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Negotiations between the European Parliament and EU member states on the bloc's coronavirus recovery fund concluded early on Friday morning (18 December), unlocking €265 billion of the total €672.5 available for the green transition in EU countries.

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If the EU Taxonomy Regulation genuinely wants to deliver on its good intentions of scaling up sustainable investments and accelerating the climate transition, it sorely needs actionable criteria based on good science and existing metrics.

The turn of the year marks the end of the German presidency of the EU Council. When Angela Merkel's government took over in July, it was already clear that all previous plans had gone up in smoke and there was only one priority left: dealing with the pandemic. EURACTIV Germany reports.

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Austria, Denmark, Luxembourg, Portugal and Spain have issued a joint letter calling on the European Union to clearly prioritise renewable energies under an EU-led project aiming to accelerate hydrogen deployment, research and infrastructure.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has started to interfere openly in Bulgarian domestic politics, pundits said after he made an unprecedented video address to Bulgaria's mostly ethnic Turkish Movement of Rights and Freedoms (DPS).

Following the Russia-negotiated peace in Nagorno-Karabakh in November, Azerbaijan signals it seeks EU-style reconciliation in the region based on economic projects, while a leading MEP replied democratic reforms should come first.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Sweden's King criticising the government for its response to the coronavirus pandemic, Slovakian Prime Minister Igor Matovič calling on his economy minister to resign, and so much more.

Serbia is “not a school for ducklings” and is actually “fundamentally closer” in the process of EU integration, the country’s EU Integration Minister Jadranka Joksimović told a plenary session of the National Convention on the EU on Thursday. This year,...

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov predicted on Thursday an unprecedented financial and economic crisis, pointing to countries going bankrupt or having 15% budget deficits because of the pandemic. “There is no country that has a sufficient buffer. We must be...

Athens and Washington agreed on Thursday to enhance bilateral strategic cooperation on energy as the US has proved to be a significant ally in Athens’ attempt to become a strong energy hub in the wider region. Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis...

The controversial measure that would see movements between municipalities banned on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day will likely be substituted by a stricter one, which will see any movement even inside the municipalities banned, thus putting all...

After months of Swedish pandemic solo runs, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden broke with tradition and openly criticised the government’s COVID-19 strategy. “In my opinion, we have failed. There have been all too many deaths, and it is terrible,”...

The legal conditions to re-activate the Emergency Powers Act have not been met, Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) told reporters after a government meeting on Wednesday evening, warning, however, that a state of emergency may well have to be called,...

Talks on an EU-UK trade deal are in a “serious situation”, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted on Thursday night, as he reiterated that a ‘no deal’ scenario is the most likely outcome. Read also: MEPs set Sunday deadline for...

The European Parliament adopted temporary rules on Thursday (17 December) to allow the Eurotunnel handling vehicle and freight traffic under the Channel between the UK and France to keep operating.

During a recent UN Security Council meeting, Germany exchanged heated words with Russia and China over humanitarian aid to Syria. During the heated meeting on Wednesday, representatives of Moscow and Beijing questioned Germany’s suitability for a permanent seat on the...

The EU needs a ‘global’ Green New Deal that ends the West's hypocritical relationship with overseas fossil fuel investment, writes Muhammad Magassy.

Czech social services providers have criticised the government’s plan to cut funding allocation in the European Social Fund (ESF) and transfer 10% to the Cohesion Fund. In their open letter, addressed to Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, the group asked the...