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Romanian President Klaus Iohannis convened the Supreme Council for National Defence on Wednesday to address the serious threat to national security posed by drugs. Before the meeting, the Interior Ministry released a draft law for public consultation aimed at increasing...

Israel has the right to defend itself against Hamas attacks, according to various Czech politicians, with some calling for an end to EU funding for Palestine. “The rocket attacks and the infiltration of Hamas commandos into Israel will block any...

The presidency of the Christian Democrats (KDH)  said they were still against a coalition with  Smer leader Robert Fico in a statement on Friday, but cooperation could be on the cards in exchange for restrictions on abortion access, according to...

Thousands demonstrated in the streets of Barcelona on Sunday to reject what they say is a “coup” being prepared by the Spanish government to pardon those involved in the 2017 secession attempt, while the left-wing Sumar platform announced plans to...

The centre-right CSV (EPP) is likely to dethrone liberal Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and lead Luxembourg’s next government after the country shifted to the right following Sunday’s national elections. Luxembourg’s current “Gambia” coalition – in office since 2013 – lost...

France, Germany, Austria and the UK have decided to increase the protection of Jewish schools, institutions and places of worship in response to Hamas’ attack on Israel, with French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin saying the main reason for the increased...

France and Germany's governments kick off an unprecedented two-day retreat in Hamburg on Monday in a bid to re-set relations between the European Union's two biggest powers amid a host of disagreements on energy, industry and defence policy.

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations on Sunday (8 October) accused Palestinian Islamist group Hamas of war crimes, vowing that it was time to "obliterate Hamas terror infrastructure," as the UN Security Council met to discuss the conflict.

A serious hardening of the diplomatic reaction of the EU against Azerbaijan following the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh can be expected at the diplomatic level in order to prevent aggression towards the Armenian sovereign territory, Bulgarian MEP Radan Kanev (EPP, Democratic...

State-owned petrol giant Orlen S.A. is using military oil tankers to deliver fuel to stations after reduced prices led to major shortages all over the country, the company announced over the weekend. Orlen has been accused of artificially lowering prices...

Portuguese Prime Minister and Socialist Party (PS) Secretary-General António Costa called for action from the Party of European Socialists (PES) against the Slovak party led by Robert Fico, adding that parties cannot remain in PES if they make deals with...

To quote a popular song from the early 2000s, ‘it’s getting hot in here’. But, unlike the people in the song, most of us don’t have the option of taking off all our clothes. Instead, we need to find other...

France’s radical left party La France insoumise has been condemned over it’s wording related to Hamas’ attacks on Israel last Friday, which has been unanimously condemned by the entire French political class. “The armed offensive by Palestinian forces led by...

The German three-party government coalition has suffered major losses in two state elections in Bavaria and Hesse, with Chancellor Olaf Scholz’ SPD (S&D) receiving the worst result in both states since the Second World War. Two years after the federal...

Hundreds of people have been killed on both sides since the Iran-backed Hamas launched the multi-pronged assault at dawn on Saturday (7 October), with Israeli forces fighting holdout militants and pounding the Gaza Strip with air strikes.

As Europe aims to reach climate neutrality by 2050, transforming the massive pipeline networks heating millions of homes poses a huge engineering challenge.

In this week’s edition: A new Israel-Palestine war, post-Granada hangover, Kenya dispatch and Urpillainen interview.

NAIROBI, KENYA - Europeans must keep investing in development aid and infrastructure projects as competition from China, Russia and the United States mounts, International Partnerships Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen told Euractiv in an interview.

MOMBASA, KENYA - The East African harbour is a gateway for the continent toward the rest of the world. Its strategic location attracts many investors. The European Union is one of them, next to Beijing.

More than 200 Israelis died in a surprise large-scale attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Saturday (7 October), the army said, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to reduce the group's Gaza hideouts to "rubble".