Chancellor Karl Nehammer rowed back Interior Minister Gerhard Karner’s threat to veto Croatia’s entry into Schengen, adding the framework is defunct, ahead of a key visit to Zagreb on Wednesday. Austria is experiencing an increased flow of non-Ukrainian refugees, twice…
Nearly 94,000 citizens signed a citizens’ initiative to remove abortion from criminal law, more than double those needed for it to be placed on the agenda of the House of Representatives. The citizens’ initiative, carried out by BNNVARA and NGO…
The rising number of people suffering from mental health issues across the globe calls for a coordinated approach at the EU level, Czech Professor of Psychiatry Jiří Horáček warned in an interview for EURACTIV.cz. Mental health problems are on the…
Prime Minister Robert Golob and Slovenia’s first female President, Nataša Pirc Musar agreed to act in concert on foreign policy matters, during their first joint press conference. They pinpointed several priorities, including Slovenia’s bid for a non-permanent seat at the…
Bulgaria’s caretaker government and Lukoil Neftochim Bulgaria have agreed that it can continue operating and exporting oil products to the EU until the end of 2024, as long as it pays its taxes in full, despite European Commission warnings this…
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Temperatures are predicted to plummet as low as -20C in Ukraine this winterBy George Wright in London and Catherine Byaruhanga in KyivBBC News The lives of millions will be under threat in Ukraine this winter,…
One in five French children live below the poverty line, and France is struggling to guarantee the most basic rights for children in vulnerable situations, UNICEF France wrote in a report published Sunday. For International Children’s Rights Day on Sunday,…
The Austrian government is considering withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), a controversial energy investment protection treaty, after a reform spearheaded by the European Commission failed on Friday. The ECT came into force in the late 1990s and was…
Flag carrier Finnair had to cancel around 100 flights on Sunday and Monday as the company’s cabin crew staged a strike due to salary cuts. The strike was announced by the Finnish Transport Worker’s Union as negotiations between Finnair and…
We need some cheer as Europe faces a bleak mid-winter. With Russia’s war in Ukraine still raging on and Europeans set for months of struggles to pay ever-higher food and heating bills, we are certainly entitled to a bit of…
The European Council announced on Friday (18 November) that it has green-lit negotiations on increasing the presence of Frontex, the EU border agency, in Albania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. The international agreement under negotiation would allow Frontex to “exercise executive…
The federal government is responsible for the country’s struggle to provide accommodation to asylum seekers, Flemish Housing Minister Matthias Diependaele said on Thursday. As the number of asylum seekers increases and the number of places to sleep decreases, the Federal…