Introducing an emergency price cap on electricity similar to the Iberian mechanism as part of the EU’s power market reform would be risky, the European Commission said in response to a request from the Portuguese government. As the Commission finalises…
Core inflation in Spain hit a new record in February, a level not seen in the last 37 years, despite all price containment measures implemented by Sanchez’s left-wing government. Inflation in the Iberian country rose by 6.1% in February compared…
A third of the asphalt covering the highway ring road around the Bulgarian capital is simply gone, announced Regional Development Minister Ivan Shishkov, who, together with Vencislav Angelov, the head of the state agency Road Infrastructure, have now inspected the…
Serbia will receive a non-repayable EU grant of €610
Bullying in Albanian schools is on the rise, almost doubling in the last year, impacting boys more than girls, but also escalating into violence that has shocked the public during the last week. The investigative portal Reporter.al took data from…
A campaign for Kosovo businesses to stop buying and selling Serbian products is picking up; however, the amounts of goods imported by Pristina from its neighbour totalled almost €18 million in 2022 and are not dropping- yet. Kosovo was a…
Two trains collided head-on in Greece killing at least 32 people and injuring 85 late on Tuesday night, the fire brigade said, but the cause of the deadliest rail crash in Greece in decades remained unclear. An intercity passenger train…
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The Italian authorities disregarded warnings from the EU border and coast agency Frontex, based on reconnaissance signals, that a ship which eventually sank off its coast might be carrying a large number of people, a source from Frontex told EURACTIV.…
To plan a common defence policy across Nordic countries, security matters should be more deeply rooted in the everyday work of parliaments, including creating a Nordic security and defence body, social democratic leaders from Nordic countries said at a meeting…