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Support for including plant-based alternatives to milk in the programme that distributes fresh produce to children in European schools is growing but both the EU executive and lawmakers are still cautious about it.

The Data Act has the grand ambition of creating a market for non-personal data in Europe. We discussed with Heiko Richter, a researcher from the Max Planck Institute, the current state of the policy discussions on the new data law...

Lawmakers of the majority groups in the European Parliament lambasted EU fisheries Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius for prioritising environmental protection to detriment of the economic and social sustainability of the fisheries sector.

Putin's plan to make Turkey a hub for Russian gas in theory could allow Moscow to mask its exports with fuel from other sources, but that might not be enough to persuade Europeans to buy, analysts and sources said.

The Russian army is losing 500 soldiers a day in Donetsk and Luhansk, without being able to achieve any result on the battlefield, writes Roman Rukomeda.

Germany's economy ministry recommends excluding using components from providers from authoritarian states in critical infrastructure and imposing stricter requirements for firms doing business with China in a strategy paper seen by Reuters.

LGBTQ organisations in Switzerland are concerned that without swift action, the country could become a haven for conversion therapy, which is banned in neighbouring France and Germany.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Spain intercepting six envelopes with explosives, protesters in Sofia blocking the entry to the parliament over new election rules, and so much more.

Five information technology employees at Albania’s Department of Public Administration are under investigation by the Tirana Prosecutor’s Office for abuse of duty following cyber attacks waged by Iran. The cyber attack took place in July and September 2022 and brought...

European Union governments tentatively agreed on Thursday (1 December) on a $60 a barrel price cap on Russian seaborne oil – an idea of the Group of Seven (G7) nations – with an adjustment mechanism to keep the cap at 5% below the market price, according to diplomats.

US automaker Tesla on Thursday (1 December) delivered its first battery-powered heavy duty truck, dubbed "Semi," and built to tackle long hauls with the handling of a sporty sedan.

Fourteen additional teachers risk losing their jobs after protesting against working conditions in Hungary following a day of nationwide strikes after eight educators from a prestigious Budapest school were fired for civil disobedience. The teachers are from the Fazekas Mihály...

Italy's government on Thursday (1 December) laid down a scheme to place a refinery owned by Lukoil in the hands of trustees in an effort to avoid it being shut down because of a looming embargo on Russian seaborne oil.

Fifty refugees from Afghanistan and Syria will be moving from Turkey to Slovenia as part of a resettlement plan that will be finalised at the end of January, the government announced Thursday. The 50 individuals are registered as refugees in...

Montenegro’s European Affairs Ministry has levied criticism at the Open Balkan regional initiative, stating it relies on the good relations of charismatic leaders and is not transparent. Open Balkan comprises Serbia, Albania, and North Macedonia, but Kosovo and Bosnia and...

The President of Republika Srpska, the Serb entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik, declared that he would never allow the country to recognise the independence of Kosovo. Dodik is known for his controversial and separatist views, and he is...

While heat and gas prices will increase by approximately 15%, electricity prices will not change, the Slovakian government announced Thursday (1 December).

A motion to indict former Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli and ten other board members, including vice-chairman and former Czech footballer Pavel Nedvěd, for falsifying the club’s accounts was filed by Turin’s prosecutor’s office. A date for a preliminary hearing to...