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Romania quickly followed Moldova in condemning possible Russian threats to a bridge connecting Moldova and Romania announced by Kherson’s self-proclaimed pro-Russian governor. In a video recording, the Russian representative in Kherson, Vladimir Salido, asserted that Russia could target the bridge...

Arrests, investigations and interrogations continue in Albania following a massive police operation that saw hundreds of officers raid the compound of the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (MEK) this week, resulting in one death, scores of injuries, and a complex...

Those responsible for war crimes in Kosovo must be brought to justice, said Minister of Internal Affairs Xhelal Svecla following the arrest of an ethnic Serb who was a prison guard during the 1998-1999 Kosovo-Serbia war. Svecla said the arrest...

Russia has formed special groups to collect and hide bodies of people killed in the aftermath of the breach this month of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday (22 June).

The embassies of Ukraine and the US to Bulgaria condemned the comments Sonya Momchilova, chairperson of the Electronic Media Council (EMC), recently made about the Bucha mass killings, saying it was propaganda. Speaking on the “Counter-commentary” broadcast on YouTube at...

The Greek centre-right New Democracy party is expected to win an absolute majority in the second round of the national elections on Sunday, with the main leftist opposition insisting that voters should avoid having an uncontrollable government with “superpowers”. According...

Police arrested Josef Kiss, head of the Agricultural Paying Agency, and four other people, including high-level agriculture ministry officials, for allegedly mishandling EU and state funds despite being appointed by the anti-corruption party OĽaNO to weed out fraud at the...

Russian and Belarusian athletes were banned from participating in the European Games that began in Krakow, despite the International Olympic Committee’s recommendation that participants from those countries be allowed to compete under the neutral flag. The 3rd European Games, organised...

It’s summer, it’s time for sun and beach, it’s time for a change of government: this is the message Partido Popular (PP/EPP) launched on Thursday as part of its efforts to oust Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, whom they blame...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi denied that discrimination against minorities existed under his government during a press conference with US President Joe Biden on Thursday (22 June), despite rights groups and State Department reports of abuses.

The first-line emergency treatment for anaphylactic shocks are adrenaline autoinjectors (AAIs), classified as an essential medicine by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and as a life-saving treatment for anaphylaxis by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

Ireland’s traditionally neutral stance to conflict was meant to be discussed at the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy in Cork, though anti-NATO protests and most of the panel expressing pro-NATO views have fed into a growing criticism of the...

Azerbaijan's foreign minister has rejected a demand from Armenia to provide special security guarantees for some 120,000 ethnic Armenians living in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave ahead of a new round of peace talks.

The independent investigative journalist raided for his investigation into possible corruption in Carinthia’s Klagenfurt saw charges against him dropped following an outcry from media organisations. Earlier this week, Austrian police raided the offices of independent investigative journalist Franz Miklautz after...

The Netherlands and Morocco are set to sign an extradition treaty to streamline efforts to persecute and extradite criminals between them, Dutch Justice Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius (VVD/Renew) wrote in a letter to parliament on Thursday. Talks on the issue between...

A man suspected of masterminding the smuggling of thousands of migrants across the Mediterranean from North Africa into Italy on ‘death trap’ boats was arrested by the National Crime Agency (NCA) on Wednesday. A 40-year-old Egyptian national was detained in...

French farmers asked President Emmanuel Macron to continue opposing the EU-Mercosur deal on environmental grounds before meeting with his Brazilian counterpart Lula da Silva on Friday, while the EU Parliament’s chair of the delegation for relations with Brazil expects the...

The European Parliament’s recent vote to increase the number of seats will likely be rejected by ministers, with the status quo the most likely outcome as EU member states start negotiations with highly divergent positions. First, with a rushed and...

Georgia on Thursday (22 June) pardoned prominent pro-opposition journalist and broadcaster, Nika Gvaramia, whose imprisonment has sparked international criticism and raised concerns over media freedom in the country.

Czechia is involved in an information war with Russia, Czech President Petr Pavel noted in his opening speech at the Media and Ukraine conference in Prague on Thursday, as several institutions were targeted by cyberattacks that same day. The conference’s...