Moroccan and Spanish security forces used “unlawful force” and failed to provide sufficient medical assistance after migrants stormed the border fence between Morocco and Spain’s north-African enclave of Melilla in June, according to an Amnesty International report published Tuesday. In...

According to a new deal put forward by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, British border officials will be stationed at the Albanian border and a new taskforce of 400 specialists will be set up to process Albanian asylum claims, news...

The ruling Law and Justice Party’s proposal to set up a special committee to investigate Russian influence in public life, which the opposition said would be used as a tool to prosecute political opponents, failed to make it past a...

Denmark's Social Democratic leader Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday (13 December) she had agreed to form a rare bipartisan government with the main opposition party, the Liberal Party, and the Moderates to form a government with her as prime minister.

Portugal will send generators, heaters and LED lamps to Ukraine as part of the Paris Mechanism for enhanced coordination of international aid, Foreign Minister João Gomes Cravinho announced on Tuesday in the French capital. At the”Solidary with Ukraine” conference organised...

Large offshore wind farms planned to be built in the bay of Bothnia could pose a problem for shipping routes particularly during the harsh winter when icebreakers are needed to clear the way, according to the Swedish Maritime Administration. Several...

The government approved on Tuesday its plan to tackle energy poverty and to help the poorest households adequately heat their homes amid cold snaps and rising energy bills. The plan includes a €10 million fund to provide more support for...

Walloon parliament’s Bureau and its President Jean-Claude Marcourt resigned on Tuesday following a series of scandals involving a trip to Dubai, with Marcourt announcing that the resignation will be effective once a new Bureau is appointed. On 9 December, Belgian...

The number of asylum applications recorded in November has dropped to those similar to July, according to a report published by the Justice and Security Ministry on Tuesday despite the backlog having grown since September. According to the report, there...

Heads of state and more than 700 French companies gathered in Paris on Tuesday to make a €1 billion pledge for the reconstruction of Ukraine and helping Ukrainians “resist through the winter, announced President Emmanuel Macron. The Paris conference is...

Nine EU countries have not explicitly committed to pension reforms in their recovery and resilience plans despite Commission recommendations on the matter from the 2019 European Semester, according to Commission documents and declarations made to EURACTIV. In 2019, during the...

Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani, Prime Minister Albin Kurti, and Parliament Speaker Glauk Konjufca will jointly sign the application for EU membership on Thursday, marking the first formal step on the country’s membership path. With Bosnia and Herzegovina expected to be...

Czech President Miloš Zeman would like to visit Israel and move the Czech Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem despite the EU and the country’s foreign ministry opposing the idea. Moving embassies from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, while done by...

Negotiations continue in Montreal at the COP15 on biodiversity. It’s crucial for the sake of the final text that the EU keeps on its ambitious position, writes a group of European Youth representatives.

EU energy ministers failed to reach agreement on Tuesday (13 December) on a new cap to limit excessive gas prices, further delaying other emergency measures to tackle the energy crisis, like speeding up the rollout of renewables and strengthening solidarity between EU countries.

The United States was finalising plans to send its sophisticated Patriot air defence system to Ukraine in a potentially pivotal move while allies pledged just over 1 billion euros ($1.05 billion) to help Ukrainians survive the freezing winter.

Finland has announced plans to increase its grain stocks in response to global grain shortages caused by the war in Ukraine that are expected to still disrupt food security next year. In an announcement made on Monday, the National Emergency...

Police forces across Germany have searched the homes of climate activists linked to the “Last Generation” movement, which in turn accused prosecutors of attempting to intimidate protesters. The movement has drawn attention with a myriad of disruptive protest campaigns that...

Romanian gas producers OMV Petrom and state-owned Romgaz filed paperwork on Tuesday that edged them closer to the extraction of a long-awaited deepwater gas field in the Black Sea, Petrom said.

The EU should do more to protect Julian Assange, his wife, lawyer and human rights defender Stella Assange told EURACTIV in an exclusive video interview at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday (13 December).