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Poland’s Parliament on Thursday (26 May) voted in favour of a bill that will replace a contested disciplinary chamber for judges with a new body, clearing the way for the country to get billions in COVID-19 recovery funds from Brussels....

Several EU leaders have voiced ideas for a ceasefire and peace agreement in Ukraine, but Kyiv dismissed them out of hand, comparing them to the attempts to appease Hitler in 1938.

Advancing Russian forces came closer to surrounding Ukrainian troops in the east, briefly seizing positions on the last highway out of a crucial pair of Ukrainian-held cities before being beaten back, a Ukrainian official said on Thursday (26 May).

Russia is advancing a new law allowing it to take control of the local businesses of western companies that decide to leave in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, raising the stakes for multinationals trying to exit.

The Green Deal must remain a key priority of the agricultural sector in spite of the war in Ukraine, according to Czech agriculture minister Zdeněk Nekula, who is preparing to take over the reins as chair of the EU Agrifish Council in July.

There is a significant digital skills gap in Europe. To overcome this problem, strategic collaboration between public and private actors is key. Overcoming the digital skills gap will ensure that technology will continue to be beneficial for an inclusive and fair society, today and tomorrow.

EU agriculture ministers agreed in Brussels on Tuesday (24 May) to implement a bird flu vaccine strategy as the bloc struggles with the most violent outbreak in its history. EURACTIV France reports.

A new website that published leaked emails from several leading proponents of Britain's exit from the European Union is tied to Russian hackers, according to a Google cybersecurity official and the former head of UK foreign intelligence.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about international hackers demanding ransom from the Austrian federal state, Lithuania sending Ukraine military equipment worth over €15 million, and so much more.

In its letter of observation on Germany's plans for the implementation of the EU agricultural reform, the European Commission criticised far-reaching issues and called for more environmental and climate protection.

The Albanian government’s possible plan to publish the salary of every citizen on an annual basis could find itself up against a legal hurdle, particularly if it wants to join the EU. Prime Minister Edi Rama said he would ask...

Athens was surprised by the European Commission’s lukewarm initial reaction on the statement of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who said that for him Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis “no longer exists”.

Parliament elected Robert Golob prime minister by a 54 to 30 vote on Wednesday, just over a month after his green Freedom Movement won the general election in a landslide on a pledge to reform politics in the country. Immediately...

Croatia has chosen a hostile and destructive approach to its bilateral relations with Russia, which harms the interests of people in both countries, Moscow said on Wednesday, urging Zagreb to return to “constructive dialogue”. In a diplomatic note sent on...

The Romanian government decided on Wednesday to announce its intention to leave the International Bank for Economic Co-operation (IBEC) and the International Investment Bank (IBB), both of which count Russia as a main shareholder. “The withdrawal will be made within...

Bulgaria will most likely allow in vitro procedures to be performed with genetic material from deceased spouses, a health ministry proposal has stated. Bulgaria currently bans such procedures but some, including the ombudsman, said they want to change the law....

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday (25 May) savaged suggestions that Kyiv give up territory and make concessions to end the war with Russia, saying the idea smacked of attempts to appease Nazi Germany in 1938.

Criminal hacker group Black Cat is demanding $5 million in Bitcoin from the Austrian state of Carinthia in exchange for decryption software and sensitive data it claims to have accessed following a hacker attack that resulted in a massive IT...

Four opposition parties signed a declaration on Wednesday calling for more financial muscle to be handed over to local authorities as opponents of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party eye next year’s municipal elections as a chance to take...

Gang crime, juvenile delinquency, and rape are among the crimes that increased the most in 2021 compared to 2020, the annual internal security report approved by the Supreme Council for Internal Security on Wednesday has found. After the supreme council’s...