European Union

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Commission greenlighting funding worth €2 billion for Germany's ailing mailing system, with right-wingers bemoaning now-former EU Commissioner Frans Timmermans leaving Brussels to join the national election race, and so much more.

Ukraine's central bank said it will nationalise Russian-owned Sense Bank, one of the country's top commercial banks, and put it under temporary administration on Friday (21 July).

Spanish new Sumar party has opened the door for all left-wing forces to work together ahead of Spanish and EU elections, paving the way for the European Greens to boost their political weight.

Britain's government reacted angrily Thursday (20 July) after the European Union used the Argentine term for the Falkland Islands, the territory over which the two countries fought a war in 1982.

Tensions rose in Bulgaria’s capital after Ukrainian website Myrotvorets added Bulgarian policymakers to their blacklist of enemies, while President Rumen Radev, as well as three parliamentary forces – pro-European GERB and pro-Russian Vazrazhdane and the Bulgarian Socialist Party, demanded the...

Serbia was hit by a strong storm that carried roofs and uprooted trees Wednesday, resulting in the evacuation of 40 people and the hospitalisation of others. Most of Serbia was affected by the storm, which was commented on social networks...

Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu asked the new labour minister to suspend the heads of the County Agencies for Payments and Social Inspection in the counties where care homes were found operating with serious irregularities after investigation bodies opened 47 criminal...

Greece’s independent Data Protection Authority announced on Thursday that more than 350 SMS related to the Predator spyware programme have been sent and 92 people have been spotted as “targets”.

European investors are sounding the alarm over sustainable reporting rules, which they say have been weakened by the European Commission. Many reporting requirements that were mandatory in an earlier draft have been made voluntary, including climate, biodiversity and transition-plan reporting.

Russian state prosecutors on Thursday (20 July) asked a court to sentence jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny to a further 20 years in a penal colony on criminal charges, including extremism, at the close of his trial, his supporters said.

The European Commission has contacted Slovakia regarding the late introduction of EU directives, including ornamental and fruit plant health, organic varieties of agricultural plants, and the adjustment of the conditions of defence industry transfers within the EU. Slovakia, as well...

French energy company Engie and the Belgian government are set to sign contractual documents Friday, setting out the terms and conditions for restarting reactors Doel 4 and Tihange 3 in the winter of 2025.

Austrian schools may not be able to service all lessons in the coming year, teacher representatives warn amid continued staffing issues and serious disgruntlement among trade unions. While discussions about how to avert a looming shortage in teaching staff have...

Germany received the green light to support the production of so-called green steel with €2 billion, the European Commission announced on Thursday, providing much-needed relief to the country’s ailing steel sector.

Google is exploring using artificial intelligence tools to write news articles and is in talks with news organizations to use the tools to assist journalists, a company spokesperson said late on Wednesday (19 July).

Diplomatic ties between Iraq and Sweden are at an all-time low as Baghdad threatens to sever ties with Stockholm over another Quran-burning incident, while Sweden accuses Iraq of failing to abide by the Geneva Conventions and protect its diplomatic envoys....

The citizens who live far from their municipality of residence are asking to be allowed to vote in the municipality where they live, but the law that could allow them to do so might not be approved in time for...

Altice France has taken “preventive measures” like launching an internal investigation and assessing how the company is being impacted after police searches occurred on its local unit as part of an ongoing criminal investigation in Portugal, it announced. In a...

A defence cooperation agreement between the Czech Republic and the US – seen as another security guarantee for Czechia – was approved by the Czech Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday, despite the absence of votes from the far-right Freedom and...

Warsaw’s increasingly hostile attitude requires more attention to ensure the security of Russia and Belarus, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said after Poland decided to deploy its military troops on the Eastern border on Tuesday. The presence of Wagner Group mercenaries...