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The EU can coordinate the efforts of member states in order to prepare for a ban on Russian gas and oil imports, write Jonathan Barth and Christoph Gran.

Electrolyser manufacturers in Europe committed on Thursday (5 May) to increase their manufacturing capacity tenfold – to 17.5 GW per year by 2025 – as part of a joint declaration with the European Commission in Brussels.

As the world scrambles to fend off the impact of yet another food crisis, opportunistic efforts by lobby groups to delay nature restoration laws are likely to make things worse, writes former Commissioner Janez Potočnik.

  Transnational lists idea finally engages, EU struggles to agree oil ban in stages, and Russian disinfo goes full Middle Ages.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Slovenian government’s COVID-19 decree being declared unconstitutional, Portugal contributing millions in humanitarian aid to Ukraine, and so much more.

Conservative lawmaker Dimitris Markopoulos, a former journalist, has lashed out against the Reporters Without Borders (RSF), describing it as a ‘leftist NGO’ over a recent report showing that Greece is the worst EU country when it comes to press freedom....

Citizens in European Union countries may be able to sue their governments for financial compensation if illegal levels of air pollution damage their health, an adviser to Europe's top court said on Thursday (5 May).

Germany will show solidarity with European Union countries seeking alternatives to Russian gas and oil, for example helping eastern states without ports in the North or Baltic Seas access liquefied natural gas (LNG), Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday (5 May).

As Albania struggles with a declining birth rate, ageing population and mass emigration, the issue of asylum-seeking in EU countries continues to prevail as thousands applied for asylum in the EU during 2021, with 225 receiving protection. According to data...

The countries that bombed Serbia do not have the “moral right” to ask Belgrade to follow their line and impose sanctions against Moscow, Serbian Minister of Internal Affairs Aleksandar Vulin told EURACTIV Greece in an exclusive interview.  “The countries that...

The consequences of the ongoing war in Ukraine add to the existing supply chain issues facing road authorities across Europe. Many of the materials used in the essential maintenance of Europe’s key transport arteries are very energy demanding. It is urgent for European road authorities to reduce their reliance on such materials.

German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht welcomed Serbia’s “clear positioning” on Russia’s war in Ukraine and the territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, stressing, however, that progress on the normalisation of relations with Pristina was needed for the EU accession process....

Slovenia’s top court ruled on Thursday that the government decree governing the checking of COVID passes in public places is unconstitutional – delivering yet another blow to the government’s pandemic rule-by-decree policy. In a ruling issued on Thursday (5 May), the...

Romanian flag carrier Tarom has received €1.9 million in financial support to cover losses made due to the COVID-19 pandemic during the second half of 2020 after it was recently approved by the European Commission. The aid comes from the...

Of the nearly 60,000 Ukrainian refugees that will need to leave hotels on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast by the end of May, only 33,000 can so far be guaranteed accommodation due to hoteliers preparing for the summer season. Ukrainian...

Slovakia’s government has been unable to gather enough votes for an independent court to decide whether former Prime Minister and current MP Robert Fico should be prosecuted for allegedly orchestrating a criminal ring. This is a big loss for Slovakia’s...

The Czech government will send Ukraine another €18 million in humanitarian aid, totalling €40 million, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said at Thursday’s donor conference in Warsaw that raised $6.5 billion for Ukraine. Lipavský said the Czech Republic could organise a...

The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday once again condemned Italy for putting citizens’ health at risk because of the pollution at the Ilva steel plant in Taranto. Italy was also condemned for putting citizens’ health at risk at...

Portugal will contribute €2.1 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine, announced Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa on Thursday. This amount, of which €1 million is destined for the UN’s responses, was transmitted by Costa at the High-Level Donors’ Conference for...

Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro should face a vote of no confidence in parliament according to the Civic Platform (PO), the largest opposition party, backed by the agrarian Polish People’s Party (PSL). Ziobro, Poland’s justice minister and prosecutor general, is a...