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The idea a referendum on Slovakia leaving NATO was reiterated by far-right Republika party leader MEP Milan Uhrík on Monday – a call that goes against the redline set by potential coalition partners, including the party of leading anti-Ukraine frontrunner...

Czechia has tightened the conditions for paying benefits to Ukrainian refugees, bringing considerable savings to its economy during financial consolidation. According to Czech government data seen by Seznam Zprávy, expenditure for Ukrainian refugees has been cut by over a third....

Asked by EURACTIV, Rama did not want to comment on the incident and attributed the lack of invitation to the Balkan mentality.

Italian Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti (League, ID) will not ask to extend the suspension of the Stability Pact clause but hopes that by the end of the year, the reform will be completed to start again with new rules in...

Leaders of the BRICS nations are due to open a summit in Johannesburg on 22 August where they will weigh expanding membership as some members push to forge the bloc into a counterweight to the West.

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Dutch deputy ambassador on Monday to express its dissatisfaction with the public tearing of the Quran outside the Turkish embassy in The Hague on Friday. The tearing, which was carried out by the leader of...

Belgian Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib embarked on a four-day trip to the South Caucasus region on Monday, focusing on pushing for peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia. On Monday, the minister announced on X (formerly Twitter) that she was going to...

Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg reiterated his country’s neural stance with regard to military action at an event in Spain on Monday amid repeated international criticism for its dependency on Russian gas and reluctance to rethink its security policy. Schallenberg...

The French government unveiled on Monday its first-of-a-kind ‘water plan’, intended to guide 12 industrial sites like those of companies like ArcelorMittal, Saint-Gobain and TotalEnergies in reducing water consumption. These 12 industrial sites, which are part of a wide array...

Japan said on Tuesday it will start releasing more than 1 million metric tonnes of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on 24 August, putting into motion a plan that has drawn strong criticism from China.

Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) leader Jarosław Kaczyński said he wants to debate European People’s Party leader Manfred Weber, with PiS accusing the German politician of attempting to meddle in national elections. Scheduled for 15 October, the election campaign...

Amnesty and self-determination are essential for Catalonia to make substantial progress in resolving the ongoing dispute between the region and Spain’s central government, Catalan Prime Minister Pere Aragonès warned on Monday at an event attended by pro-independence leader Carles Puigdemont....

Candidates of the German far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) running for the European Parliament will have to submit evidence to verify their resumes to the party leadership, as investigations revealed that the resumes of two candidates contained false or misleading...

The Bulgarian government has initiated the procedure for an early termination of the import of Russian oil, which supplies the Russian company Lukoil’s refinery near the Black Sea city of Burgas – a move analysts say is aimed at pressuring...

Thailand's fugitive former premier, Thaksin Shinawatra, returned on Tuesday (22 August) from 17 years in exile, a historic homecoming that coincides with a bid by his political allies to form a new government with some of its biggest rivals.

According to Semen Kryvonos, Ukraine's top anti-graft cop, fight against corruption is a matter of sheer survival as the country battles against Russia's invasion.

German prosecutors said on Monday (21 August) they searched the home of two pro-Kremlin activists under suspicion that they violated a law that regulates the production and transfer of war weapons.

International leaders congratulated Bernardo Arevalo on his resounding victory in Sunday's Guatemalan presidential election, a win long believed impossible for the anti-graft candidate in a process dogged by accusations of government meddling.

Britain has received a surge in job searches from overseas during the past year, partly reflecting a post-Brexit relaxation in work visa rules for non-European Union nationals, figures from recruitment website Indeed showed on Tuesday (22 August).

Greece will help train Ukrainian F-16 warplane pilots and assist the reconstruction of Odesa, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Monday (21 August).