Face masks will be mandatory in public transport and health centres “with no exceptions” as of Wednesday, Health Minister Carolina Darias has warned. In an interview published on Sunday (17 April) by El País, Darias clarified that masks to prevent...

Some Ukrainian soldiers wounded in fighting are being taken to Polish hospitals for treatment, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said. Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Poland has taken in almost three million refugees from the war-stricken country...

Protesters who attacked the police during riots in Norrköping and Linköping will face a “tough” response,  Interior and Justice Minister Morgan Johansson told a press conference on Sunday. Violence has erupted in various Swedish cities since 14 April as far-right...

The backlash against the UK government’s controversial £120 million plan to outsource the processing of thousands of asylum seeker claims to Rwanda continued over the weekend with criticism from the Archbishop of Canterbury, the head of the Anglican Church. Speaking...

The Dutch Patriot missile unit arrived in Slovakia after one of the three convoys suffered a collision in the Czech Republic, the NL Times reported. Five vehicles from the unit collided with each other in the Czech Republic due to poor visibility...

The justice ministry has confirmed its intention to order the public prosecutors’ office to begin to clarify “the requirements for domestic jurisdiction in the case of war crimes,” press agency APA reported. The announcement comes after a statement of Austrian Chancellor...

The governments of Athens, Nicosia and Valetta have blocked sanctions aiming to ban Russian ships or those with Russian interests from EU ports, EURACTIV Greece has learned. Particularly, the European Commission had proposed banning all ships with a Russian flag...

The delay in delivering the new American F-16 fighter jets may be due to a lack of trust in the Bulgarian authorities, which have not proven that they can reliably protect NATO secrets, two former Bulgarian defence ministers have said....

Slovakia has offered to repair Ukrainian military vehicles in a factory in Moldava Nad Bodvou, near the Ukrainian borders, defence minister Jaroslav Naď (OĽaNO) announced. “If they are interested in having damaged equipment repaired in our repair facilities, we are...

Italy has banned Russian-flagged vessels from its ports from Sunday as part of the EU’s fifth sanction package against Russia. In compliance with the EU directive released on 8 April, the circular from the General Command of the Port Authorities...

With just a week to go before the final round of the presidential election, President Emmanuel Macron held a rally Saturday in Marseille to win over young people who overwhelmingly voted for rivals Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Marine Le Pen in...

Since the war started in Ukraine, foreign investors and employees view Finland hesitantly due to the 1,300-kilometre-long border it shares with Russia, with some even considering it a possible risk factor. The country, already in need of skilled professionals and...

Oil prices rose on Monday (18 April) as concerns grew about tighter global supply, with the deepening crisis in Ukraine raising the prospect of heavier sanctions by the West on top exporter Russia. Brent futures were up $1.50, or 1.3%,...

Ukraine has completed a questionnaire that will form a starting point for the European Union to decide on membership for Kyiv, Ihor Zhovkva, deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office, said.