The stakes for the role are undoubtedly high - as it is supposed to tackle the question of whether Europe should go down a similarly protectionist route as China and the US to save its ailing industries against steep foreign competition, or continue to push for an open and multilateral trade order.

Orban, for example, could not build bridges after he irritated Brussels with his 'solo' diplomacy efforts.

Some say a Trump win will be problematic for Poland which borders Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.

Italian officers will be put up in four-star hotels in Albania for the duration of the project.

ACEA urged EU institutions to provide relief measures to help carmakers meet their targets without the burden of penalties.

The EU's Connecting Europe Facility, once subject to major budget cuts, may now be key for boosting power grids across EU countries.

To look into the hearings, host Evi Kiorri is joined by Euractiv's politics reporters Magnus Lund Nielsen and Nicoletta Ionta.

An experienced ‘clean sheet’ politician, Transport Commissioner-designate Apostolos Tzitzikostas has for years diligently strengthened his political profile in both Greece and in Brussels.

“Our engineers will know better than some green and left politicians in Brussels how to reach climate neutrality,” says German MEP and ‘technology neutrality’ defender Jens Gieseke.

 Shouts of "murderers," "shame," and "get out" could be heard as the King passed through Paiporta’s streets.

With the US election just days away, Europe braces for possible shifts in transatlantic ties – preparing for impacts on trade, security, and alliances, regardless of who wins.

"Europe cannot bear the burden of [the war] alone, and if Americans switch to peace, then we also need to adapt, and this is what we will discuss in Budapest," Orbán said.

Pro-Western incumbent Maia Sandu, who has accelerated the southeast European nation's push to leave Moscow's orbit and join the EU, faces Alexandr Stoianoglo, an ex-prosecutor general backed by the pro-Russian Socialist Party.

Interior Minister Ivica Dačić said 20 people would be interviewed by authorities on Saturday in connection with the disaster, including people from the ministry in charge and the state railways operator.

Donbas has become the war's main theatre, where some of biggest battles in Europe for generations have taken place and where thousands of troops on each side have died.

The tragedy is already Europe's worst flood-related disaster since 1967 when at least 500 people died in Portugal.

Tensions have been simmering between Tirana and Athens for months.

A defeat for pro-European President Maia Sandu could allow Moscow to win more influence in a diplomatic battleground between Russia and the EU.

While candidates sometimes declare victory before major media outlets announce the result, it is unusual to do so before the winner is at least arguably apparent.

Under Robert Fico, Slovakia has been keen to build closer bilateral and economic ties and alliances with non-EU countries, including China, its biggest trading partner outside of the 27-state bloc, as well as Russia.