EUROPEAN POLITICS

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Hungary has reached an agreement with the EU on reforms to strengthen judicial independence demanded by Brussels in order to unlock billions in Covid recovery funds, an EU source said…

The government will launch a special investigation into the mass fish deaths reported in the Oder River that provoked tensions between Berlin and Warsaw earlier this year. The government announced…

Energy giant Uniper will not build any power plants in Sweden, the company that will be wholly owned by the German state from next year announced Thursday, flouting plans of…

The Spanish government will not modify the structure of the future taxes on large energy companies and banks despite the European Central Bank (ECB) warning this could distort EU competition.…

Other countries, including every EU member state, exports more products to Russia for use in the military sector than Slovakia, said Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď. This week it was revealed…

Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon survived the no-confidence motion tabled by the opposition after the recent recall of Slovenia’s ambassador to the United States. The motion against the minister and leader…

Environment Minister Leonore Gewessler criticised activists who glued themselves to a dinosaur skeleton at the natural history museum in Vienna to demand an end to Austria’s fossil path and a…

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reiterated her government’s full support of Ukraine and confirmed Italy’s commitment to NATO after she met with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Rome Thursday. “Italy is…

The agreement between France, Spain and Portugal to bolster energy interconnections could turn Portugal into a transit corridor and a ‘green’ energy country, Portuguese Environment Minister Duarte Cordeiro said on…