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The European Parliament’s spokesperson will hold a last-minute briefing on the 18-21 October plenary session today at 16.30.

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

The European Parliament’s spokesperson will hold a last-minute briefing on the 18-21 October plenary session today at 16.30.

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

Companies that stumped up millions of pounds to sponsor the COP26 climate summit have condemned it as “mismanaged” and “very last minute” in a volley of complaints as next month’s event in Glasgow draws near. EURACTIV's media partner, The Guardian, reports.

The climate crisis threatens a double blow for the Middle East, experts say, by destroying its oil income as the world shifts to renewables and by raising temperatures to unliveable extremes.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Centre Party in Norway's new minority government having anti-EU sentiments, Bulgaria sending its recovery plan to Brussels, at last, and so much more.

When Vaclav Havel nearly died of a ruptured intestine as Czech president in 1998, doctors provided daily updates on his condition.

The newspaper Delo writes that Prime Minister Janez Janša, with his tweets targeting the European Parliament's delegation on a fact-finding mission to Slovenia, damaged Slovenia's reputation and the credibility of its EU presidency, which it says is politically dead.

The Spanish government has proposed to extend temporary lay-off schemes. This system has significantly protected thousands of jobs endangered by the pandemic, only for one extra year. EURACTIV's partner EFE reports.

Albania’s State Supreme Audit (KLSH) found that delays in testing and contact tracing, and a lack of resources at the national level, led to the rapid spread of COVID-19 throughout the country. KLSH audited several key institutions, including the Ministry...

Kosovo held local elections on Sunday in 36 municipalities to elect new mayors and municipal councils. Some 166 mayoral and 5,198 councillor candidates entered the race. The local elections take place in two rounds. To win, a mayor should win...

North Macedonia on Sunday (17 October) held local elections, which will be a test for the government coalition of Social Democrats (SMSD), led by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Albanian party DUI. Polling stations closed at 7:30 pm, 30 minutes...

The highest Roman Catholic and Muslim dignitaries in BoiH, Sarajevo Archbishop Vinko Puljić and Grand Mufti Husein Kavazović, called for dialogue and defused tension in the country, warning that it threatened to escalate. The current political and security situation in...

US diplomat Christopher Hill has been nominated as the next US ambassador to Serbia, the White House announced on Friday. The new ambassador is well-versed in regional issues. He served as a deputy to Richard Holbrooke, the US’s chief negotiator...

Agriculture and the energy industry are the two main sectors enabling society and the state to function normally. Therefore, in the next decade, €7.5 billion will be invested in the agricultural sector, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković has said. The prime...

The Bulgarian recovery plan includes 59 investment projects and 46 reforms. It was approved by the caretaker government on Thursday and was formally sent to the European Commission on Friday. Deputy Prime Minister for EU Funds Management Atanas Pekanov explained that 12.9...

Dacian Ciolos will officially present on Monday (18 October) his governing program and list of ministers, but it is unlikely that parliament will approve his cabinet. After president Klaus Iohannis designated him to form the new government, Ciolos tried last...

Gabriel Escobar, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in charge of the Balkans, confirmed that at the last NATO summit, fears were expressed that it was dangerous to share information with the new government in Podgorica, adding that this concern...

Polish citizens took to the streets of Warsaw on Sunday calling on the government to put an end to “torture” and “cruelty” against refugees at the border with Belarus. Among the protest initiators was Janina Ochojska, MEP (EPP), who runs...

Peter Kažimír, former minister of finance in the government of Robert Fico and currently the National Bank’s governor, has been officially accused of bribery. Supposedly, Kažimír gave an envelope with €50,000 to then-head of Financial Administration František Imrecze. The accusation...

The outgoing government of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš will decide Monday (18 October) on a strategic €20 million investment in the Three Seas Initiative (3SI). While the 3SI – a forum of twelve EU member states, including Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,...