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Slovenian MEP Tanja Fajon (S&D) has confirmed that the authorities in Belgrade have requested her to be excluded from the Serbian inter-party dialogue, warning this is unacceptable for Brussels as the EU has clear representation rules. Additional details about the...

The concept of Croatia’s energy development must be based on new and clean technologies, innovation, and research to improve the quality of life and ensure the economy’s necessary transformation, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković told the digital conference “Energy 2021 –...

Romanian authorities said Romania will postpone part of the COVID-vaccination appointments by 10 days due to a shortage of doses. ”We have a deficit of 117,000 doses due to the fact that last week we received almost 52% fewer doses...

Every foreigner who wants to enter Bulgaria between 29 January and the end of April will have to present a negative PCR test taken up to 72 hours before arrival. This includes everyone arriving from the EU, the Schengen Area,...

The third unit of the Mochovce nuclear power plant – one of the three nuclear plant projects currently under construction in the EU – will already be allowed to launch this year, according to a draft decision recently published by...

Hungary’s justice ministry intends to submit a bill in spring “on the regulation of the Hungarian operations of large tech companies”, Justice Minister Judit Varga announced on her Facebook page on Tuesday. “We would like to achieve nothing else with...

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday (26 February) he had spoken with US President Joe Biden about preparing the alliance's next summit and discussed challenges including terrorism, Russian assertiveness and China's rising power.

A proposed due diligence law gives the EU the chance to reshape the relationship between corporations, people and the planet, writes Richard Gardiner.

Serbia plans to spend about €2.5 billion in loans and subsidies to businesses and payments to pensioners and other citizens to help them cope with the economic impact of the coronavirus, President Aleksandar Vučić said on Tuesday (26 January).

While one in five Czechs suffered from mental health issues before the pandemic, that number is now one in three, due to the restrictive measures which include self-isolation – which “from an expert point of view, is really a lot,”...

The suspension of Donald Trump’s social media accounts across different platforms has inspired the creators of Poland’s newest social networking site, Albicla – the project of right-wing Gazeta Polska‘s editor-in-chief, Tomasz Sakiewicz. Albicla – an abbreviation of the term “Let...

About 58% of Spaniards would now accept to get vaccinated against COVID-19, compared to the 20.2% recorded just three months ago, according to a survey conducted by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (Fecyt), released by the country’s science...

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, who resigned on Wednesday after Italia Viva ministers resigned from his government, is now looking to obtain a new mandate to form his third consecutive government. While he has the support of the centre-left Democratic...

It is high-time for Finland to look ahead and start implementing corrective measures and structural changes, the country’s Economic Policy Council wrote in its report published on Tuesday, adding that the Finnish government successfully steered the country through the pandemic...

The Irish government has decided to extend level 5 restrictions in the country until 5 March, Taoiseach Micheál Martin announced on Tuesday. The continuation of these rules means that no visitors are permitted in private homes or gardens unless under...

Lawmakers urged Boris Johnson’s government on Tuesday to cancel debt repayments owed by developing countries that are currently struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic. The recommendation made by the UK parliament’s international development committee to Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab follows the...

German Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) is weighing possible changes to the country’s vaccination schedule after media reports stated that the vaccine from AstraZeneca – set to be approved by the European Medical Agency (EMA) this week – was only...

The EU's attempts to regulate Artificial Intelligence could be met with future challenges resulting from an agreement on e-Commerce at the level of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), according to a new study published on Tuesday (26 January).

Portugal's government was urged to transfer COVID-19 patients abroad on Tuesday (26 January) as deaths hit a record high and the oxygen supply system of a large hospital near Lisbon partly failed from overuse.

The economic crisis caused by COVID-19 could turn into a “social crisis”, the EU's economic  affairs commissioner Paolo Gentiloni has warned, calling for greater involvement from trade unions in the elaboration of national recovery plans.