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Poland records 70,000 strokes annually and state-funded rehabilitation is by no means the worst in Europe, but it could still improve, the deputy head of the country's post-stroke care foundation told Euractiv Poland.

The universal Declaration of Human Rights correlates with several of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation´s work all around the globe. Thus, this film showcases the foundation's global initiatives that align with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, emphasizing the fight for universal human rights for all.

US President Joe Biden has invited Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a meeting at the White House on Tuesday (12 December) to discuss the ongoing war against Russia and the "vital importance" of continued US support of their defense efforts.

EU heavyweights are set for a showdown with Hungary this week over giving Ukraine billions of euros in aid and the chance to start membership negotiations, both key objectives for Kyiv as its war with Russia stalls.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Germany's Scholz ruling out welfare cuts despite budget crisis, Visegrad farmers urging EU to halt duty-free imports of low-quality Ukrainian products, and so much more.

Hamas warned Sunday (10 December) that no hostages would leave Gaza alive unless its demands for prisoner releases are met, while the World Health Organization said the territory's health system was collapsing after more than two months of war.

Amid the rise of the far-right in Europe, the Party of the European Left president, Walter Baier, strongly criticised the growing fragmentation and infighting of national leftist parties in several countries while simultaneously accusing the Greens’ “elitist” approach to the...

As Serbia gears up for the upcoming elections, the visibility of female candidates is not as strong as in the previous 2020 campaign, as representation in the Serbian Assembly has only slightly increased over the past decade, according to the...

With just one week before Serbia elects a new national parliament and several local parliaments on Friday, predictions point to possible significant setbacks to the government that could echo the 1997 elections, which ultimately led to mass protests and a...

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico appears to have ignored the European Commission’s calls to discuss further his plans for judicial reform, which has been criticised by President Zuzana Čaputová and resulted in protests. Going against the Commission’s criticisms and call...

Lacking seats to form a coalition government, the currently governing Law and Justice (PiS) party will almost certainly lose Monday’s confidence vote in parliament and pave the way for a new cabinet of former European Council President Donald Tusk.

Hybrid and remote working have taken root across Europe to the extent that just 31% of professional accountants say that they are fully office based, according to an extensive new ACCA survey. This is a significantly smaller proportion than the global average, where more than half of survey respondents work full-time in the office.

The future agreement between the EU and the United Kingdom on Gibraltar must “of course” have the joint use by London and Madrid of the disputed territory’s local airport, Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said. Gibraltar’s post-Brexit fate will...

Iranian authorities have accused a Swedish EU diplomat, held in a Tehran prison for more than 600 days, of conspiring with Iran's arch-enemy Israel, the judiciary said Sunday (10 December).

Five French MPs from Guadeloupe and two leading EU candidates have publicly expressed their disagreement with Radio Caraïbe International Guadeloupe‘s decision to remove its journalist from its 1 pm news programme following a tense interview with Jordan Bardella, the Rassemblement...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD/S&D) has ruled out cutting welfare spending to close the country’s budget gap following a constitutional court ruling, rejecting calls from liberal Finance Minister Christian Lindner. Scholz’s ruling SPD party (S&D) announced its stance at the...

A pipeline connector between Serbia and Bulgaria that will reduce Serbia's dependence on Russian gas by giving it access to Azerbaijan exports was inaugurated Sunday (10 December) in the presence of three Presidents.

The EU and its member states should stop importing duty-free yet low-quality agricultural products from Ukraine, farmers’ organisations from Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia have said in a recent appeal to their governments, calling for a joint approach and protection...

News from Austria suggesting that Vienna is considering easing Romania and Bulgaria into the EU’s Schengen free-travel zone by giving the go-ahead to abolish airport passport checks was welcomed in Bucharest but firmly criticised in Sofia. In late 2022, Austria...

As fighting continues in Gaza, EU foreign ministers on Monday (11 December) are expected to discuss possible next steps in response to the Israel-Hamas war, including a crackdown on Hamas’ finances and travel bans for Israeli settlers responsible for violence in the West Bank.