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Bulgaria will reopen restaurants from March and lift a ban on nightclubs from April, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said on Wednesday (24 February), betting on a vaccination programme and a solid number of recoveries from COVID-19.

The European Union’s most senior administrator said she would happily receive AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine as officials rushed to find ways of ensuring doses refused by skittish Germans did not go to waste.

Russian President Vladimir Putin approved legislation on Wednesday (24 February) beefing up fines for offences committed during street protests after thousands were detained at unsanctioned rallies in support of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

EU delegations are to submit by the end of February their proposals for spending development aid based on consultations in their respective countries, reflecting the bigger role of the diplomatic outposts in hitting assistance targets. The EU has some 140...

The EU Adaptation Strategy presents not only priorities for action, but a vision of how adaptation to climate change should take place, writes Richard J. T. Klein.

The core task of the Union is to build a strong internal market that helps citizens live better and be prosperous.

An ad hoc label for food products belonging to the Mediterranean diet is the latest suggestion in the EU-wide food labelling fray to cope with negative effects caused by colour-coded Nutri-score.

The US government is confident its sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline connecting Russia and Germany will have an impact. In a document obtained by EURACTIV Germany, the State Department lists 18 European companies that have already ended their cooperation with the project. EURACTIV Germany reports.

Thousands of Cypriot protesters have staged large demonstrations in past weeks, angered by months of lockdown, economic woes and a string of corruption scandals, as well as a rare police crackdown.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Russia's military infrastructure hampering Lithuania's 5G development, Slovenia's National Assembly appointing the country's new health minister, and so much more.

San Marino on Tuesday (23 February) received a first batch of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines, government officials said, allowing the tiny state landlocked inside Italy to start its immunisation campaign.

The UK government agreed Tuesday (23 February) to allow the European Union more time to formally ratify the post-Brexit trade deal which came into effect on January 1.

Venezuela's National Assembly called Tuesday (23 February) for the government to expel the European Union's ambassador to Caracas, in response to new EU sanctions against 19 Venezuelan officials.

MEPs on the Parliament’s foreign policy committee known as AFET adopted on Tuesday a set of harmonised amendments to a report on Serbia drafted by Slovak MEP and rapporteur Vladimir Bilčik. In the amendments, MEPs called for solutions to the...

More than 68% of Croatian businesses have more than 21 billion kunas (€2,8 billion) worth of projects or investment plans ready to be implemented in the next financial period, the Croatian Employers’ Association (HUP) has said. According to the survey,...

Investments in sustainable energy are increasing hugely worldwide and the EU must stimulate that development, European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans told an online energy summit held in Bucharest. And although investment in fossil fuels is still massive, investors are...

As Bulgaria recorded the largest number of infections since the start of the year on Tuesday, with 1,925 new daily COVID-19 infections and 14% positive tests, the country is now heading towards a third coronavirus wave just after it loosened...

Slovakia will introduce a so-called redistributive payment, which should redirect part of the EU’s agricultural subsidy from large farmers to small ones, Slovakia’s Agriculture Minister, Ján Mičovský, announced on Tuesday. Large farmers and coalition partners have already criticised the move....

The Polish foreign minister and the US secretary of state in a telephone conversation on Tuesday confirmed their will to strengthen the bilateral partnership and oppose Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline. “Minister Zbigniew Rau and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed in...

The Czech Republic received 5,000 jabs of the Moderna vaccine as a donation from Israel on Tuesday, a day after the Czech government decided to open its new diplomatic office in Jerusalem.