Romania has concluded its first ever presidency in the Council of the European Union. While expectations from EU leaders were low due to the Romanian government’s anti...
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The European Parliament has confirmed Ursula von der Leyen, a close ally of German chancellor Angela Merkel, as president of the next European Commission. The Christian...
More than 200 civil society organisations have signed a letter asking members of the European parliament to reject the nomination of Hungarian MEP Balázs Hidvéghi for...
Finland, whose government will take over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union on July 1, will initiate a hearing regarding the abuse of the rule...
The highly anticipated European elections have brought mixed results for populist parties in Central and Eastern Europe. Romania’s ruling Social Democrats suffered a...
An unexpectedly decisive European Parliament election victory gave Poland’s right-wing ruling party a major boost ahead of the more significant autumn...
Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán has withdrawn his endorsement of European People’s Party lead candidate Manfred Weber for European Commission president...
The European parliament has adopted new visa rules for Belarusian citizens, aimed at simplifying the process of obtaining visas to enter the EU. Among others, the new...
Maria Grapini, a Romanian MEP well-known for the grammatical gaffes which pepper her idiosyncratic social media posts, has once again become a laughing stock after...
Hungary has been named as one of seven European countries with the traits of a tax haven, according to the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Financial Crimes...
Since the last elections to the European Parliament (EP) more than 100 new political parties have been created in the EU. Most of them a result of the populist surge. If...
Banks should charge equally for cross-border payments in euro and domestic payments and make currency conversion costs transparent, according to new rules adopted by the...
