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In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the affordability of housing decreasing rapidly in Slovakia, the Slovenian parliament confirming a new government cabinet, and so much more.

Queen Elizabeth thanked all those involved in her Platinum Jubilee celebrations ahead of four days of pomp, parties, parades and public holidays to herald her record-breaking 70 years on the British throne.

Washington plays a decisive role in addressing the crisis in Ukraine, but its motivationn to end the war are not clear, conservative former Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis has said.  His statement comes amid a fierce clash in Greek politics over...

Besides properties in his home town and the high-end district of Budapest, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s asset declarations once again show the Hungarian Prime Minister, in power since 2010, has no savings. The prime minister still owns his house...

Afghan refugees staying in the Albanian coastal city of Shengjin until their visas for the US and other countries are processed say they are facing eviction, having their passports confiscated, and that many of the NGOs that were helping them...

As highlighted by the REPowerEU Plan, energy efficiency is crucially important for addressing the energy and climate crisis: every opportunity to save energy must be considered. The energy efficiency potential of technical building systems is neither fully harvested by policies addressing individual products, nor by those focusing on the entire building.

The Biden administration plans to sell Ukraine four MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones that can be armed with Hellfire missiles for battlefield use against Russia, three people familiar with the situation said.

Serbia was urged to join in the EU’s sanctions against Russia by US Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Balkans Gabriel Escobar via a video speech during the Southeastern Europe Democracy Summit in Montenegro. The Assistant Secretary is the latest in...

Prime Minister Robert Golob’s cabinet was sworn in on Wednesday after it was confirmed in a 53/28 vote in the National Assembly a month after the general election. The left-liberal government, a coalition of Golob’s Freedom Movement, Social Democrats (SD)...

Romania does not meet any of the conditions needed for the adoption of the euro, the European Commission said in its Convergence Report 2022. Every two years, the Commission assesses the progress of non-euro member states towards adopting the single...

The National Bank of Slovakia (NBS) expects a big drop in housing affordability and will revert to prices from ten years ago until the end of 2022. According to the National Bank of Slovakia, housing prices have risen by more...

Projects co-funded by the EU’s cohesion policy worth €1.3 billion are endangered due to rising prices and war in Ukraine. The previous 2014-2020 budgetary period of EU cohesion policy is ending with accounts being closed and member states due to...

Prime Minister António Costa, Economy Minister António Costa Silva, and Education Minister Elvira Fortunato have travelled to the world’s largest industry fair, Hannover Messe, in Germany, where their country is represented by 109 companies and leading government officials. Portugal’s presence...

Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who was elected leader of centre-right Partido Popular (PP) in April, told members at the European People’s Party (EPP) congress in Rotterdam, that his party represents hope for many Spaniards and should win next year’s general election....

Hungary was holding up Wednesday (1 June) the approval of a new round of EU sanctions on Russia, including a ban on most oil imports, over opposition to blacklisting the Russian patriarch, diplomats said.

The government is considering expanding the excise tax reduction, which will expire on 8 July, Economy Under-Secretary Maria Cecilia Guerra told broadcaster Rainews 24 on Wednesday. To counter rising energy costs, which started before Russia invaded Ukraine, the government has allocated a...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed solidarity for Ukraine in what she described as a "barbaric war" with Russia at an event on Wednesday (1 June), after months of silence prompted criticism of her own policy towards Moscow.

Sweden’s former Environment Minister Per Bolund criticised the government’s climate policy ahead of the “Stockholm+50” UN climate meeting in the capital on Thursday and Friday. In an interview with Expressen on Wednesday (1 June), Bolund criticised his country’s current Climate and Environment...

A new fast track service for high-skilled workers whose work requires expert knowledge was launched by the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) on Wednesday (1 June). The new fast-track procedure allows people to enter Finland as soon as they have been...

Manufacturer Baykar and Turkey's Defence Industry Agency will donate a Bayraktar TB2 advanced combat drone to Lithuania for transfer to Ukraine, after Lithuanians crowdfunded nearly €6 million to buy it, Lithuania's defence ministry said on Thursday (2 June).