EUROPEAN POLITICS
Greece’s alternate foreign affairs minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis admitted that the New Democracy government (EPP) granted permission to export the illegal Predator spyware to Sudan, now facing a dramatic civil war. But speaking to Realfm, the minister insisted that “the export…
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With under a month until Albania heads to the polls to elect mayors and regional councillors, a total of 132 political parties are present in the country, with more than 24,000 candidates in the running. R The May 2023 municipal…
Albanians are the most pessimistic of all Western Balkan citizens when it comes to the economic outlook following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with almost half believing the situation will not improve. The Regional Cooperation Council carried out a Regional Barometer…
France will import pills from Italy as, for several weeks now, the country has been dealing with a lack of misoprostol Health Minister François Braun announced on Wednesday. Misoprostol is a pill used in 76% of medical abortions in France,…
The Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKÖ) and the Labour Ministry want to work together to counteract the massive labour shortage in the coming years, Labour and Economic Affairs Minister Martin Kocher (ÖVP) said at a joint press conference on Tuesday.…
The Czech government of conservative leader Petr Fiala (ODS, ECR) has received the worst rating from the Czech population since 2013, according to a survey conducted by the Centre for Public Opinion Research of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CVVM).…
The Ukrainian Army urgently needs anti-aircraft systems, demining equipment, artillery ammunition, and F-16 fighter jets, Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov, who also made calls for an ‘international air coalition’ to be set up, said at a joint press conference with…
European Council President Charles Michel defended himself against recent criticism over his frequent and expensive trips, many of which are with private jet, citing the international context’s significant change over the past three years as the reason. Michel, who was…
Italian parties are divided on same-sex couples adopting children as the decision to ban the automatic registration of same-sex couple’s children in the civil registry has polarised the debate, with the Italian Left standing firm in support of civil rights.…
The Council of Europe (CoE) identified a ‘clear pattern’ of physical abuse and torture in the context of illegal pushbacks of migrants by law enforcement officials, according to the annual report of the CoE anti-torture committee revealed on Thursday (30…
The rule of law in Greece is “in the danger zone”, warned lawmakers in the European Parliament as they expressed concerns about backsliding on democracy and the EU’s political values across the bloc. “Rule of law has been reduced…