The EU Commission plans to organise and finance the purchase of firefighting aircraft, and Croatia has applied to be one of the member states to receive these planes, the head of Croatia’s civil protection directorate, Damir Trut, said in Brussels...

The Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office requested the removal of the immunity of GERB party leader and former prime minister Boyko Borisov in order to be investigated in a case of money laundering, known in Bulgaria as ‘Barcelonagate’. The investigation began...

The launch and implementation of the National Plan to fight cancer has been postponed, announced Health Minister Alexandru Rafila in a press conference on Wednesday. The ministry of health was expected to release the regulations for implementing the plan by...

The attack by Serb demonstrators on Italian army units was described as ‘unacceptable’ by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who announced that both Italian and NATO troops would remain in Kosovo to facilitate a peace agreement. Some fourteen Italian soldiers were...

Electronic systems and parking services of Slovakia’s capital were down during an international security conference, GLOBSEC, on Wednesday, with an anti-NATO group claiming responsibility for the attack. The massive DDoS cyber-attack disabled city hall’s website in the early morning. Bratislava...

The Danish state will take a 20% stake in planned wind farms that could supply a total of 14 million households, according to a new tender agreement that has left some sceptical. The tender framework, which was agreed upon by...

Russia will be ramping down its consular presence in Finland and Russia, with the closure of consulates taking effect from 1 July, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced, citing Finland’s decision to join NATO. Russia will close its consulate in the...

US company Plug Power announced a billion-euro investment to develop hydrogen production plants in Finland as energy strategy and climate targets were being questioned by the Finns Party in government negotiations. At a signing ceremony in Helsinki on Tuesday, a...

Environmental groups called on political leaders to support the highly criticised EU Nature Restoration Law and reverse the trend of deteriorating ecosystems during a rally outside the Irish parliament on Wednesday. Nature is in decline across the EU, with 81%...

The probability of a terrorist attack being carried out on Dutch soil has risen over the past half year, the National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism stated in its threat assessment on Tuesday, underlining threats from far-right and Islamist groups....

Over 10 million people have subscribed to the €49 monthly ticket for all regional public transport in Germany, including local buses, trams, and trains. The government’s ticket offering has been off to a good start as it gained five million...

Spain’s regional and municipal elections on Sunday have confirmed the disappearance of the centre-liberal party Ciudadanos (Renew Europe) from the political landscape, with record-low results followed by the party’s decision not to participate in the snap national elections scheduled for...

Kosovo police confirmed on Wednesday that three of their vehicles were attacked in Zvecan, resulting in broken windows and one injured police officer, as well as attacks on journalists and their vehicles, as Prime Minister Albin Kurti leaves the possibility...

To boost the uptake of recycled plastic in packaging material, the European Commission will define a method to measure, allocate and communicate recycled content. It will set a precedent and have further implications also for construction materials, batteries, vehicles and, most likely, textiles.

The temporary trade restrictions on four agricultural products from Ukraine to five European 'frontline' countries need to be prolonged at least to October, according to the EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski.

The EU is expected to formally ratify the Istanbul Convention on Thursday despite its rejection by a number of member states, including Czechia. As EURACTIV.cz reported previously, Czechia is mulling ratifying the convention in the future but wants to abstain...

Prime Minister Edi Rama said that the Serbian army, currently near the border of Kosovo, has zero power and is there only for internal Serbian political reasons, comparing it to the idea of the Mexican army showing up at the...

With the early general elections in Spain less than two months away, the socialist party (PSOE/S&D) wants to exploit fear of an alliance between the centre-right Popular Party (PP/EPP) and the far-right Vox (ECR), which they liken to a “mythological...

A joint declaration to cooperate on green hydrogen production was signed by Irish Climate and Environment Minister Eamon Ryan and Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Education and Research Minister Mario Brandenburg on Wednesday. “This is a vote of confidence...

Drug shortages have increased at an alarming rate over the past five years in France,  from about 800 in 2018 to about 3,000 today, the chairwoman of the Senate Inquiry Committee on Drug Shortages, Sonia de La Provôté, said on...