EUROPEAN POLITICS

Štefan Kuffa, the new state secretary of the culture ministry, made a rare political appearance in a church and in a 12-minute speech, asked the clergy to do their part…

Bulgaria is about to sign new military deals with the US after parliament approved the purchase of 193 Stryker infantry fighting vehicles for $1.3 billion and expects to buy 3D…

Slovenia is gearing up for another 20-day extension of police checks at its border with Croatia and Hungary once the temporary measure ends on Sunday and is likely to prolong…

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French national police have been illegally using the Israeli facial recognition software Briefcam since 2015, the French investigative media Disclose reported on Tuesday (14 November). The use of facial recognition…

Representatives of the Serbian government have accepted the invitation from the EU’s special representative for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, Miroslav Lajčak, to resume talks in Brussels over the text of the…

Socialist Party deputy and former deputy prime minister Erion Brace said Albanian women and girls should be entitled to state-paid leave during their periods, as well as benefitting from VAT-free…

George Simion, the president of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), aimed to establish an ‘authentic sovereignist movement’ and signed an association protocol with the National Identity Force…

The Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (EPCA), which entered into force on 1 March 2020, governs trade and economic relations between the European Union and Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is the first…

Construction on a high-voltage subsea cable able to carry enough power for 450,000 homes, with the aim of boosting energy security and helping to reduce bills, began on Monday between…