Families receiving minimum benefits or benefiting from the social tariff on energy will be given €240 after Portugal’s cabinet approved the support on Thursday, said Labour Minister Ana Mendes Godinho. The support will cover about one million families (1,037,000
Renew Europe MEP Giorgos Kyrtsos and investigative journalist Tasos Teloglou are the latest victims of the ‘Greek Watergate’, a wiretapping scandal that has been shaking Athens for months. Sources close to the matter told EURACTIV that a team of the…
One of the most striking features of this scandal is the fact that it was the Belgian police — working on this case for months — who spotted what was arguably hiding in plain sight (Photo: snorski) What happens when…
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Burkina Faso President Capt Ibrahim Traoré seized power in September promising to reverse gains made by Islamist militantsBy Lalla SyBBC News The military authorities in Burkina Faso have summoned Ghana's ambassador after its neighbour alleged…
President Andrzej Duda vetoed an education reform that he claims has not yet received broad social acceptance after receiving 133 letters protesting the reform. This is the second time that Duda has refused to sign reforms to the Polish education…
The Czech Presidency proposed a phased instead of immediate full Schengen membership for Bulgaria and Romania to unblock their admission, diplomatic sources say, but this was not enough. Last week, the ambitions of Romania and Bulgaria to join the Schengen…
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen and her Rassemblement National are gaining credibility among right-wing voters although most French people still view her as a danger to democracy, a recent survey has found. Read the original French story here. Trust in…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said there will never be a referendum on self-determination in Catalonia and has stated the region’s independence process is over. Speaking at a press conference in Brussels on Thursday after the meeting of EU leaders,…
An initial memorandum for accession to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) was formally submitted by Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca. Romania does not see the accession to the OECD as a purpose in itself but a catalyst for…
The Slovenian parliament passed a bill implementing the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) into national law as the last country in the bloc to do so. The legislation, which was passed on Thursday, was drafted under the previous government…