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The EU has the Western Balkans in its sights according to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who declared the region “belongs” to the bloc. 

The European Union is aiming to set up a medical super-database containing the medical information of citizens from across the multinational bloc.

The EU proposed plans to impose an embargo on Russian oil by the end of the year as a part of its sixth round of sanctions against Moscow.

Over 3,000 people are said to have gone missing or died at sea trying to reach Europe over the course of last year, according to the UNHCR.

Germany’s conservative opposition leader traveled to Kyiv on Tuesday, as Chancellor Olaf Scholz has so far refused to visit Ukraine.

The leftist coalition government of Germany has thrown its support behind the move for the European Union to impose an embargo on Russian oil.

A number of public representatives have warned that the European Union is heading towards super-statehood as a result of recent recommendations which would see the bloc seize many powers from national governments.

The Conference on the Future of Europe has approved measures calling for the establishment of a European Union army and centralising power in the hands of Brussels eurocrats on Saturday.

A Flemish MEP has warned the EU “does not want free speech” after a European Commission official threatened Elon Musk over his takeover of Twitter.

American armed forces have begun training Ukrainian soldiers to use advanced weapons systems in Germany, the Pentagon revealed on Friday.

Sweden’s prime minister admitted there are “parallel societies” within the country in a tacit admission of existence of “no-go zones”.

Major energy firms in Italy, Germany and elsewhere in Europe are allegedly preparing to open accounts in Russian roubles in order to pay for Russian gas in a scheme that may sidestep sanctions. Italian energy giant Eni SpA is allegedly

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) – Cyprus police on Friday detained two men on suspicion of helping two dozen Syrian asylum-seekers reach the east Mediterranean island nation aboard a rigid-hulled inflatable boat.

German inflation hit its highest level in over fourty years, as the economic fallout from lockdowns and the war in Ukraine continues to bite.

Germany was the largest customer of Russian energy of any country during the first two months of the invasion of Ukraine, a study found.

France announced a digital identity app for people to use private and public services, in line with the push for digital identity in Europe.

The EU is working to convince Bulgaria and Macedonia to end their dispute and open the way for membership talks, a senior EU official said.

Nigel Farage has told Breitbart News that he believes a coming economic crisis will expose the “globalist project” as having failed ordinary people.

A spokesman for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has demanded that Elon Musk keeps Twitter ‘responsible’ through content censorship.

Brexit leader Nigel Farage has given his take on Emmanuel Macron’s victory over Marine Le Pen in the French presidential elections, predicting that the populist challenger is not done yet and the status quo is on borrowed time. 

The European Union and wider international establishment have rushed to congratulate Emmanuel Macron on his victory over populist challenger Marine Le Pen.

A senior Irish politician has decried nationalism on the anniversary of his own country taking up arms against Britain in the hopes of becoming independent.

Populist challenger Marine Le Pen lost her second battle with Emmanuel Macron for the French presidency, but her progress in several areas and demographics may represent a sea-change in European politics.

Election projections indicate that Emmanuel Macron has won the second round of the French presidential elections, despite a big drop in support.

Another big tech clampdown on free speech online appears to be forthcoming after the European Union agreed in principle more online censorship laws on Saturday.

Paraguay is seeing a surge in German migrants, fleeing Islamic migrants in their own country and onerous coronavirus restrictions.

The Swedish government has announced it will be speeding up its decision on whether or not to play to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) by releasing a report on the topic two weeks earlier than expected.

Opinion polling released just days before Sunday’s French presidential second round vote has put little distance between President Emmanuel Macron and populist challenger

Two weeks after Italians were told they’d have a choice between ‘air conditioning or peace’, the government appears to have made the choice for them, introducing rationing of AC and heat in a bid to reduce the nation’s dependence on imported Russian energy.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has released figures claiming that over five million Ukrainians have fled their country since the start of the Russian invasion in February. According to the UNHCR, a total of 5,034,439 Ukrainians have fled

The Prime Minister of Denmark has said that in order to take on Vladimir Putin, her country will need to focus more on green energy.

The Russian news agency Tass reported on Wednesday that European states had “significantly increased gas purchases from Russia” this year despite global calls to boycott trade with the country in light of its ongoing war in Ukraine.

Registrations of new cars are down 20%, blamed by industry on “ongoing supply chain disruptions, further exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine”. 

German citizens will likely see price hikes persist for up to a decade as the country is facing a potential recession amid rampant inflation.

France said it will push for an EU-wide embargo on Russian oil to dry up a crucial energy revenue stream for Vladimir Putin’s government.

The EU’s fraud agency has reportedly accused French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen of misusing public funds in the EU Parliament.