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In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Slovenia considering reintroducing border patrol once Croatia joins Schengen, the Italian president and Pope stepping in to discuss migration, and so much more.

Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov will meet with White House officials on Tuesday (15 November) to discuss the treatment of Russians who are in US prisons, the Russian embassy said.

The latest migration wave is pushing several EU countries to reintroduce border controls, prompting adjacent states to do the same, with Slovenia now considering reintroducing checks at southern crossings as neighbouring Croatia prepares to join Europe’s increasingly limited borderless Schengen...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has reiterated his call to the EU to provide more support to Western Balkan countries amid the war against rising prices, inflation, and energy issues. Rama made the comments on Monday at a meeting between...

Increasing attacks against journalists in North Macedonia have prompted the latter to threaten a boycott if legal changes designed to offer additional protection are not voted in parliament. Journalists demand that attacks on journalists be treated as an attack on...

Croatia’s employers’ association, HUP, has urged the government to scrap plans for a windfall tax, saying that an economic crisis and recession are already looming, judging by signals from other markets. “The gravity of the situation is best illustrated by...

The central bank expects the inflation rate to reach 16.3% at the end of 2022, a significant increase over its previous forecast, according to a presentation made by central bank governor Mugur Isarescu. In October, the annual inflation rate was...

To compete with tomorrow’s global competition, Europe must change gears in space or risk being overtaken, writes Alain Rousset. Alain Rousset is the President of the Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The general public is probably not aware of how space tech is...

The Internet of Things (IoT) and e-mobility are essential technologies of the 21st century with exponential growth. Passive fire safety regulations and standards must be adapted to these new challenges. Flame retarded products help to meet fire performance requirements and to better protect life and property.

Irish and French energy regulators confirmed that the Celtic Interconnector will be completed by 2027, despite a substantial re-evaluation of the project's costs. The French grid operator also confirmed the partial launch of the Savoy-Piedmont electricity interconnection.

Spanish fighter jets began reconnaissance flights in the Bulgarian airspace over three major cities, Sofia, Plovdiv, and Burgas, the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence announced on Monday. The Spanish military deployed six Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft to Bulgaria on Friday to carry...

Rich nations have stuck to pledges to phase-out coal power despite the war in Ukraine to help reach their climate targets but expansion of China’s coal fleet risks counteracting the impact of the closures, a report said on Tuesday (15 November).

The EU needs to be open to expansion eastwards because if a geopolitical vacuum is created in the Western Balkans, it will only be used by enemy forces, the Speaker of the Czech lower house warned on Monday. Speaking at...

The Polish opposition has announced a vote of no confidence in the controversial anti-EU justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, leader of Solidarna Polska, amid uncertainty whether Poland’s ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party will defend their coalition partner. Ziobro’s Solidarna...

Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) nations opened talks on 15 November on the island of Bali, with a plea by host Indonesia for concrete action to mend the global economy despite deep rifts over the war in Ukraine.

The British and French home affairs ministers reached an agreement on Monday (14 November) to strengthen their cooperation in stopping asylum-seekers crossing the English Channel in small boats.

The EU has strong reasons to doubt the word of Iranian authorities even though there is still no evidence Iran is supplying missiles to Russia, Portuguese Foreign Affairs Minister João Gomes Cravinho said on Monday. “We have strong reasons to...

Madrid’s regional centre-right President, Isabel Díaz Ayuso accused the Spanish left of orchestrating a politically biased demonstration against its government on Sunday – with the only aim of winning the next local election scheduled for May 2023. Some 200,000 citizens...

More dialogue is required in order to discuss the inequality between men and women in the labour force, Social Affairs and Employment Minister Karien van Gennip wrote in a letter to the House of Representatives. Currently, women in the Netherlands...

Finns are increasingly turning to mobile apps to help them find better energy deals amid soaring prices and wildly fluctuating costs per unit.