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The debate over whether those who have had the Covid-19 vaccine should be able to return to normal life more swiftly with the help of vaccination passports, as is being planned in Denmark and Sweden, wages on. Unlike a fortnight ago, the European press seems largely in favour of it now.

Georgia's Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has unexpectedly resigned in protest against a court order for the arrest of his most prominent rival, Nika Melia. Melia, head of the opposition party United National Movement, has been charged with involvement in the 2019 protests and the storming of parliament. Gakharia was pushing for Georgia's integration into the west. Observers are deflated.

Several German federal states on Friday evening commemorated the victims of the far-fight attack in Hanau on 19 February 2020. Press voices from across Europe reflect on why the commemoration and the debate about structural racism which was precipitated by the killings is so important for Germany.

The Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Luca Attanasio, and an Italian military-police officer were killed in an attack on their convoy on Monday, the Italian foreign ministry has said. Attanasio was travelling as part of a UN stabilisation mission in Goma in the east of the country and died of his wounds in hospital. The African country has a recent history of internal conflict and lawlessness.

On March 1st, a new energy label appears in shops and online. It is a fresh restart, making room for further innovations.

Slovak foreign minister Ivan Korčok has appealed for EU help on advance of deliveries of coronavirus vaccine due to a health crisis. "We have the highest death-rate in the world at the moment ... this is a very difficult moment for my country," he said in Brussels Monday ahead of talks with EU peers. "Bilateral help would be very welcome," and an "important sign" of European solidarity, he added.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the fifth night of protests over a rapper's imprisonment in Spain, Ireland boosting its vaccination progamme, and so much more.

Albin Kurti, leader of the Vetëvendosje party that won the Kosovo elections on 14 February, was interviewed by EURACTIV’s partner Jutarnji list. Among other things, he said that negotiations to form a government will only be held with non-Serb minorities,...

The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines created by the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and manufactured in India arrived in Serbia on Sunday. Serbia is the only state – aside from the United Arab Emirates – that made more than three...

As of Sunday, 12 candidates announced they will be running for the post of Zagreb mayor in May’s local elections, but none of them has the support needed to defeat incumbent Milan Bandić, who has ruled the capital for 20...

With a brief order, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov on Friday destroyed the long-considered five-phase state vaccination plan by setting up a green corridor for anyone wishing to get the vaccine when people from the pre-set priority groups remain hesitant...

There is no censorship or government attacks against journalists in Slovenia; on the contrary, the country is dominated by “anti-government” media owned by the tycoons and controlled by the left, the Slovenian government said after a request to correct an...