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Lawmakers and stakeholders have criticised the European Commission for not placing enough emphasis on the potential impact of its proposal to halve both the use and risk of chemical pesticides by 2030 on food production. 

Shelling near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant complex forced an hours-long delay on Thursday (1 September) of a planned visit by UN experts to the site, but the team leader said they remained determined to carry out their safety inspection.

In a difficult geopolitical context, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev appears to seek to strengthen his country institutionally by proposing a snap presidential election this autumn and parliamentary elections in the first half of 2023.

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China's "arbitrary and discriminatory detention" of Uyghurs and other Muslims in its Xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity, the outgoing UN human rights chief said in a long-awaited report on Wednesday (31 August).

Kosovo, Serbia, and NATO peacekeepers were bracing for a new wave of ethnic tensions on Thursday (1 September) as Pristina presses ahead with a requirement for some 50,000 ethnic Serbs living in northern Kosovo to switch over their car license plates by the end of October.

The Swiss government launched a voluntary campaign on Wednesday (31 August) to urge consumers and businesses to conserve energy as shortages of gas and power loom this winter that could lead to rationing in a worst-case scenario.

A dispute over gas supplies between Engie and Gazprom escalated on Wednesday (31 August) as the Russian company prepared to halt all deliveries to its French contractor from 1 September, citing missing payments.

The European Union should align its policies with international corporate climate reporting rules in order to simplify life for companies and save time in the long run, a global standard setting board said on Wednesday (31 August).

The EU’s push to create a bloc-wide framework of rules for so-called one-stop-shops, all in one contractor organisers that conduct building renovations, is shaping up amid work on the efficiency and buildings directives.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the two top officials at the German economy ministry suspected of being Russian spies, the Czech prime minister compares the Ukraine war to 9/11, and so much more.

Former conservative prime minister Costas Karamanlis urged the Greek government to shed light on the scandal regarding socialist opposition leader Nikos Androulakis whose phone was bugged by the Greek secret services. Greece’s “Watergate” scandal has shaken the ruling New Democracy...

The US Federal Bureau for Investigation (FBI) will send Cyber Action Teams (CAT) to Montenegro to help it investigate recent cyber attacks on government digital infrastructure, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. (31 August).

Under a new deal between Moscow and Budapest, Russia’s Gazprom will deliver up to 5.8 million cubic metres (mcm) more natural gas per day via Serbia on top of the volumes agreed in the long-term contract, Hungarian Foreign Affairs Minister...

The EU has hit its target to fill gas storage to at least 80% “well ahead” of the November deadline, despite continued disruptions to the gas supply from Russia, EU energy chief Kadri Simson announced on Wednesday (31 August).

A Palestinian prisoner held by Israel said Wednesday (31 August) that an agreement had been reached to release him and that he was ending a hunger strike he began five months ago. Khalil Awawdeh, a militant from the southern West...

The Commanding Director of the State Police, Tonin Vocaj, who took over on Wednesday after his predecessor Gledis Nano was fired, has supported legalising sports betting in a speech just hours after he was appointed. Albania banned sports betting in...

Slovenia’s most vulnerable population groups and businesses that have been hit hard by high gas and electricity prices will receive emergency cost-of-living aid, according to two bills unanimously endorsed by parliament on Wednesday. As part of a €41 million package...

Bulgaria has the chance to realise its potential as an energy centre in Southeast Europe, former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday in Sofia. The former secretary of state spoke at a lecture organised by the Confederation...

European People’s Party (EPP) chief Manfred Weber must explain why he “sells out” the identity and values of the EU centre-right to the extreme-right by supporting an “Orbán -driven” coalition in the Italian elections, Five Star Movement’s MEP Laura Ferrara...