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Ukraine wants sanctions that are economically destructive enough for Russia to end its war after accusing some countries of still prioritising money over punishment for civilian killings that the West condemns as war crimes.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Sweden only expelling three Russian spies working undercover in the Russian embassy of Stockholm, France increasing its annual contribution to the International Criminal Court, and so much more.

The European Commission should stop supporting and funding fossil gas projects in the Western Balkans and instead focus on sustainable energy, a group of civil society organisations from the region has said. As the war in Ukraine rages on, sending gas prices...

Now that the Russian army retreated from the northern part of Ukraine, many Ukrainians hope to return to their homes, find their missing relatives, and for the war to end in their favour, writes Roman Rukomeda.

Armenia and Azerbaijan on Wednesday (6 April) agreed to peace talks to address tensions over the long-disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, which borders both nations, the office of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said.

A potential water shortage in critical reservoirs is one of the latest issues to face Albania amid the ongoing energy crisis. Water reserves in the north of the country that supplies the main hydropower plants are reported to be dangerously...

The debate over scrapping environmental measures to produce more food and mitigate problems caused by the Ukraine war has split German policymakers and so far, federal and regional governments have not been able to find a middle ground.

President Vjosa Osmani has criticised Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama for his continued collaboration with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić on the Open Balkan project. The Open Balkan initiative is between the governments of Albania, Serbia and North Macedonia and provides...

The United States' latest round of sanctions on Russia includes two new targets: Russian President Vladimir Putin's two adult daughters, Katerina and Maria, who US officials believe are hiding Putin's wealth.

North Macedonia’s state-owned electricity company ESM started a test operation for a 10 MW photovoltaic plant built at the location of an old coal mine in the Oslomej village, the government said. This is the first energy transition of coal-fired...

Bosniaks have reason to worry about the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina and their survival since they are threatened by ideologies that previously systematically worked on their marginalisation and annihilation, the head of BiH’s Islamic Community, Husein Kavazović, has said....

Albanians living in southern Serbia will not be represented in the Serbian parliament following the general elections on 3 April, the National Electoral Commission reported on Wednesday. The ethnic group previously had three seats in parliament, the regional news agency...

A total of 288 legal and physical persons from Russia opened companies in Serbia, together with six Ukrainian business owners, since the war in Ukraine broke out on 24 February, the N1 portal reported on Wednesday. The Agency for Business...

Construction Minister Ivan Paladina, appointed just one month ago, has ties to two construction companies that could compromise a government reshuffle, Green-Left Bloc parliamentary deputy Sandra Benčić has said. The Green-Left Bloc parliamentary group, currently in opposition, is against a reshuffle...

The Slovenian parliament has imposed a blanket ban on hydraulic fracturing to produce natural gas as MPs voted unanimously yesterday in favour of amendments to the mining act. This was the sixth attempt by the National Assembly to pass such...

Russia has warned countries at the United Nations that a yes vote or abstention on a US push to suspend Moscow from the Human Rights Council will be viewed as an "unfriendly gesture" with consequences for bilateral ties.

Polish far-right party Confederation member, MP Grzegorz Braun, has requested a meeting be adjourned because of the “inappropriate” Ukrainian flag that hung in the Polish parliament during a parliamentary session on Wednesday. The Confederation has formed ahead of the 2019...

Pro-nuclear EU countries are now flirting with building US-tech-dominant small modular reactors as large nuclear reactors, which cost billions, take decades to build, and cannot effectively replace Russian energy imports. On 1 April, Czech state-owned energy giant ČEZ announced that...

The newly re-elected Hungarian Prime Minster Viktor Orbán said in his congratulatory phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin he suggested heads of Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany come to the Hungarian capital for ceasefire talks, he said on Wednesday...