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The main opposition leftist Syriza party is on the brink of collapse as internal elections to replace former PM Alexis Tsipras in the party’s leadership has turned into an unprecedented toxic civil war.

The EU needs to take the opportunity to strengthen the social dimension of its economic governance regime, argue Estrella Durá Ferrandis and Alba Huertas Ruiz.

Western nations are sending representatives to India, home to 90% of the world's cutting and polishing of the rare gems, to discuss potential effects of any G7 restrictions on imports of rough Russian diamonds, two Biden administration officials said.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) recommend targeting people at risk in vaccination campaigns against respiratory viruses as the cold season is starting. 

Tensions between Belgrade and Pristina are rising once again after the arrest of three ethnic Serbs in Kosovo and Serbian President Aleksander Vucic saying he will visit the country without permission, with Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla saying he will be...

Albania's controversial but yet-to-be-built Skavica mega-dam, which threatens some 41 villages in the north of the country, will be reviewed by the country's highest court following a constitutional complaint by a coalition of energy and environmental NGOs.

Respecting the UN Charter is not a choice but an obligation, and its disregard, particularly in the case of Serbia, is a precursor to the problems the world is facing today, Serbia’s Aleksandar Vučić spoke told the 78th session of...

While EU finance ministers are trying to find common ground on the new debt and deficit rules that should govern member state finances, their impact on public investment may have devastating consequences for growth, the green transition, and democracy itself.

Anyone fined for violating COVID-era restrictions later declared unconstitutional will be reimbursed and their offences expunged from their records under a bill passed by the Slovenian parliament on Wednesday. Between March 2020 and May 2022, over 62,000 infraction proceedings were...

Same-sex couples married in other EU member states will not be recognised as spouses in Romania and will only be granted residence rights, a draft law approved by the government reads. The draft law says that the marriage certificates between...

The administrative ethnic cleansing of Albanians living in the south of Serbia was raised by Albanian President Bajram Begaj at the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York, where he called for the strengthening of their rights as...

As Central Greece starts the long road to recovery after the floods caused by Storm Daniel, issues of preparation, effective planning and resilience-building remain unaddressed. 

Bulgarian police on Thursday (21 September) scuffled with supporters of the ultra-nationalist and pro-Russian Vazrazhdane (Revival) party protesting against the policies of the pro-Western government, calling for the government to resign and for the closure of NATO military bases.

Legal action against Slovakia, including before the World Trade Organisation and a ban on imports of Slovak agricultural products into Ukraine, will be dropped after online negotiations in which both countries agreed to set up a grain trading system based...

The Czech Republic will continue to prioritise supporting Ukraine against Russian aggression by helping it finance its weapons despite its obvious difficulties in consolidating its public finances. Already, for the last increase in contributions in June, the Czech Republic could...

Portuguese company VisionWare detected 961 cyber attacks by pro-Russian hackers against Western countries and organisations between October 2022 and March 2023, according to an official report sent to Lusa on Thursday. The report, titled ‘The Action of Pro-Russian Cyber Groups...

The possible approval of an amnesty law for those involved in the illegal 2017 Catalan referendum of independence, required by Catalan nationalist parties in exchange for the support Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez needs to form a government, has created a...

The Italian government has launched the National Platform for Sustainable Nuclear Power, which will lead within nine months to developing guidelines for possibly reintroducing nuclear power among national energy sources.

The EU Product Safety Award encourages and honours innovative business initiatives and research that make a difference for consumers. Safety matters to consumers. If it matters to you as a business or a researcher, then this could be your chance to show it and shine.

Denmark’s parliament will allow the use of minority languages, Greenlandic and Faroese, spoken in the Kingdom of Denmark, but those who wish to speak in their native tongue will have to translate their speeches into Danish themselves, the parliament announced...