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Portugal’s former top banker, ex-minister sentenced to prison in graft case
Lisbon: A Lisbon court on Thursday sentenced the former patriarch of the Espirito Santo banking family, Ricardo Salgado, to 6-1/4...
Bulgaria holds another snap election to end political instability
Sofia: Bulgarian voters head to the polling stations on Sunday for the sixth snap parliamentary election in three years, but...
Portugal’s Socialists and far-right team up again to block government, budget doubts mount
Lisbon: Portugal's centre-right minority government on Wednesday suffered another setback as the far-right Chega teamed up with the Socialists to...
Bulgaria is North Macedonia’s most sincere ally
Sofia: Over the past three decades, the young Balkan state of Macedonia has been in the focus of political debate,...
Right-wing pushback on EU’s green laws misjudges rural views
Brussels: Hannah Mowat is Campaigns Coordinator at Fern, an international NGO created in 1995 to keep track of the EU’s...
Italy: Watchdog fines Meta for unfair commercial practices
Rome: Italy's antitrust regulator AGCM has fined Facebook and Instagram owner Meta (META.O), opens new tab for what it described...
Italy names 30 players for Pre-Olympic Tournament prep
Rome: Head coach Gianmarco Pozzecco has announced a 30-player preliminary roster for the Italian national team’s Pre-Olympic Tournament in Puerto...
EC approves Italy’s plan to aid 4.6 GW of new renewables
Rome: Italy has received the approval of the European Commission (EC) for a state aid measure that will support the...
Italy’s Meloni blames organised crime for ‘alarming’ migrant visa fraud
Rome: Criminal gangs are exploiting loopholes in Italy's legal visa system for foreign workers to smuggle in illegal immigrants, a...
UK leaders head into election debate as Farage enters fray
London: The leaders of Britain's two main political parties on Tuesday prepared to go head-to-head in the first live TV...
UK income growth lagged peers between 2007 and 2019, says think tank
London: Incomes in Britain grew at half the pace of those in the US and lagged even further behind those...
Japan’s UK state visit to go ahead despite election
London: The state visit to the UK by the emperor and empress of Japan will go ahead later this month,...
Bulgaria’s Fantastico invests 18 mln euro in warehouse expansion
Sofia: Bulgarian supermarket operator Fantastico Group said it has expanded its logistics centre near the capital Sofia, following an investment...
Greece backs Biden’s Gaza cease-fire plan, urges end to humanitarian tragedy
Athens: Greece voiced its full support for US President Joe Biden's proposed roadmap for a cease-fire in Gaza on Monday,...
Portugal toughens migration rules after swing to the right
Lisbon: Portugal has announced a new plan that will toughen some immigration rules, following in the footsteps of other EU...
Chinese commerce minister urges dialogue to resolve China-EU trade frictions
Beijing: Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao has asserted that China is open to dialogues to properly resolve trade frictions with...
On camera, 2 planes collide at Portugal air show, pilot dead
Lisbon: One pilot was killed and another injured after two small planes collided midair during an air show performance in...
Mercure to Enter Bulgaria with New Hotel in Sofia
Sofia: Accor, a world-leading hospitality group, today announces the upcoming opening of Mercure Sofia, the first hotel under the midscale...
EU struggles to counter Russian election disinformation
Brussels: The European Union's disinformation-busting team last month debunked a Russian-language video on YouTube that said citizens were fleeing dictatorship...
European elections: Why are Portugal and Malta allowing early voting?
Lisbon: With EU member states heading to the polls, here's how the elections differ from country to country. Between 6...
Sunday special sitting of Bulgaria’s Parliament fails for lack of quorum
Bulgaria: A special sitting of Bulgaria’s Parliament called for June 2 – a Sunday – failed because there were too...
French far right has big lead over Macron ally ahead of EU vote: poll
Paris: France’s far-right National Rally (RN) party holds a commanding lead in voting intentions for upcoming European Parliament elections, according...
The world’s longest circular walking route is launching in Portugal
Josette Punter-Thomas Lisbon: There's a good reason so many travellers flock to Portugal: it’s drenched in sun, packed with culture...
European Parliament election is next month. What’s at stake?
Brussels: Around 400 million European Union citizens go to the polls next month to elect members of the European Parliament,...
Portugal to enter talks with Vinci over Lisbon’s €9bn airport
Lisbon: Portugal will start negotiating with France’s Vinci about building and running Lisbon’s €9bn international airport in the next few...
Even at 39, Portugal’s Ronaldo ready to claim spotlight at Euro 2024
Lisbon: The last major fixture of the European club football season takes place this weekend (Sunday 3 am kickoff, Singapore...
Polish farmers demand less interference from EU ahead of vote
Sadluki: For 33-year-old Polish farmer Mateusz Kulecki, June's European Parliament elections could be a chance to elect representatives that will...
EU approves Italy aid for $5.4 billion STMicro energy chip plant
Catania : The European Commission on Friday approved Italian state aid for chipmaker STMicroelectronics to build a 5 billion euro...
EU’s skills, energy flagship programs set to Benefit 350,000 Gilgit-Baltistan inhabitants
Celina Ali Islamabad: In a transformative endeavor to bolster socio-economic prosperity, the European Union (EU) has unveiled two flagship programmes...
