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Hungary’s government has said it will limit the price of petrol and diesel amid soaring fuel prices. The price cap will be in place for Read more

A Greek journalists’ union has called for a new law preventing the spread of misinformation to be withdrawn. A legal amendment on the “dissemination of Read more

An Olympic freestyle skier has been fined in Belarus for violating laws against mass opposition protests. Aliaksandra Ramanouskaya was arrested after a training session on Read more

The United States has called on Russia to explain what it alleges are “unusual” troop movements near the border with Ukraine. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby Read more

A far-right march has gone ahead on Poland’s Independence Day despite a court ban, organisers say. The November 11 national holiday commemorates the day Poland Read more

MEPs on Thursday approved a resolution condemning Poland’s near-total ban on abortion and called on Warsaw to ensure no other women die as a result Read more

Alexander Lukashenko has said Belarus “must respond” if the European Union imposes new sanctions against his regime over the influx of migrants on the country’s Read more

Two people have died after another hospital fire in Romania. The blaze broke out in the infectious disease wing of a hospital in the city Read more

Italy is expanding the number of people eligible for a booster vaccine as the 4th wave in the COVID-19 pandemic grips Europe. Health Minister Roberto Read more

Ferries in Greece are to remain tied up in port for two days after unions declared a 48-hour strike on Wednesday. The strike began at Read more

A former Croatian government minister has been arrested on suspicion of misusing European Union funds. The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) announced on Wednesday that Read more

Russia’s prison service says it has dismissed 18 people over a scandal involving alleged videos of rape and torture. Footage released in October claimed to Read more

Prosecutors in the Czech Republic have asked parliament to lift the diplomatic immunity of outgoing prime minister Andrej Babiš. Babiš is facing allegations of fraud Read more

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Europe and Central Asia region is the only one in the world where COVID-19 cases and deaths are rising. It Read more

France’s national railway company SNCF has been told to pay over €1 million to a passenger who had her leg amputated after a train door Read more

North Macedonia has declared a 30-day state of emergency over fuel and electricity shortages. The government said on Tuesday that it would provide emergency funding Read more

Italy has issued an arrest warrant for the grandfather of a boy who was kidnapped after surviving a cable car crash. Six-year-old Eitan Biran has Read more

Two men have gone on trial in Italy over a fatal boat accident on Lake Garda in June. The duo are facing manslaughter charges after Read more

Poland said on Wednesday that dozens of migrants have been rounded up after managing to break through barbed-wire barriers to cross the border from Belarus Read more

Thousands of Britain’s iconic red phone boxes will be preserved under new plans to support phone coverage, the UK’s communications regulator said on Wednesday. Areas Read more

Google has lost its appeal against a €2.42 billion antitrust fine imposed by the European Commission in relation to its shopping service. The ruling was Read more

Police in Belgium and France have arrested two people suspected of involvement in a robbery that sparked a high-speed car chase through Amsterdam. Precious metals Read more

Emmanuel Macron has announced new measures to encourage older people to come forward for a third vaccination dose against the coronavirus, in a bid to Read more

Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has accused the Russian President Vladimir Putin of orchestrating the migration crisis on the country’s border with Belarus. “(Belarusian leader) Read more

Receiving a film recommendation on your favourite video-on-demand platform, unblocking your phone with your face, using autocorrect, and chatting with a chatbot: all of these Read more

On 28 February 1986, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was gunned down in the street outside a cinema in Stockholm after taking in a movie Read more

Several people have been rescued after a commercial building collapsed in the Turkish city of Malatya. Local officials reported that 13 people have been pulled Read more

Hospitals in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned the government on Tuesday that they can no longer cope with new COVID-19 patients. “We are Read more

The president of the Czech Republic has formally asked Petr Fiala, leader of a centre-right coalition that came top in last month’s election, to form Read more

European Parliament President David Sassoli has said he will return to his duties “soon” after medical tests related to a case of Legionnaires’ disease. Sassoli, Read more