Reforms to the country’s abortion rules and new legislation allowing teenagers over the age of 16 to change their gender without permission from a doctor or psychologist were approved by Spanish lawmakers on Thursday. The separate packages tabled by the…
Portugal will end its golden visa programme, which fast-tracks residence permits for large investors from outside the EU and has raked in billions of euros in investments, in a push to combat property speculation, Prime Minister António Costa announced on…
Polish President Andrzej Duda began his two-day visit to the UK in a move which, according to an expert, further strengthens Polish-UK relations that have gradually tightened since the war in Ukraine. Meeting at 10
The National Council adopted a resolution Thursday, labelling Russia as a terrorist regime and condemning its widespread attacks on civilians, civilian objects, and a key energy structure. In Thursday’s National Council meeting, lawmakers adopted the resolution with 78 votes in…
Undeclared and oftentimes cheaper ingredients were added to 5% of food products analysed on the local retail market, with meat, honey, milk and cheese being the most ‘spoiled’ foodstuffs, the Health Ministry has found. “Honey was found to sometimes contain…
Flares, blasts, and loud chants flooded Ljubljana on Thursday as professional firefighters from all over the country gathered for one of the largest protests against the current government to date, making it the latest group to demand higher pay. Firefighters…
The opposition and supporters held the third anti-government protest in a week outside of parliament in Tirana on Thursday, calling for the prime minister to resign and attempting to disrupt the parliamentary session. Hundreds of people, including a man in…
Belgian justice rejected on Thursday jailed MEP Eva Kaili’s third request to get released until the trial of the Qatargate takes place. Meanwhile, her lawyer lashed out against Pier Antonio Panzeri, the alleged mastermind of the scandal, saying he is…
Eurosceptics have a new bugbear, claiming that Brussels has a clandestine plan to make people eat insects in a misinformation narrative flourishing on and offline. Recent European Union approvals for food ingredients derived from house crickets and beetle larvae, which…
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