Progressive Slovakia becomes target of AI misinformation, tops polls
Social media giants Facebook and YouTube have not reacted to two of the far-right Republika’s social media posts in which AI is used to mimic the voice of Progressives leader…
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Keep channels open with Russia, say five EU states
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Romania’s Social Democrats reluctant to recognise same-sex marriage
Romania’s ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD) are reluctant to pass legislation recognising same-sex marriage, despite the Strasbourg-based European Human Rights Court calling on Romania to urgently change its laws. On…
Albania defies EU foreign policy on Kosovo-Serbia for first time
Albania, for the first time, stated it does not align with the foreign policy statements of the European Union, with regards to the ongoing dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, facilitated…
EU’s sex work report: Key omissions
This week, Euractiv’s Beyond the Byline podcast looks into the hotly contested report on the regulation of sex work. EU lawmakers adopted a report advocating the decriminalisation of people engaged…
Slovenia to send more police to border with Croatia
Slovenia has decided to send more troops to its border with Croatia, just weeks after increasing police presence in a specific area along the border and refusing to rule out…
Bulgaria scraps €800m green power storage megapark
Plans for Bulgaria’s massive €800 million project to build a battery park to store ‘green’ electricity, included in the country’s recovery plan and one of the world’s largest, have been…
Kosovo publishes ‘evidence’ of Serb-state involvement in north Kosovo attack
The Kosovo government has published two pieces of evidence that Serbia was behind what the EU called a ‘terrorist attack’ in northern Kosovo over the weekend, calling on the international…
EU ministers propose controversial border control powers on asylum cases
EU ministers set to introduce in its negotiating position of the Crisis Management Regulation new rules allowing border control officials to prevent third-country nationals from crossing EU borders and applying…
Germany to start checks at Polish, Czech border despite fierce opposition
Germany’s interior ministry is set to reinstate border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic to crack down on irregular migration, despite strong opposition from within the coalition government and…