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Spain, as host of an upcoming NATO summit, will push for the inclusion of "hybrid threats" such as irregular migration, food insecurity and terrorism in the alliance's new policy roadmap, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said in an interview.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Spanish finance minister saying his country is the least affected country by the Ukraine war, Czech farmers protesting against a new subsidy policy, and so much more.

EU industry chief Thierry Breton on Wednesday (8 June) told Hungary to suspend discriminatory fuel pricing against vehicles with foreign licence plates or risk being taken to court, according to a European Commission letter seen by Reuters.

The battle for the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk is brutal and will determine the fate of the Donbas region, said the country's president, as Russian troops lay waste to the city in an assault aimed at controlling eastern Ukraine.

The shadow of the war in Ukraine set the tone for the latest Open Balkan summit, which concluded with the leaders of North Macedonia, Albania, and Serbia signing a set of deals to deepen cooperation in the areas of education,...

The European Commission’s proposal for the EU’s budget of 2023 does not include clear answers on the war in Ukraine and the refugee crisis, Renew Europe Nicu Ștefănuță, the parliament’s chief negotiator for the EU budget, said after attending a...

Romania’s GDP rose 5.2% in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the previous one making it one of the highest quarter-on-quarter GDP growth rates in the EU, according to data from the local statistics institute and Eurostat on Wednesday....

Although foreign tourists are beginning to visit France again, a return to normal is not expected before 2023, so restaurant owners in tourist cities like Lyon are counting on other levers to limit losses, such as French tourists and takeaway sales.

Bulgaria risks early elections after the leader of one of the parties of the four-way coalition announced it was leaving the cabinet because of disagreements over the EU budget and plans by the prime minister to lift the veto on...

“We are only as strong as the weakest health system in our interconnected world” This sentence uttered by UN Secretary-General António Guterres during the pandemic has resonated around the globe and brought decision-makers and the private sector together to devise...

Poland will thoroughly modernise its army using the money it obtained from selling equipment to Ukraine according to a deal between both countries, government representatives have announced. In view of the war in Ukraine, the Polish parliament passed a bill...

Spain ranks among the least affected OECD countries by the war in Ukraine, with GDP growth of more than 4% forecast by the international organisation for 2022, Spanish Finance Minister Nadia Calviño said on Wednesday. Speaking to the media on...

In the face of strong conservative opposition, the European Parliament on Wednesday (8 June) narrowly voted to back a European Commission proposal for a total ban on new CO2-emitting vehicles by 2035.

New planned LNG import facilities in the EU – especially in Germany, Italy, Greece, and the Netherlands – could supply a quarter more gas to the EU than before, with Italy ramping up gas imports and production and deviating from...

A draft bill submitted to the Russian State Duma calls for repealing the Decree of the State Council of the USSR “On the Recognition of the Independence of the Republic of Lithuania.” The draft was submitted by Yevgeny Fyodorov, a...

The right-wing opposition accused the ruling Social Democrats of presiding over an ‘eight-year fiasco’ during the Riksdag’s final session ahead of the autumn elections. The Riksdag staged the last debate between party leaders before the September elections on Wednesday. Party leaders...

Rising construction materials prices have meant ballooning budgets and delays, which has endangered projects co-funded by the EU’s longstanding structural investment scheme. Yet the Commission is shirking responsibility, instead placing the duty to “analyse each case and determine the best...

The foreign ministers of Finland and Ireland on Tuesday in Helsinki shared views on NATO, Ukraine, and Brexit and commented on French President Emmanuel Macron’s remarks on not humiliating Russia. In a press meeting, Irish Foreign and Defence Minister Simon...

Confirmed media reports that Austrian defence state secretary general Dieter Kandlhofer will step down have prompted calls to abandon the “failed” army reform he spearheaded. “This would now be the ideal chance for [Defence] Minister [Klaudia] Tanner to bury this...

Entrepreneurs will receive funds to help fight against organised crime according to a new plan proposed by Justice and Security Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius. According to the Dutch government’s website, through a new Safe Entrepreneurship action programme that will be in effect...