Albania indicts a former PM, looking to boost its EU accession prospects
Albanian prosecutors indicted former prime minister Sali Berisha on corruption charges on October 22 in what proponents of the country’s accession to the European Union…
Sweden gets tougher on migration after terrorist killing of two nationals
Sweden's politicians have hardened their positions towards migrants and asylum seekers, following the October 16 terrorist murder of two Swedish football fans in Brussels.
Israel-Hamas war means Romania and Bulgaria ‘won’t join Schengen’
The ongoing Israel-Hamas war is speeding the return of internal borders in the European Union, with analysts saying it has also put paid to Romanian and Bulgarian hopes of…
Doubts cloud first joint military exercise of ‘EU army’
The European Union is holding its first-ever joint military exercise in Spain, as 2,800 military personnel, 25 aircraft, and six naval vessels from nine nations gathered in…
Ireland pays Ukrainian refugees 30 times more than Belgium, report finds
Ireland pays Ukrainian refugees 30 times more each than Belgium does, according to a government report published recently.
Football clubs seek to test European Commission powers to regulate game-changing subsidies
Spain's top men’s professional football division La Liga has taken a complaint about France's Paris Saint-Germain team to EC referees, arguing the French club's Qatari funding…
Latvia’s new coalition government may struggle with economic reforms, experts predict
Latvia's economy has needed significant reform for some time but the recently installed coalition leadership might struggle to deliver it, analysts forecast.
After Greek elections triumph, New Democracy eyes EU Solidarity Fund
Greece's centre-Right New Democracy Government has confirmed its political dominance, with results pouring in from municipal and regional elections on October 8.
ANALYSIS: Hung parliament ‘likely result of Poland’s elections’
A hung parliament is the most likely outcome of Poland's October 15 election, indicating a weak minority government or a second vote, analysts have told Brussels Signal.
Incoming EU carbon tax will raise cost of a car by €580
A new European Union carbon border tax starting its trial period in the week beginning October 1 and will raise the price of an average car by almost €600, said Boston Consulting…
ANALYSIS: Kosovo shootout sidelines EU diplomacy, creates power vacuum
The deadly shootout in Kosovo on September 24 between heavily armed ethnic Serbs and Kosovar police now gives authorities in the capital Pristina the upper hand against the…
Ireland: both rolling in cash and crashing hard
Ireland might have recorded the Eurozone's biggest GDP slump last quarter but a healthy cash surplus, the product of huge corporate taxes paid by a handful of US tech giants,…
New EU bank account powers worry privacy advocates
New EU powers over bank accounts could be abused, privacy advocates warn.