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Iranian women, the activist Mahsa Amini, and opposition movements in Iran have been nominated as candidates for the EU’s Sakharov prize by the European Parliament’s political leaders. Established in 1988,…

EU lawmakers will start negotiations on revisions to the Schengen code in the coming days, in a bid to harmonise rules on border controls or lifting them, in cases such…

The European Parliament has suspended negotiations on two files in the EU’s proposed migration pact if EU ministers do not proceed with the so-called ‘crisis management’ regulation, MEPs announced on…

Germany summoned the Polish ambassador on Tuesday (19 September), and Interior Minister Nancy Faeser spoke to her Polish counterpart to discuss allegations about a cash-for-visas deal for migrants that has…

Far-right AfD candidates in the upcoming European elections will not be facing recalls despite an internal investigation finding that at least one of them had made false claims about their…

It’s not just Germany’s economy that is going through a slump: German football is stuck in the middle of a veritable crisis, and the chancellor’s recent comments on football woes…

The Czech Republic will supply weapons to Ukraine thanks to the financial support of Denmark and the Netherlands, according to a ‘Letter of Intent’ signed by the three countries on…

The Spanish parliament approved the use of Catalan, Basque and Galician in all the institution’s working sessions on Tuesday, while EU representatives in Brussels decided to postpone the decision on…

Bulgaria will not allow the import of sunflower seeds from Ukraine for the time being, it was announced after four hours of tense negotiations between the government and protesting farmers,…