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Two European Parliament committees on Tuesday (14 June) backed an attempt to stop the EU labelling gas and nuclear energy as climate-friendly investments, setting the stage for a full Parliament vote that could reject the rules next month.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday (14 June) that Russia's legislation on "foreign agents" violated the rights of the groups designated as such and ordered Russia to pay many of them compensation.

Public blood management could be a way to address blood shortages as only a third of patients receive enough transfusions, according to a health expert who also expressed concerns about the forthcoming revision of the EU legislation on the topic.

Admitting personal failure in making headway in advancing women and underage people's health, Estonia's former head of state said despite having all the right institutional structures and constant attention, women are still put in last place when "serious" crises erupt.

Health commissioner Stella Kyriakides signed an agreement to purchase around 110,000 doses of a vaccine to be used for monkeypox, on behalf of member states, she announced on Tuesday (14 June).

As we reflect on the lesson of COVID and face up to the realities of a humanitarian crisis on European soil, it’s understandable that we find ourselves re-assessing what’s important to us as individuals and as a European society. Alessandro...

Political leaders may pay lip service to the Spitzenkandidaten system but it is unlikely to make much impact in the 2024 European election campaign, write Doru Frantescu and Dan Luca.

Amidst an unprecedented energy crisis, governments around the world have come to appreciate the benefits offered by the hitherto marginalised energy efficiency policies and have endorsed joint action.

French pharmaceutical company Sanofi announced on Monday (13 June) encouraging results for its new generation vaccine against COVID, developed in collaboration with British company GSK, after two conclusive clinical trials.

The World Trade Organisation's boss insisted Monday (13 June) that turning trade green was now urgent business, with the WTO putting climate change at the heart of its negotiations.

The EU Parliament vote is a momentous decision that, if passed into law, effectively puts an end to the defining automotive technology of the last century – the internal combustion engine.

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi began meetings in Israel on Monday (13 June) as the EU seeks to wean itself off Russian fossil fuel imports.

The biofuels industry has encouraged policymakers to consider ethanol and biodiesel as a green means to partially reduce Europe’s dependence on imported fossil fuels – a claim contested by some NGOs.

Britain published legislation on Monday (13 June) to tackle disruption to post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland, setting out measures it says are needed to protect peace in the British-ruled province but which are sure to antagonise the European Union.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Germans being divided on granting EU accession to Ukraine, Portugal signing a bilateral deal with UK on defence and security, and so much more.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked Olaf Scholz to show full-throated support for Kyiv, charging the German Chancellor with being too concerned about the repercussions that would have for Berlin's ties with Moscow.

Lawmakers in the European Parliament have formed a cross-party coalition in an attempt to block nuclear energy and fossil gas from receiving a green investment label under the EU's green finance taxonomy.

Bulgaria is threatened by a strong anti-Western wave amid Russian propaganda and the war in Ukraine and lifting the veto on North Macedonia could lead to “brutal Putinism” at home, while maintaining it is seen as playing into Russia’s hands...

Pensioners requested a rise in pensions and complained they were “on the verge of biological survival” during a protest in front of the Montenegrin parliament on Monday. In 2019, then-Prime Minister Duško Marković said the average pension in Montenegro, at...

The EU should start treating Western Balkan EU membership hopefuls as members ‘step by step’, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said on Monday in Belgrade. At a joint press conference after a meeting with his Serbian counterpart, Nikola Selaković, Schallenberg...