Spain proposes to organise a mini-summit including the heads of state and government of northern Mediterranean countries when it takes over the six-month EU Council Presidency in the second half of 2023. Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares put forward the…
Leaders of the Visegrad Four countries paid lip service to the importance of the cooperation and looked for common stance on Ukraine and migration at the Thursday meeting of the group in Košice, Slovakia. The prime ministers of Czechia, Slovakia,…
Following Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s criticism of EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell over dialogue with Serbia, President Vjosa Osmani accused him of favouring Belgrade and thanked only the United States for their help in brokering the deal regarding license…
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne will visit German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin on Friday, concluding a week of intense high-level discussions to boost relations between the two countries. On Friday, Borne will visit Berlin in a bid to strengthen the…
Italian pro-migrant lawmaker Aboubakar Soumahoro suspended himself from his parliamentary group, the Green and Left Alliance, due to ongoing investigations against his wife and mother-in-law for tax evasion and mistreatment of migrants. The investigations target the cooperatives of Soumahoro’s wife…
Hopes for stronger cooperation between right-to-far-right political forces in the European Parliament still seem out of reach as the backlash to a declaration signed by rightist and Eurosceptic MEPs from different political families expose continued rifts between the groups. On…
Image source, ReutersImage caption, This pub in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv was lit by candles on ThursdayBy Jaroslav LukivBBC News Ukraine has said that as much as 50% of the country’s electricity needs are currently not being met,…
The European Parliament came under a major cyber-attack on Wednesday afternoon (23 November), just hours after EU lawmakers voted to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. Parliament spokesperson Jaume Duch confirmed that the EU assembly’s website “is currently…
788 women were murdered in 2020 by a family member or intimate partner, across 17 EU member states (Photo: Natalie Hua) Friday (25 November) is the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and we’ll hear from…
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The law will be extended to cover adults as well as childrenBy Jasmine AnderssonBBC News Russia’s lower house of parliament has unanimously voted to extend its ban on so-called “gay propaganda”. Under the latest version…