Month: October 2021

Spain’s left-wing ruling coalition wants to rein in soaring housing costs by imposing rent increase caps on landlords who own 10 or more residential properties. Read more

A deadly fire at a COVID-19 hospital in North Macedonia was caused by a short circuit, authorities have said. The public prosecutor’s office said that Read more

The European Union has unveiled a new strategy to combat growing antisemitism and hate speech in Europe. The bloc said on Tuesday that it plans Read more

Belarus’ parliament has voted to suspend an agreement with the European Union to take back migrants. Lawmakers decided on Monday to halt the obligation on Read more

Slovenian police have clashed with anti-government protesters ahead of a major European Union summit. Hundreds of demonstrators showed up to oppose the Slovenian government’s pandemic Read more

Ireland is expected to adopt a 15% minimum corporate tax rate after several months of negotiations with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Read more

A new generation of European filmmakers is emerging at the international level, producing films that are free, liberated from convention and that address the issues Read more

Winter is coming, and there are signs it will not be an easy one for Europe, neither in Brussels nor in the national capitals. A Read more

The European Union faces a crisis of credibility in the Western Balkans after repeated promises of joining the bloc without any real progress are fanning Read more

French Prime Minister Jean Castex on Tuesday called on Brussels to get tougher on London over fishing rights for French fishermen. Speaking in Parliament, Castex Read more

The European Union has decided to remove Seychelles from its official blacklist of tax havens, despite the archipelago being named as one of the main Read more

An ethnic Serb has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in Kosovo after being convicted of war crimes. The man — identified only by Read more

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Monday advised people with “severely weakened immune systems” to get a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 Read more

Two members of the European parliament have called for an investigation into allegations by a whistleblower that Facebook prioritised profits above the public good. Whistleblower Read more

Natural gas prices have surged in Europe as countries exit COVID-19 lockdown, fuelling a crisis that is likely to impact consumers’ bills this winter. The Read more

Swedish prosecutors have issued an international search warrant over an explosion at an apartment building in Göteborg. At least 16 people were injured in the Read more

Spain’s former foreign minister has defended the decision to receive the leader of the Polisario Front for COVID-19 treatment. Arancha González Laya is under investigation Read more

Romania’s government has been toppled after a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Florin Citu was passed with a huge majority in parliament. The Read more

A dozen people were arrested and more than 260 potential victims of exploitation were identified across Europe following police raids at vineyards and farms, Europol Read more