the agriculture sector or landscaping reforms, Agriculture Minister Ján Mičovský has announced that he will be forced to resign unless this is addressed. The national recovery and resilience...

Hungary’s hospitals are being overrun with COVID-19 patients, many of whom are put on ventilators hours after being admitted to hospital, Hungary’s COVID-19 task force told journalists in a briefing on Wednesday. “Two young people in their 30s who, according...

In an interview with the website Parlamentní listy on Wednesday, Czech president Miloš Zeman has openly called on PM Andrej Babiš to get rid of Health Minister Jan Blatný and the Chief of State Institute for Drug Control as they are...

The Solidarna Polska (United Poland) party, currently in coalition with the Law and Justice party (PiS), wants the Polish Sejm to pass a resolution calling on EU institutions to “respect the identity and views of Poles on issues related to...

Richer members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) blocked a push by over 80 developing countries on Wednesday (10 March) to waive patent rights in an effort to boost production of COVID-19 vaccines for poor nations.

The next (62nd) round of exploratory talks between Greece and Turkey will be held in Athens on 16-17 March, the Greek foreign ministry announced in a statement on Wednesday. Although details provided were scarce, Greek diplomatic sources, as well as...

Portuguese recovery plan Portugal’s recovery and resilience plan (RRP) includes a €40 million investment in forests, with €34.2 million allocated to fighting rural fires, the government announced on Wednesday. “Investment in the system of Emergency and Civil Protection has been...

Madrid is facing the prospect of early elections after the conservative regional president, Popular Party’s Isabel Díaz Ayuso, ended a coalition deal with centre-right party Ciudadanos in a bid to outmanoeuvre a possible no-confidence motion. Díaz Ayuso, a divisive politician from the...

Spanish biopharmaceutical group Zendal wrote to Spain's industry minister declaring its interest in producing Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in the country, an industry ministry spokeswoman said on Wednesday (10 March).

After the next elections, Sweden’s Centre Party is willing and able to join either a left-leaning or right-wing government, Centre Party Chair Annie Lööf told the Expressen newspaper in an interview on Tuesday, adding that under no circumstances would the party cooperate...

The European affairs and trade and enterprise committees will start a separate examination of the EU-Canada trade deal known as CETA before parliament makes any decision to ratify it. The all-party committee on European affairs has written to other committees...

Ryanair, Easyjet and other low-cost airlines have written to the European Union asking that its plan to force carriers to use a certain share of sustainable fuels apply to all flights, not just short-haul ones.

For money managers and advisers keen to market their sustainable investing credentials to European clients, going green is about to get a lot tougher.

Two members of the UK government’s LGBT advisory panel have resigned after accusing ministers of not being serious when it comes to equality legislation and for creating a “hostile environment” for LGBT people. Jayne Ozanne and James Morton both resigned...