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Charities running migrant rescue ships in the Mediterranean face a pre-trial hearing in Sicily Saturday (21 May) over alleged collusion with people traffickers after a controversial probe that involved mass wiretapping.

US President Joe Biden on Monday (23 May) endorsed Japan's plan to beef up its defence capabilities as he and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida committed to working closely to counter China's growing influence in Asia.

Australia's Labor Party leader, Anthony Albanese, was sworn in as the country's 31st prime minister on Monday (23 May), promising to bring the country together after a fractious election campaign as he vowed to tackle climate change and inequality.

The only way to stop Russian fascism is to make Russia suffer deep military defeat in the war against Ukraine, writes Roman Rukomeda.

A bid by Ukraine to join the European Union would not be finalised for "15 or 20 years," France's Europe minister said Sunday (22 May), pouring cold water on Kyiv's hopes for quick entry in the wake of Russia's invasion.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Slovenian public broadcaster journalists planning to stage a strike, Portugal offering Ukraine technical support to join the EU, and so much more.

The Davos summit of global political and business elites returns Monday (23 May) after a Covid-induced two-year break to face another momentous crisis: Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Prime Minister Edi Rama has thrown his government’s full support behind French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal to create a new “European community” that would allegedly allow for better political integration of non-EU member states with the union. In a press...

The states of the Adriatic-Ionian Region, including Serbia, passed a declaration describing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as “illegal and unjustified,” and expressing a commitment to “the sovereignty, independence, unity, and territorial integrity of Ukraine,” at an annual conference in Tirana....

Former President, Prime Minister, and co-founder of Albania’s Democratic Party (PD) Sali Berisha has been elected its leader once again after nine years of taking a back seat role. Previous Chairman Lulzim Basha resigned earlier this year following a split...

Ultra-fine particles from brake pad abrasion will for the first time be covered under an EU regulation to curtail vehicles’ contribution to air pollution, a move aimed at reducing the high level of the toxic particles in urban areas.

The war in Ukraine is the first real cyberwar in Europe. Although the number of attacks in Poland has increased, large-scale impacts have not yet been felt. 

Public-private collaboration not only contributes to survival but also to the success of gastronomy, tourism, and culture in Malaga, local stakeholders told EURACTIV’s partner EFE.

The leaders of arch-foes Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed in a Brussels meeting Sunday (22 May) to "advance discussions" on a peace treaty over a troubled region that saw a war break out in 2020, the European Council's president said.

Journalists at Slovenian public broadcaster RTV Slovenija will stage a one-day strike on Monday in the latest escalation of tensions between staff and leadership over staffing and programming changes that their trade union says have been politically motivated. Their main...

EU thinkers and policy makers love to talk about Best Practice. As Europe looks for ways to cut carbon emissions in a circular economy, it is important to remember that “practice” here doesn’t mean rehearsal. It means action.

German chancellor Olaf Scholz travelled to Africa on Sunday (22 May) in an attempt to forge closer ties with like-minded democracies in an increasingly multipolar world order currently being reshaped by Russia's war in Ukraine.

The foreign ministry immediately responded to the comments made by Hungary’s recently appointed president about representing Hungarians no matter where they lived, saying such comments do “not meet European standards”. After meeting Romanian Deputy Prime Minister Kelemen Hunor, leader of...

Russian President Vladimir Putin would have been pleased if Bulgaria had accepted the Russian gas supplies to be paid in roubles as it would have made Bulgaria the first EU member state to succumb to Russia’s blackmail, Prime Minister Kiril...

The Hungarian government is working hard to help Kyiv sell grain abroad, said Agriculture Minister István Nagy, who described the instability of Ukraine’s grain export in light of Russia’s invasion as an “emergency”. “We have an emergency situation, I can...