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Europe plans to funnel hundreds of billions of euros into sustainable investments each year through EU banks and markets to create the first "climate-neutral continent" by 2050.

In today's edition of The Capitals, find out more about Slovakia imposing stricter border controls for the unvaccinated, the COVID-19 Delta variant becoming dominant in Portugal, and so much more.

Albanian lawmakers have withdrawn an initiative to change rules in parliament to prevent journalists from attending committees and parliamentary session meetings, allowing reporters to continue to follow the meetings of the parliamentary commissions, according to a letter signed by Speaker...

In the town of Urosevac, near the US military base Bondsteel, work has begun on a site set to host a statue of US President Joe Biden. The statue, which costs €600,000, is a sign of gratitude for the US...

Proponents of a referendum on Slovenia’s Waters Act have sharply criticised the organisation of early voting, alleging voter suppression had taken place. “We are faced with an inadmissible curtailing of voting rights,” said Aljoša Petek of the Legal Information Centre,...

Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša did not wish to comment on the European political future of his Democrats (SDS) party during a visit to Strasbourg to address the European Parliament. Asked about the SDS’s membership in the European People’s Party...

Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Yanev has complained to the Slovenian ambassador that “our European partners are taking sides, tolerating North Macedonia and blaming Bulgaria, without real and well-founded reasons.” Yanev made the comment at a meeting with ambassador Andrzej...

Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries, known for his work in exposing the criminal underworld, has been left fighting for his life after being shot on an Amsterdam street, officials said on Tuesday. De Vries, 64, is a celebrity...

The European Commission's green light for a natural gas storage aid scheme in France was welcomed by infrastructure operator Storengy, which says it will allow the transition to 100% renewable gas. EURACTIV France reports.

The Hungarian executive issued a decree decrying the “crude and anti-democratic political attacks against Hungary” in response to controversial legislation banning the “portrayal or promotion” of LGBTQI+ content to minors. “The tone and the statements they made are reminiscent of...

Slovakia on Monday imposed stricter internal border controls aimed at halting the spread of the Delta variant and announced that from Friday all travellers entering the country will have to go into quarantine if they are not fully vaccinated, regardless of...

The ePrivacy derogation adopted by the European Parliament on Tuesday has prompted a heated reaction from EP Vice-president Marcel Kolaja (Pirates, Greens/EFA). The derogation enables surveillance of online messages allegedly containing material depicting child sex abuse. However, according to Czech MEP,...

Vaccinated people need not self-isolate even if they had contact with the Delta variant of the coronavirus, spokesperson for Poland’s health ministry, Wojciech Andrusiewicz, has said, adding that the vaccines deployed in the country are “fully effective.” So far, 113...

The more contagious Delta coronavirus variant is responsible for nearly 90% of COVID-19 cases in Portugal and recorded a strong increase in the Northern region of Madeira and Azores, EURACTIV’s partner Lusa reported. Delta was the dominant variant in Portugal...

As education becomes increasingly reliant on technology, the need for regulation and oversight of the EdTech industry becomes more urgent and Europe should lead in the efforts to protect children’s data and futures, write Velislava Hillman, Ioanna Noula, and Ben Wagner.

Italy’s Economy Minister Daniele Franco has said growth of more than 5% was “achievable,” in remarks to the assembly of the Italian banking association (ABI) ahead of the G20 meeting held under the Italian presidency in Venice on Friday and...

Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin on Monday called on the UK government to engage with the EU to work out an agreement on the protocol, saying “there’s a window of opportunity now given the extension that has been granted to...

The UK is set to follow the lead of Denmark in seeking to establish offshore asylum processing centres as part of new legislation. The provision to allow asylum claims to be processed outside the UK, potentially in third countries, is...

Austria’s ÖVP-Green coalition, together with the Social Democrats in opposition, presented a bill that aims to have the country’s electricity run entirely on renewable energy by 2030. The agreement is an “enormous step towards climate neutrality,” Climate Minister Leonore Gewessler...

Germany’s ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU)  has launched the official stage of its campaign for elections in September with a slogan, “Making Germany Together.” During a press conference in Berlin, the centre-right party’s secretary-general, Paul Ziemiak promised “the most digital...