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As a member of the Schengen Area, Switzerland is obliged to contribute to securing the EU's external borders. In September its parliament approved annual payments of 61 million Swiss francs to Frontex. However activists are opposing the funding for the border protection agency, which has been accused of illegal pushbacks, and now hope to overturn the decision by referendum. What can this achieve?

Beverage cartons are a low carbon, recyclable packaging solution that supports the EU Green Deal ambitions and actively contributes to reducing a negative environmental impact by sourcing sustainable raw materials for its production.

Europe is coming in strong to COP26 and supporting several global initiatives. We bring you all the information from the summit from the EU perspective.

Ethiopia declared a six-month state of emergency on Tuesday (2 November) after forces from the northern region of Tigray said they were gaining territory and considering marching on the capital Addis Ababa.

Russian special services have charged former journalist Ivan Safronov with selling information on Russian military operations in Syria for $248 to a political analyst who they say then passed it to German intelligence, Safronov's lawyer said.

Spain has adopted a European Union copyright directive that allows third-party online news platforms to negotiate directly with content providers, the government said on Tuesday (2 November), setting the stage for Alphabet's Google News to return to the country.

A proposal to bring both nuclear power and natural gas into the bloc’s green finance taxonomy is circulating in Brussels. The paper has been branded as a “scientific disgrace” by campaigners who warned it would damage the EU's credibility on green finance.

CIA director William Burns is making a rare visit to Moscow to discuss US-Russia relations, the latest in a series of high-level contacts that show both sides want to keep talking despite mutual distrust and a long list of disputes.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about one third of Austrians fearing another terrorist attack, the US and Romania announcing plans to build a “first-of-a-kind” small modular reactor (SMR) plant in Romania, and so much more.

As Czechia looks to decarbonise its coal-based economy, it sees nuclear energy as the backbone of its future energy mix. The Czech government plans to build a new nuclear power plant unit that is expected to be operational in 2036....

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Tuesday (2 November) branded Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega a "dictator" staging "fake" elections at the weekend, with his seven main challengers under arrest.

Those who knowingly use or produce fake Covid-19 certificates in Ukraine will face fines of up to $2,600 and two to three years in prison under a new law passed Tuesday, Reuters reported. Only 7.5 million Ukrainians are fully vaccinated - fewer than a fifth of the total population. Eastern and Central European countries are registering a surge of infections due to the relatively low vaccination rates in some countries.

German MEP Martin Buschmann has sounded the alarm over the “mass killing of street dogs in Albania”. In a Facebook post, the MEP wrote that “in Albania, street dogs are being mass killed by the government” and said he would be...

The European Commission will have ‘exclusive power’ to enforce obligations on very large online platforms, according to the most recent compromise text on the Digital Services Act (DSA).

The session of the UN Security Council on the situation in BiH initially set for Tuesday (2 November) has been postponed to an unconfirmed date, according to unofficial sources. It is believed the issue centres around Russia, which disputes the...

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said on Tuesday (2 November) that he had not yet read the report High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Christian Schmidt prepared for the UN Security Council, but that it appeared to him that that the...