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The EU’s renewable energy target for 2030 is at risk due to low ambition in Central and Eastern European countries. The upcoming revision of National Energy and Climate Plans is a crucial opportunity to remedy this, write Pawel Czyzak and Rebekka Popp.

The government revoked a decree that served as the legal basis for the commemoration just hours before Slovenia was due to mark National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Communist Violence on Wednesday, triggering sharp criticism from the right...

Prime Minister Edi Rama called for the withdrawal of a controversial report alleging Albanian and Kosovar involvement in organ trafficking at the end of the Kosovo-Serbia war during a speech at the Council of Europe leaders summit in Reykjavik. In...

Former prime minister Robert Fico accused Western allies of ‘supporting the killings’ in Ukraine by handing the tanks or other military equipment to the Kyiv government. “It’s a blatant support of killings without results,” Fico said at a press briefing...

Nine resolutions from the socialist Czechoslovakia era, which have allowed Russian diplomats to use land in the country free of charge, have been cancelled by the government on Wednesday. The Foreign Ministry proposed the cancellation of resolutions from 1970 to...

No local government that adopted an ‘LGBT ideology-free resolution in Poland will be eligible for EU cohesion funds due to concerns over appropriate spending, French MEP Pierre Karleskind tweeted, citing the EU Commission. Since 2019, five Polish regions and over...

The country’s two biggest parties – and winners of the April elections – the liberal-conservative National Coalition Party (NCP) and the nationalistic and populist Finns Party are gaining support, according to a poll commissioned by Helsingin Sanomat, published on Wednesday....

Finland should not participate in any NATO nuclear weapons exercises, according to a statement released by the Nuclear Weapons Monitoring Group of Finland on Wednesday. Instead, Finland should advocate discussing the risks of nuclear weapons and the ban on the...

EU member states – including Belgium – and the EU have announced they will participate in establishing the Register of Damage announced by the Council of Europe on Wednesday. On the second day of the Council of Europe Summit in...

The currently low unemployment rate – which remained stable at 7.1% in the first quarter of 2023 – indicates France can reach its full employment goal, said President Emmanuel Macron, who in 2022, committed to a 5% full employment rate...

A new map created by the Afghan Witness project shows documented evidence of women’s rights deteriorating in Afghanistan, and while the EU’s vocal support and condemnation of the Taliban is an important step in the right direction, more needs to...

The chances of former European Commissioner Mariya Gabriel being able to form a government in Bulgaria are almost zero despite being nominated for prime minister by Boyko Borissov’s GERB party and given the mandate to form a government on Monday....

As relations between Russia and the EU continue to deteriorate, business activities by Russians have increased in Hungary, and a recent discovery shows that four of these companies had connections to intelligence services and Moscow’s political elite. As of March...

The European Central Bank (ECB) needs an ‘ambitious reinvention’ to cope with today’s challenges, like the energy and inflation crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine, Labour Minister Yolanda Díaz said during Wednesday’s European Parliament’s Beyond Growth conference. Diaz (Podemos/EU...

The National Police and the National Security Department are investigating a surge of online campaigns aimed at undermining the credibility of the upcoming Spanish regional elections, fearing it may intensify before the Spanish EU Council presidency and general elections in...

Austrian EU Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn has announced his retirement after over a decade in Brussels, with the potential successor being Austrian EU Minister Karoline Edtstadler. Hahn, the longest-serving member of the EU Commission, has reportedly announced his retirement. He...

Germany will not participate in an international coalition to provide Ukraine with fighter jets and will instead focus on continuing to deliver tanks, ammunition, and repairing equipment, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday. Meanwhile, there is still uncertainty regarding the...

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has proposed adding 3.5 billion euros to a fund used to finance military aid for Ukraine, EU sources said on Wednesday (17 May).

Central Asian heads of state converged in China on 19 May for one-on-ones with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to seal pledges of "enduring" friendship, and paving the way for a summit expected to result in a regional pact with Beijing.

The EU and UK are set to move towards closer ties on financial services regulation after the European Commission on Wednesday (17 May) adopted a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the sector.