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The European Union has warned Russia it will not bend to "blackmail" over its support for Kyiv after the Kremlin cut off gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland. The two countries are now supplied from their EU neighbours.

The European Commission said that between 60% and 80% of the EU population was estimated to have been infected with COVID-19, as the bloc enters a post-emergency phase in which mass reporting of cases was no longer necessary.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Albanian beekeepers feeling cautious over a draft law to align with the EU acquis, Danish schools teaching refugee children in Ukrainian, and so much more.

Gas giant Algeria threatened Wednesday (27 April) to break a contract to supply gas to Spain if Madrid transferred it onwards to "a third destination", amid tensions with regional rival Morocco.

Russian President Vladimir Putin citing an International Court of Justice ruling on Kosovo to justify Moscow recognising the independence of Ukrainian breakaway regions Donetsk and Luhansk means he actually recognises Kosovo as an independent state Srecko Đukić, Serbia’s former Ambassador...

Bomb threats forced the evacuation of dozens of elementary schools across Montenegro on Wednesday. “A lot of bombs have been placed on school property. We have always dreamed of revenge. We will take revenge. We will come to the school....

The dispute between Bulgaria and North Macedonia could escalate into a “frozen conflict” if outstanding issues are not resolved in the near future, Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani told Bulgarian television BTV in an interview. The two countries are currently locked...

After the Russian decision to halt gas supplies to Bulgaria, the country is under pressure. Nevertheless, past delays in developing gas power infrastructure might now turn to its advantage, writes Genady Kondarev.

As Russia’s war on Ukraine enters its third month, Germany’s vice-chancellor Robert Habeck called for unprecedented measures to decrease the country's reliance on Russian gas and counter the Kremlin's energy blackmail.

Maintaining a safe and secure environment in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) requires “some kind of international force with an adequate mandate,” US State Secretary Antony Blinken told Congrees during a discussion on security in BiH. US Senator Jeanne Shaheen, who...

Russian energy giant Gazprom’s suspension of gas delivery to Poland and Bulgaria does not affect the Serbian gas supply, Energy Minister Zorana Mihajlović said on Wednesday, adding that Serbia gets gas through the Balkans via Bulgaria, as a transit country....

The outgoing government’s purchase of 45 Boxer armoured utility vehicles for €343 million could make it more difficult for the presumptive new prime minister to forge a broad coalition. The deal will be signed before the end of the month,...

Quiet negotiations amid crisis followed by prisoners walking free onto the tarmac. With Wednesday's (27 April) choreographed inmate swap, the United States and Russia are finding new use for a Cold War rite.

The NATO membership of Sweden and Finland should be separated from electoral reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić Radman said on Wednesday, after President Zoran Milanović saying the opposite had signalled a shift in Croatian...

Eleni Touloupaki, Greece’s former head of the Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, will inform MEPs on Thursday about the rule of law in Greece, EURACTIV.com has learnt. Touloupaki will speak before the Democracy, Rule of Law, and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group (DRFMG)...

We European citizens are scared by the return of war at the heart of Europe. The Russian invasion of Ukraine exposes the weaknesses and dependencies of the European Union and its member states, and their inability to project peace and...

Albania’s beekeeping sector will be regulated as the government has proposed the final draft of a new law that would impact those with just one hive, in an effort to align with the EU acquis. But not all beekeepers are buzzing over the news.

An immediate halt on gas deliveries from Russia would cause problems for Slovakia, so a timeframe for getting rid of Russian gas must thus be “realistic” and “feasible”, President Zuzana Čaputová has said. Gazprom stopped gas deliveries to Poland and...

The previously united opposition was unable to agree with the ruling Fidesz party on divvying up committee seats in the Hungarian legislature in an apparent sign of difficulties in continuing collaboration after their crushing defeat at the polls. No agreement...

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned of lightning-fast retaliation if countries interfere in Ukraine as European leaders accused Russia of "blackmail" over its cuts to gas supplies.