The highly anticipated European elections have brought mixed results for populist parties in Central and Eastern Europe. Romania’s ruling Social Democrats suffered a...
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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Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán has withdrawn his endorsement of European People’s Party lead candidate Manfred Weber for European Commission president...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...
The European Parliament’s Committee for Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) has adopted a resolution on women’s rights in the Western Balkans, proposed by Croatian...
The owner and chief presenter of the Czech Republic’s most controversial television channel, Jaromír Soukup, has said that he has founded own political party, just...
The European parliament has overwhelmingly backed plans to cut EU funds to member states that undermine the rule of law or tolerate corruption, in a move that could...
Members of the European Parliament have taken the unprecedented step of asking the European Commission to investigate Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš over conflict of...
The European parliament has voted by an overwhelming majority to admit Bulgaria and Romania to the passport-free Schengen travel area. Specifically, MEPs voted to adopt...
