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The issue of the EU’s competences to scrutinize spyware use came to the forefront during Thursday’s Pegasus Committee hearing, where an Europol representative said the agency’s mandate was limited to supporting member states choosing to launch an investigation. 

Anti-Semitism is again a hot topic in French politics after members of the Greens, La France Insoumise and the Left-Democrat group tabled a proposal over the summer that condemned Israel's 'apartheid' politics.

A group of MEPs drew up a blueprint for EU reform, proposals of which include a new EU programme to support households and businesses facing rising energy and food prices and a 5,000-strong European army.

Monday's 50-minute keynote speech by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Prague was many things: stock-taking, reaffirming allies and promising EU reform. But it was also a response to a programmatic speech France’s Emmanuel Macron made almost five years ago.

The temperature may be cooling, but in Brussels the legislative agenda is hotting up. The next months will see major pieces of the EU’s climate laws package negotiated, which will shape transport policy in Europe for years to come.

EU defence ministers voiced support on Tuesday (30 August) for the start of work on setting up an EU military training mission for Ukrainian forces that would complement current efforts by individual EU countries.

The French, long seen as fervent supporters of nuclear power, now appear to also favour renewable energies, according to a new survey which gives the government a welcome boost as it prepares a new law to accelerate energy infrastructure projects.

The Vatican acted to mend strained relations with Ukraine on Tuesday (30 August) after Pope Francis upset Kyiv by referring to Russian ultra-nationalist Darya Dugina, who was killed by a car bomb near Moscow, as an innocent victim of war.

Russian e-commerce firm Ozon said on Tuesday (30 August) it would open a local office in Turkey and make it easier for consumers to make cross-border orders, helping Russian shoppers to buy goods directly from Turkish sellers on its platform.

Russia condemned the destruction of Soviet war memorials in the three Baltic states and accused them on Tuesday (30 August) of persecuting their Russian-speaking minorities.

Russia's Gazprom will reduce gas deliveries to Engie from Tuesday (30 August) in a dispute over contracts, the French utility said, deepening winter energy supply concerns.

Food insecurity aggravated by the war in Ukraine and rising inflation is bringing about further instability in the Middle East and North Africa, leading to a need for systemic changes in the region, particularly amongst youth.

Following a warning from health ministers, the EU executive agreed on a list of actions to ease the transition into the new framework for medical devices as its sluggish implementation threatens a shortage in Europe.

The European Union is preparing to take emergency action to reform its electricity market and get a grip on energy prices that have soared since Russia invaded Ukraine, senior officials said Monday (29 August).

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the 'expensive' Finnish nuclear reactor facing yet more issues, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi saying there will be no budget adjustments amid soaring energy prices, and so much more.

As one of its promises to Europe’s youth, the European Commission said it would follow up on demands that arose from the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) for a seat at the table while shaping the bloc’s future....

In its scramble to find unity on how to tackle the ongoing cost of living and energy crises, as well as Russia’s war on Ukraine, Germany’s three-party government is coming together for a two-day closed-door meeting outside of Berlin.

The ‘Open Balkan’ initiative pioneered by Serbia, Albania, and North Macedonia, could have negative implications symbolically and in terms of genuine cooperation across the region, an analysis by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund has found. Open Balkan, previously called ‘Mini-Schengen’, foresees...

Ukrainian troops bolstered by stepped-up Western military aid launched a long-awaited counter-offensive to retake territory in the south on Monday (29 August) as Russian forces shelled residential areas of the Black Sea port city of Mykolaiv.

Prime Minister Edi Rama levied criticism at the European Union over its management of COVID-19 vaccine distribution during a panel where he spoke at the Bled Conference in Slovenia on Monday. He referred to the period of the pandemic when...