EUROPEAN POLITICS

A new levy on excess revenues made by electricity producers was approved by the government on Monday on the basis of the EU regulation, which orders member states to tax…

An item of traditional Albanian clothing, the xhubleta has been declared as part of the world’s intangible cultural heritage and thus protected by UNESCO, according to Culture Minister Elva Margariti.…

MEPs are concerned that eavesdropping with Pegasus-type software is escalating, but the bloc is unlikely to impose rules as the final word rests with member states who dislike such oversight,…

The approval of the decision on the liberalisation of visas for Kosovo is expected to be on the agenda at the meeting of EU ambassadors in Brussels on Wednesday. At…

FBI agents have raided the Croatia-moored luxury yacht of Ukrainian tycoon Viktor Medvedchuk, accused by Kyiv of treason for his pro-Russian activities. The search of the 92-metre-long Royal Romance yacht,…

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Belgium’s worst peacetime massacre left 32 dead and hundreds marked for life. Now, six and a half years later, Brussels will host its biggest ever criminal trial. Jury selection begins…

Police have smashed a huge drugs “super-cartel” that controlled a third of Europe’s cocaine trade, arresting 49 people in various countries including six kingpins in the gang’s hub in Dubai,…

This article is part of our special report Voice to the youth: Political participation in the EU and beyond. Young people are statistically underrepresented in both national and EU parliaments,…

Germany’s immigration and naturalisation law is being revamped to transform the country into an ‘immigration’ society and to attract more skilled workers from third states, according to the government. The…