The Albanian government has launched a tender for electronic charging points throughout the country as a part of the National Action Plan for Energy and Climate in a bid to reduce direct and indirect CO2 emissions and to align with...

The Kosovo office of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has announced a nine-point plan to de-escalate tensions in the north of Kosovo and get both sides back to the negotiating table to normalise relations amid declining...

Constitutional law experts met with Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Monday to discuss the widely criticised proposal put forward by his party HDZ to redraw electoral districts ahead of the next parliamentary election in 2024. Under current rules, Croatia has...

A new government will be elected by parliament on Tuesday, with the support of the two largest political formations in the country – the GERB party of long-serving Prime Minister Boyko Borissov (EPP) and the pro-European liberal coalition “Change Continues...

The White House said on 5 June recent dangerous encounters between US and Chinese forces in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea reflect a growing aggressiveness by Beijing's military that raises the risk of "somebody getting hurt."

Slovakia’s former justice minister, Štefan Harabin, is facing up to three years in prison for writing that he would do exactly what Putin did about the events in Ukraine on social media one day after the invasion started. Harabin, the former...

Norway should prepare for an uncertain future and must focus on increased security and citizen preparedness, the report of the Total Preparedness Commission sent to Norway’s Justice and Public Security Minister Emilie Enger Mehl on Monday reads. On Monday, Mehl...

Czech conservative MEP and co-founder of the EU’s European Conservative and Reformist group (ECR) Jan Zahradil will not seek another mandate in the 2024 EU elections, he announced on Monday in Prague. Zahradil represents the more conservative branch of the...

Portugal has reduced emissions by 35% since 2005, ahead of all other EU countries, according to figures from the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation database, Pordata, in collaboration with the Portuguese Environment Agency. The data shows that, since 2005, Portugal...

Italian Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti wants to settle the dispute regarding delays in implementing the national recovery plan, claiming that the European Commission is also interested in Italy investing and moving forward. The European Commission is pushing member states, including...

Former Belgian politician Mahinur Özdemir Göktas, known in Belgium for refusing to recognise the Armenian genocide, was named Turkey’s Family and Social Services Minister, making her the only female in the 17-member cabinet. On Sunday, Göktas thanked Erdoğan on Twitter...

TikTok significantly influenced Finland’s April elections, with many young voters voting in favour of the populist and nationalistic Finns Party, which came in a close second and is now part of the four-way coalition negotiations, a survey published Monday reads....

Under NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, the alliance's top post has evolved from administrative facilitator to key powerbroker. As the race for his successor gains momentum, EURACTIV looks into the criteria behind the name game

In the face of glaring evidence for stepping up actions against climate change for our future generations, learning for sustainability is still in its infancy. The results of a global survey indicate that about 70% of the youth doubt the quality of climate change education and think there is need for improvement.

Andreas Babler was crowned leader of Austria’s Social Democratic Party on Monday as it was revealed that the faulty transfer of votes to an Excel spreadsheet had wrongfully claimed migration hardliner Hans-Peter Doskozial as the party’s leader at the special...

French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire signed an agreement to set up a new semiconductor factory in France with STMicroelectronics and GlobalFoundries CEOs, supported by €2.9 billion of public money.

The only way for Romania to enter the Schengen zone is through proceedings at the EU Court of Justice, said Romanian MEP Eugen Tomac (EPP/PMP), noting the issue is not on the agenda of the EU justice and home affairs...

Poland’s 2019 judiciary reform infringed EU laws, with the country’s Supreme Court lacking independence and remaining under government control, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled on Monday. The ruling referred to the reform which established, among other things,...

Spain’s Popular Party (PP/EPP) refused to hold a series of debates proposed by acting Prime Minister and Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez as little time remains to form a left-wing alliance to counter a possible alliance on the right before the...

A vast Soviet-era dam in the Russian controlled part of southern Ukraine was blown on Tuesday (6 June), unleashing a flood of water across the war zone, according to both Ukrainian and Russian forces.