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In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Slovenia confirming its first case of monkeypox, Denmark sending Harpoon launchers and missiles to Ukraine, and so much more.

Ukraine is gathering the bodies of dead Russian soldiers strewn among the rubble of formerly occupied towns and using everything from DNA to tattoos to verify their identities in the hope of exchanging them for prisoners of war.

Uncertainty around the NATO membership bids of Finland and Sweden currently blocked by Turkey has prompted international investors to practise caution when considering investments in both countries. As Ankara has started an “oriental bazaar”, tensions with Greece have also escalated,...

Russia's parliament on 24 May passed a bill giving prosecutors powers to shut foreign media bureaus in Moscow if a Western country has been "unfriendly" to Russian media, following the closure of some Russian state news outlets in the West.

Prime Minister Edi Rama brought in the army to clean up the coast ahead of what he said will be a bumper tourism season, adding that people need to clean up after themselves. However, problems remain with waste disposal as...

Access to oncology care in Europe is often accompanied by inequalities which can be tackled by better data collection and usage, Czech experts say. EURACTIV.cz reports.

A cannabis cultivation lab with over 10,000 plants ready for market, located in the Serb-majority north of the country, was seized by Kosovo police on Tuesday. The operation was successful despite police being shot at with firearms during the seizure....

Activists spraypainted blue and yellow Ukrainian flags over Putin’s ‘Z’ symbols on several columns in the Bezistan passage in downtown Belgrade in protest at the war in Ukraine. The same passage also contained graffiti celebrating former Republika Srpska army commander...

Slovenia registered its first monkeypox case after a man who came back from the Canary Islands tested positive for the disease but did not have to be hospitalised. The man is infected with the milder West African variant, health authorities confirmed...

Romania’s air force resumed operations with the MiG-21 LanceR fighter jets, which were grounded almost six weeks ago following multiple incidents involving this aircraft. Flights with the MiG-21 LanceR resumed Monday (23 May) and will continue for almost one year,...

EU lawmakers have a chance to mitigate the dangers posed by extractives. Oil, gas, and mining operations present major risks and need stricter controls, write Elisa Peter and Robert Pitman.

Leading digestive cancer experts, policymakers and the MEP Digestive Health Group (MEP DHG), discuss challenges and policy opportunities for digestive cancer prevention across Europe, prompting action to reduce the burden of digestive diseases.

On the day the new government took office, the ruling Fidesz-controlled Hungarian parliament amended the constitution allowing Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán to proclaim a state of emergency on the same day. On Tuesday (24 May), the Hungarian parliament approved...

The number of Ukrainian refugees entering Bulgaria has reached its peak, Refugee Agency Chair Mariana Tosheva told state television BNT in an interview on Monday. In Bulgaria, most Ukrainian refugees are staying in state-paid hotels in cities across the Black...

Two-thirds of young Slovaks aged 18-25 want or are already studying abroad due to the quality of education, with most of those who already left having picked neighbouring Czechia, a new survey has found. In the past 15 years, more...

The European People’s Party (EPP) group in the European Parliament has lost its visibility and its leadership needs to be renewed, Czech EU lawmaker Tomáš Zdechovský – who wants to run for vice-president of the Parliament’s largest group – told...

Russia signalled on Tuesday (24 May) it was bedding in for a long war in Ukraine as the conflict entered its fourth month with heavy fighting in the east but signs of some normality returning elsewhere.

Portugal has “unique conditions to be a great location platform” for the reindustrialisation of Europe due to its geographical position, security, focus on qualifications, and climate transition, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Tuesday. Speaking at the Olga Cadaval Cultural Centre in...

The Italian District Anti-Mafia Directorate searched on Tuesday, the newsroom and home of the journalist who authored the report on the Capaci Mafia attack, TV anchor Sigfrido Ranucci announced on social media. The search came after Rai 3 broadcast the...

Spain has reported the most monkeypox cases among the 17 non-endemic nations outside Africa as of Tuesday. The total of confirmed infections has risen to 131, with a further 106 suspected cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, EURACTIV’s partner EFE...