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Bulgaria’s most prominent fact-checking platform, Factcheck.bg, known for countering Russian disinformation, was subject to a cyber attack over the weekend, but there is currently no information on who is behind it, the management of the site told Euractiv.bg. The attack...

The film ‘Green Border’ by Polish Director Agnieszka Holland – which was inspired by the refugee crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border – premiered at this year’s Venice Film Festival and has so far been boycotted by the Polish right-wing, who...

Neither frontrunner Smer, campaigning to end military aid to Ukraine, nor runner-up Progressive Slovakia have a clear path towards building a government after the snap elections next Saturday unless smaller parties break pre-election promises. The possible deadlock is partly caused...

Today, human activities are emitting close to 60 gigatons of greenhouse gases per year, largely as a result of the combustion of fossil fuels for the generation and use of energy.  This enormous amount of CO2 emissions is identified by the international scientific community to be the cause of unequivocal changes in our global climate and the degradation of life on Earth.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan is to meet his ally Azeri President Ilham Aliyev on Monday (25 September), as thousands of ethnic Armenians began an exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan defeated the breakaway region's fighters last week.

The European Union and Britain need to take urgent action to postpone rules for electric vehicles traded between the bloc and the UK that will trigger 10% tariffs, Europe's car industry group said on Monday (25 September).

The far-right FPÖ’s continued dominance in opinion polls has resulted in a new conservative bid to entice voters towards the centre, with a campaign aiming to convince voters of how great their country is doing. Multiple years of external crises...

Tens of thousands of right-wing supporters marched against the ‘indignity’ of an amnesty law for those involved in the 2017 secessionist attempt in Catalonia, only a few days before the “doomed to fail” investiture debate of Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the...

Dutch communities are providing additional shelter for 1,200 refugees on short notice following a letter by State Secretary Erik Van der Burg (VVD/Renew) requesting measures to be taken as existing capacities are nearly exhausted. The dire need for additional shelter...

French diplomats and soldiers in Niger will return home by the end of the year, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Sunday –  something he refused to do a few weeks ago – adding that the military cooperation between both nations...

A joint candidate list of minor political left groupings is taking shape in Czechia ahead of the 2024 EU Parliament elections and they’ve got plans that include rejecting the European Green Deal. Among prominent figures that could run for the...

The increasing need for health workers has led the government to ‘import’ staff from countries such as India and Cuba instead of proposing policies to fix the current issues in the system. For years, Italy has been reckoning with a...

Checks at Germany’s eastern border could be on the horizon, according to Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD/S&D) on Saturday, as the government gears up for a sharp crackdown on irregular migration in what will be another blow to the Schengen...

European businesses in China are increasingly questioning their positions in the face of tough new security laws and a politicisation of trade, an EU commissioner warned in Beijing on Monday (25 September).

New York - The EU's plans to help lead a new 'incentives'-focused Middle East peace initiative, aimed at re-starting talks between Israel and Palestine, Sven Koopmans, the bloc's special envoy for the Middle East Peace Process, told Euractiv. 

In this week’s edition: UNGA recap, Zelenskyy show and planning for the day peace comes to the Middle East.

The use of heavy weapons supplied by the West in the fierce battle raging on the outskirts of Bakhmut, which was captured by Russia in May, is inflicting a significant toll on enemy lines, Ukrainian commanders have said.

New York – Largely glossing over Ukraine, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on  Saturday (23 September) accused Western powers through their support to Ukraine of effectively having entered direct fighting against Moscow. “You can call it anything you want, but...

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock joined a growing chorus of critics of the European Union's new migration deal with Tunisia, saying human rights and procedural faults ruled it out as a blueprint for the future.

Poland's prime minister told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday (22 September) not to "insult" Poles, maintaining harsh rhetoric towards Kyiv after the Polish president had sought to defuse a simmering row over grain imports.