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In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Council of Europe slamming European countries' approach to migration after the Italy-Albania migrant deal, Greece's plans to hold up Albanian EU negotiations and being open to ‘creative’ solutions, and so much more. 

People applying for visas to visit Europe's Schengen area will soon do so via an online platform, under a change adopted by EU foreign ministers on Monday (13 November).

Greece is blocking a letter from the 27 member states to the EU Commission on opening up the first five chapters of the accession process, a source confirmed to Euractiv.

The recent Italy-Albanian deal on migration raises not just human rights and legal questions but is also indicative of European countries’ drive to find quick-fix solutions to migration issues rather than focussing on their domestic systems, according to Council of...

Romania submitted the first draft of its Integrated National Plan for Energy and Climate to the EU Commission last week, ensuring it addressed a series of previous issues that contributed to its delay in approval, Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja said on Monday.

There is an obstacle in the continued negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina, the EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell said in Brussels on Monday, adding that EU leaders have concluded that the block affects the entire region. Ahead of a meeting...

Policymakers know that the stakes are high at this moment of transition in Europe. Will they realise how important it will be for that growth to ‘come from within’? Prioritising European-made steel will help ensure resilient EU clean tech value chains.

US President Joe Biden said hospitals in the Gaza Strip must be protected and he hoped for "less intrusive" action by Israel as Israeli tanks advanced to the gates of the besieged enclave's main hospital.

The opposition in the Polish parliament – Civic Coalition, the Third Way and the Left – are celebrating the establishment of a representative of their camp as speaker of the lower house of parliament, former Poland’s Got Talent host and...

France must step up its staff presence and participation in innovation programmes inside NATO for Paris to benefit from its membership and financial contribution to the military alliance, a report by the country’s Court of Auditors has warned. “The Ministry...

Infrastructure Minister João Galamba submitted his resignation on Monday, as he believes it is the only way to give his family privacy after he became an official suspect last week as part of the public prosecutor’s investigation into the lithium,...

Fighting gripped the area around the shattered eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka, Ukraine's military said on Monday (13 November), with Moscow's forces intensifying air bombardments and trying to move forward with ground forces.

Spanish acting PM Pedro Sánchez is expected to be confirmed for another four-year term during a session in parliament on Wednesday and Thursday, while Vox plans to block the process in addition to calling for a general strike against Catalan...

The CGIL and UIL trade unions organised a general transport strike on Friday to protest against the government’s budget law and lack of raised wages, which has garnered criticism from Transport Minister Salvini, who says citizens will suffer from the...

EPP Chairman Manfred Weber was nominated by the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), a German regional party, as the lead candidate for the 2024 EU elections on Monday. Following his unanimous nomination by the CSU leadership, Weber highlighted the elections...

The Netherlands stated its willingness to accommodate and treat wounded Palestinian children from the Gaza Strip on Monday, with both outgoing Health Minister Ernst Kuipers and outgoing Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins Slot supporting the idea. As of Monday, Israel’s military...

A ‘proliferation of EU norms’ may hamper EU business’ competitiveness in the face of China and the US, French business association Medef’s Chief Patrick Martin said while unveiling the association’s ‘EU strategy’ on Monday to a small group of journalists,...

Bulgaria has not received information from Ukraine about Russian warplanes dropping bombs on shipping routes in the Black Sea, the Bulgarian Defence Ministry told Euractiv. “The situation in the Black Sea, as well as in the airspace of the Republic...

Representatives from over thirty Czech universities have joined forces and signed a letter, calling on authorities and academic leaders to combat the rise of anti-Semitism within the academic sphere, emphasising the need for decisive legal measures against any expressions of...

Construction on a high-voltage subsea cable able to carry enough power for 450,000 homes, with the aim of boosting energy security and helping to reduce bills, began on Monday between France and Ireland.