EUROPEAN POLITICS

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…

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…

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…

Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti said he expects the country to become an EU member in nine years following the filing of the application for membership this week, while calls…

Albania has been ranked last in Europe for per capita income and purchasing power, according to newly-published Eurostat data for 20

Leo Varadkar takes over for the second time as Ireland’s prime minister this weekend, in a handover of power between the two main political partners in the three-party governing coalition.…

Francesco Giorgi, the partner of ousted European Parliament vice-president Eva Kaili, has confessed his role in a Qatar graft scandal, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.…

A vote at the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) on Qatar’s visa liberalisation exposes Greek MEP Eva Kaili as she was not a member…

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Social democratic Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s proposal to set a possible price cap for electricity took the opposition and her government colleagues by surprise. Finnish electricity production has been hit…