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EU lawmakers will battle over whether online platforms should be required to open their algorithms to scrutiny, making them accountable for fundamental rights violations, after the European Parliament published its initial revisions to the planned Digital Services Act. The new blueprint also includes stronger opt-in and enforcement measures.

Eleven countries, including Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands, were set to reject a plan to prolong EU support for cross-border natural gas projects, and instead push for rules to exclude fossil fuels, according to a document seen by Reuters.

There is a growing disparity in the progress central and eastern Europe's regions have made to transition away from coal, often influenced by how willing the state is to rescue increasingly unviable companies. Some regions are beginning to close polluting mines while others plan to keep them open for decades.

If the EU really wants to deliver on its Green Deal ambitions for climate and biodiversity, the new sustainability criteria in the Fit for 55 package need to be science- and practice-based, enabling a complementary and not competing range of renewables, including bioenergy.

The upcoming ‘Fit for 55’ package of EU regulations will have a vital role to play to support the creation and deployment of clean energy innovation, writes Peter Sweatman.

The European Court of Justice ruled on Thursday (3 June) that Germany "systematically and persistently" exceeded the annual limit values ​​for nitrogen oxide in Berlin, Dortmund, Hamburg and many other cities.

While EU sanctions against Belarusian officials are welcome, Russia’s role should not be ignored by Brussels, argues Ilya Zaslavskiy. But targeting Kremlin cronies, rather than the Russian people, would be much fairer and far cheaper than putting an extra NATO brigade in Eastern Europe.

The liberal Renew Europe group in the European Parliament pledged on Wednesday (2 May) to seek a majority in the legislative’s plenary sitting next week to sue the European executive for failing to apply a rule tying disbursement of EU...

The Greens group in European Parliament on Wednesday (2 June) warned that national spending plans by EU member states were falling short of commitments to help reverse climate change that is at heart of the bloc's massive recovery fund.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Austrian prosecution concluding its investigation in the COVID-19 hotspot Ischgl, the US imposing the largest Magnitsky sanctions against Bulgaria, and so much more.

A year after the coronavirus pandemic emptied airports, air travel associations fear chaos during Europe's summer holiday season as travellers could wait hours before boarding planes due to health checks.

The Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik, stated in Belgrade on Wednesday (2 June) that Republika Srpska (RS) is not against the Dayton Agreements but is in favour of upholding the Constitution. He added that...

The Slovenian Constitutional Court has declared provisions of the Communicable Diseases Act that the government invoked to restrict movement and assembly during the pandemic as unconstitutional, arguing that there were insufficient safeguards for such sweeping curbs on fundamental rights as...

The European Union and an energy investment programme founded by Bill Gates plan to raise up to $1 billion to roll out the low-carbon technologies Europe is betting on to meet its climate change goals, the European Commission said on Wednesday (2 June).

The budget revision, proposed by the government on Wednesday, keeps Croatia in a safe financial zone, Finance Minister Zdravko Marić said after the cabinet’s meeting. The proposed budget changes set the general government deficit at 3.8% of GDP, and the...

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti said in Pristina on Wednesday that his meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić in Brussels this month would be the opening of “a new chapter”, not the resumption of the previous dialogue. For his part,...

Israel’s opposition leader moved closer to unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he officially told the country’s president that he has reached agreements with political allies to form a new government.

Maersk, the world's largest shipping firm, called Wednesday (2 June) for a carbon tax on ship fuel to encourage the transition to cleaner alternatives.

More than 4,000 people have already registered their intention to participate in the protest against the planned Hungarian campus of China’s Fudan University to be held outside parliament on Saturday. Organisers say the protest will take place despite current pandemic...