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Gas shortage anxiety prompted Germany to go on a buying spree last year in order to fill storage facilities for the winter, leaving consumers to pick up a bill now estimated at around €7 billion.

Survivors of a boat disaster that killed hundreds of migrants near Greece have given accounts of traffickers in North Africa cramming them into a clapped-out fishing trawler. They recounted hellish conditions above and below deck, with no food or water.

Online prices for merchandise bearing the insignia of Russia's Wagner group - a human skull against a black and red backdrop - have shot up since its abortive armed mutiny, with buyers posting five-star reviews and support for the mercenaries.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Dutch farmers‘ protests being overshadowed by the leak of lawmakers’ phone numbers, Polish raspberry farmers appealing to stop imports from Ukraine, and so much more.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the government would appeal to the UK's top court after its plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was deemed unlawful, a major blow to his pledge to stop asylum seekers arriving.

The sudden resignation of former prime minister Alexis Tsipras from the leftist Syriza party leadership following a heavy electoral defeat has opened a Pandora’s Box as who will now take over his position is a difficult question to answer.

As Moldova prepares for intensive negotiations as a part of its path towards EU membership, expected to be started by the end of 2023, a lack of qualified experts capable of leading the talks is causing Chisinau headaches. Analysts warn...

Andrea Renda, a senior research fellow at the think tank CEPS, has worked on the EU’s AI Act since its conception, advised EU policymakers during the negotiations and is currently part of the discussions on the AI Code of Conduct...

While introducing a 'social pillar' as part of the EU’s reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was a step in the right direction, the new instrument leaves out those sectors where violations of workers’ rights are most rampant, according to a Commission official.

While the EU has a strong regulatory framework to ensure the quality and safety of life-saving adrenaline autoinjectors, food allergy stakeholders push for more measures also in terms of food labelling.

Ukraine wants to receive an invitation to begin the process of joining NATO at the military alliance's summit next month, and President Zelenskyy will not attend if leaders do not show "courage", a presidential aide said on Thursday (29 June).

The main political parties in Bulgaria’s parliament boycotted a scheduled debate on whether a national referendum should be held on postponing the adoption of the euro until 2043, tabled by the radical pro-Russian party Vazrazhdane. The initiative practically aims to...

Albanian police returned to the Iranian opposition, People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (MEK) compound near Durres on Thursday, just over a week since a full-scale raid to seize computers and servers resulted in clashes with residents and multiple injuries. The...

Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti has responded to the list of measures proposed against the country by the European Union amid ongoing tensions in the north with ethnic Serbs, reiterating Kosovo’s EU perspective and insisting he is not bitter. On...

Since 2013, Facebook (now Meta) has released data on transparency every six months – which includes requests for user data sharing from government organisations – with Serbia leading the way in 2021 and 2022. Serbia sent Meta the most requests...

A new national spatial planning strategy that explicitly paves the way not just for the planned expansion of the country’s only nuclear power station but also for the construction of small modular reactors was approved by Slovenia’s parliament on Thursday....

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Friday (30 June) that it uncovered new evidence of the indiscriminate use by Ukrainian forces of banned anti-personnel landmines against Russian troops who invaded Ukraine in 2022.

Campaign groups have warned that the EU’s sustainable food law risks going off course as conversations turn to food security and the strengthening of the internal market - something the Commission has defended, insisting this is a key pillar of the law.

Often silent until it is too late, liver diseases are on the rise in Europe. To catch the early stages of liver disease, healthcare is moving closer to the communities, highlighting the need to detect but also to ensure treatment.

In light of the objective of achieving a climate-neutral EU by 2050, as reflected in legislative proposals included in the Fit for 55 package and REPowerEU, increasing hydrogen production and use will be essential in the coming years.