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Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the international community have not completed their job in the country, said US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday as he congratulated BiH citizens on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the peace...

The threats of doing away with Republika Sprska because it is a Bosnian constitutional category should end, said  Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, adding that the Dayton Accords can only be changed with the agreement of all three constitutional peoples and...

Croatia and Italy will declare an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) – together with Slovenia – after a January 2021 trilateral meeting, said Croatian Foreign and European Affairs Minister Gordan Grlić Radman, confirming that “an understanding has been reached” between the...

Slovak doctors are calling on Prime Minister Igor Matovič to pass the management reigns to the permanent crisis staff as the COVID-19 situation, especially in hospitals, worsens. Monday’s call echoes President Zuzana Čaputová and other politicians, who – by adopting...

“Don’t believe that at every moment of our lives we should compare ourselves to each other and have at least the same post, at least the same salary as the other,” Hungarian Family Minister Katalin Novák said about women in...

The Social Democrats (S&D) who form the Czech government together with Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s ANO party (RE) oppose the current draft of the national recovery plan. Read also: End to Czech state of emergency could be governing coalition’s downfall...

The escalating crisis between Greece and Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean is being handed over to the new US administration, Greek media have reported. At the 10 December summit, EU leaders postponed once again a decision to impose sanctions on...

EU funds could be expected in late spring or summer, European Commissioner for Economy and former Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni told the Rome Investment Forum 2020 in reference to the Next Generation EU fund, adding that “the final decision...

As the new Lithuanian government was sworn in last Friday, more than two months after the 8 October election, the continued sharp rise in new COVID-19 cases during the delayed handover period has forced the government to impose a full...

UK and EU negotiators have restarted talks over a post-Brexit trade deal but without a deadline on when a decision will be reached. Talks between Michel Barnier and David Frost will resume in Brussels on Tuesday after European Commission President...

The French government’s mass COVID-19 screening strategy to better control the pandemic was launched in the cities of Le Havre and Charleville-Mézières on Monday – the day before the second lockdown came to an end in France on Tuesday, AFP...

After delays and debates around the format, the Christian Democrat Union (CDU) party will meet entirely virtually to decide on a new leader in mid-January, following a formal decision from the party’s executive committee on Monday. Read also: German leadership...

The growing interests and presence of Russia, China and the US in the Arctic have a destabilising effect on the region’s security, according to the annual risk assessment conducted by the Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS). Tensions within the Danish...

Turkey will not abandon its rights and interests in the eastern Mediterranean because of possible European Union sanctions or criticism, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Monday (14 December), the day when the US effectively sanctioned Ankara.

Member states have set aside their divergences on renewable vs ‘low-carbon’ hydrogen to focus on efforts to “rapidly upscale the market for hydrogen at EU level”.

The German motoring association ADAC has proposed doubling the quota of ethanol’s blending with petrol in car engines from 10% to 20% to achieve higher CO2 savings and eventually contribute to the decarbonisation of the transport sector.

Spain’s socialist Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, stressed in Paris on Monday (14 December) that "economic growth does not guarantee well-being" and that the world needs a change of paradigm to deal with new challenges. EURACTIV's partner EFE reported.

Turkey has huge potential in energy efficiency with plans for a 14% reduction into total energy demand by 2023, compared to 2017. To meet that, innovation will need to tap into the knowledge and investments, writes Değer Saygın and Jan Rosenow.

The United States on Monday (14 December) removed Sudan from its state sponsors of terrorism blacklist and declared a "fundamental change" in relations, less than two months after the Arab nation pledged to normalise ties with Israel.

We already know that Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) provides cleaner alternatives to fossil fuels, achieving up to 80% reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to fossil jet fuels. But what is less well known is the fact that...