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The Italian government led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has adopted a radical overhaul of the country's feted 'superbonus' incentive scheme aimed renovating buildings and improving energy efficiency.

US President Joe Biden dramatically emphasized US backing for Ukraine this week with a trip to the war-torn country, but back home public support for sending weapons to Ukraine is softening as the conflict enters its second year.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Hungarian foreign minister not being in a video of EU foreign ministers made in support of Ukraine, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni taking a hit following Berlusconi's recent comments on Zelenskyy, and so much more.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to announce national elections on 9 April, according to numerous reports in Greek mainstream media. Mitsotakis said earlier this week that the elections “will come soon”, but he has so far kept any...

Exxon Mobil Corp on Wednesday (22 February) warned in a securities filing of potential risks to its Kazakhstan oil operations, which provided $2.5 billion in earnings last year.

A “warning letter” from the company allegedly behind the sale of the illegal Predator spyware has caused anger after it was sent to members of the European Parliament’s committee (PEGA) tasked with investigating its use in Europe. The lawyer of...

This week on the Beyond the Byline podcast, we are looking at the war in Ukraine, one year on from Russia’s full-scale invasion. On February 24 2022, in the early hours of the morning, Russia launched missile attacks on Ukrainian...

On the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the 193-member UN General Assembly is due to vote on Thursday (23 February) on a motion calling for the unconditional withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. Speaking at the start of the...

Prime Minister Edi Rama said there had been no economic benefits from China’s 17+1 economic cooperation bloc with Eastern European nations but said Albania would remain in the group to maintain dialogue with Beijing. Albania has a long history, with...

Joining the EU has been a strategic goal for the past two decades, and fulfilling the criteria for EU membership remains one of the key foreign affairs priorities, said Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, adding that the status of Kosovo...

A parliamentary inquiry to investigate suspected political influence by officeholders during the current and previous governments on the police and other independent state bodies was launched in parliament following a request from the ruling Freedom Movement. The aim of the...

On the so-called “popular bond,” a type of government debt instrument open to private individuals, was launched by the government Wednesday morning, meaning Croatians will have the opportunity to invest for the first time a minimum of €500, with a...

Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó was the only EU foreign minister missing from a video ministers made in support of Ukraine as Russia’s war approaches its one-year mark, with one of his ministry’s state secretaries featuring instead. In the foreign ministers’...

EU countries did not reach agreement on Wednesday (22 February) about new sanctions against Russia, and planned more talks to have the package ready for the one-year anniversary of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine on Friday, diplomats said.

The opposition party ANO (Renew) threatened the government with a lawsuit due to proposed changes in the selection of councillors of the two public broadcasting media – Czech Television and Czech Radio. The opposition parties blame the government for efforts...

US President Joe Biden and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg assured the leaders of the Bucharest Nine countries in Warsaw on Wednesday that reinforcing NATO’s Eastern flank is among the alliance’s priorities. Biden and Stoltenberg were invited as guests to...

The head of EU diplomacy and ex-minister for the ruling PSOE party (S&D), Josep Borrell, called the leftist Podemos party (EU Left) “naive” over their hopes to tackle the Ukranian conflict without weapons. For its part, Podemos insists that peace...

Ukraine’s EU integration is as important for long-term peace and security in Europe as military and economic aid to Kyiv are for winning the war. While the EU has sent strong messages of rhetorical support, little has been done in practice to re-energize enlargement to help candidate countries advance towards membership.

Russian President Vladimir Putin had made absolutely delusional claims about the war in Ukraine in his speech on Tuesday when he announced Moscow’s suspension of the nuclear arms control agreement, Portuguese Foreign Minister João Gomes Cravinho said in an interview....

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has accused former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi of deliberately trying to damage her international profile by way of his controversial comments against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “He does it on purpose. He does it to...