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Parliament voted with a large majority in favour of granting its consent to the agreement setting the rules of the future EU-UK relationship.

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

Parliament voted with a large majority in favour of granting its consent to the agreement setting the rules of the future EU-UK relationship.

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

Wednesday, 28 April

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

Wednesday, 28 April

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the different recovery plans being presented by EU countries, the threatening statements made by a Greek SYRIZA MP should his party come back to power, and so much more.

France on Tuesday (27 April) called on the EU Commission to expedite its approval of massive spending plans designed to prop up the bloc's economies hobbled by COVID-19 restrictions.

A Russian court on Tuesday (27 April) imposed sweeping bans on Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), its director said, as Russia inches toward shutting down the jailed opposition figure's movement.

Albania’s ruling Socialist Party (SP), led by Prime Minister Edi Rama, has won Sunday’s election with 48% of the vote, handing the party  74 seats in the 140-seat parliament, the same number of seats the party won in the previous...

Economic interests in the Adriatic area are closely linked to the protection of the sea and biodiversity, it was announced on Tuesday at the conference “Innovative Solutions for the Sustainability of the Adriatic Sea” in Zadar, where two new projects...

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković visited the Pelješac Bridge construction site in Komarna, close to the southern Adriatic tourist hotspot Dubrovnik, on Tuesday. He noted that the bridge will be connected with span structures by October this year, ensuring the...

Political parties in Bulgaria cannot accept donations from businesses, the Constitutional Court ruled unanimously on Tuesday. The law so far allowed companies with state and municipal participation to send donations to politicians for their election campaigns, which the court has...

The national recovery and resilience plan has received positive feedback in Brussels, Prime Minister Eduard Heger said on Tuesday following his first in-person meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel since he...

The European Commission will check whether the conflict of interest rule has been repeatedly breached in Czechia after Commission auditors confirmed conflict of interest allegations levelled against Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš on Friday, daily Hospodářské noviny reported. “The European...

The Council of Ministers adopted on Tuesday a draft law on the ratification of the EU’s own resources needed to mobilise the Reconstruction Fund, which Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called a legal act of historical scale and compared it to...

More than 60,000 Greeks aged 30 to 39 booked an online vaccination appointment within a few hours after the booking platform became available for them. Their appointments are planned to begin this week, with the Greek government expecting vaccination rates...

Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva said on Tuesday he expected Portugal’s Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) to be up and running in the second half of the year. The Portuguese EU Council presidency intends to reduce the deadlines for...

Following the revelations about the 2014 explosion at the ammunition depot in the Czech Republic and the subsequent expulsion of Russian and EU diplomats, Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid has called for more solidarity with the Czech Republic and for EU...

After much deliberation, Finland’s Constitutional Law Committee ruled on Tuesday that because of constitutional implications the EU’s €750 billion COVID-19 stimulus package requires a two-thirds majority in the Finnish parliament. The committee’s decision, which was decided by a margin of...

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader and First Minister of Northern Ireland Arlene Foster has dismissed claims that her leadership of the party is under threat after reports of internal unrest over Foster’s handling of the Brexit process.  Several DUP constituency...

After two months of drafting, Belgium’s new “pandemic bill” has been approved by the Council of Ministers and is ready to be submitted to parliament. By submitting the draft, the government escapes the penalties imposed by the court of first...