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With the ongoing French EU Council presidency and the upcoming parliamentary elections, Emmanuel Macron will enjoy no grace period at the start of his second mandate. The opposition in France, both on the left and the right, is more determined than ever to strip the newly re-elected president of his majority in parliament.

Twitter Inc is nearing a deal to sell itself to Elon Musk for $54.20 per share in cash, the price that he originally offered to the social media company and called his 'best and final', people familiar with the matter said.

The current rise in inflation is being driven by a rise in fossil fuel prices, and a tightening of the monetary policy by the European Central Bank (ECB) would not help against high prices and might even come at a great cost to the economy, argues Ernest Urtasun.

There is a great hope for Ukrainians that the increasing military support from NATO and EU countries will change the situation on the front line and launch a Ukrainian offensive, writes Roman Rukomeda.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Finland reducing electricity transmissions from Russia, Bulgaria negotiating gas dependency from Russia, and so much more.

For many different reasons, leaders across Europe have hailed the victory of Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the French elections.  Most EU leaders focused on democracy winning against the extreme right in their congratulation messages. In contrast, others...

Requirements for a future proof car, why and how an Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) can be climate neutral, and why gas vehicles which are powered by bio-CNG tick all the boxes.

The European Union is preparing "smart sanctions" against Russian oil imports, The Times reported on Monday (25 April), citing the European Commission's executive vice-president, Valdis Dombrovskis.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Kyiv late on Sunday (24 April) and held talks President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, an aide to the Ukrainian leader said, as Russia's invasion entered a third month.

A Russian Ilyushin-Il-96-300 passenger aeroplane flew from Sochi to Belgrade via Bulgaria on Sunday morning, although the country officially closed its airspace for Russian planes in February, the Belgrade N1 Television reported. Petar Vojinović, the editor of the TangoSix portal,...

A group of Roma killed in the village of Hrastina by Croatian Ustasha units from 24-25 April 1945 was commemorated for the first time at the Marija Gorica cemetery on Sunday. The crimes committed by the fascist and ultranationalist group,...

Uranium mining in the country’s east could be a solution to cutting dependency on Russia’s nuclear fuel supplies, Economy Minister Richard Sulík has said. Slovakia currently imports uranium from Russia’s TVEL company – a subsidiary of state-owned giant Rosatom –...

The Hungarian ministry of human resources said it would appeal a recently lost case in the first instance court against anti-graft watchdog Transparency International in the public access to documents case, Telex reports. On Friday (22 April), the Budapest court...

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki launched an EU-wide billboard campaign to ” wake Europe’s conscience” and discourage the West from economic cooperation with Russia, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily reported. Announcing the “#StopRussiaNow” campaign on Saturday (23 April), Morawiecki said it is addressed mainly...

Amid the global energy crisis, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, Albania is working to diversify its energy sources, including by introducing gas and wind power, with the former set to cost up to €4 billion to implement. 

The re-election of French President Emmanuel Macron has strengthened his vision of a sovereign Europe and could also reduce Germany's potential for political leadership within the EU.

Pro-independence President of the Catalan regional government (“Generalitat”), Pere Aragonès, has issued an ultimatum to the Spanish government to shed light on the alleged espionage case against dozens of pro-independence Catalan leaders, including himself, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported. Prime Minister...

Sweden and Ukraine have not struck an agreement about rebuilding the southern Mykolaiv region, the foreign ministry wrote in a communiqué, denying the announcement made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “Several countries have promised to help with the reconstruction of...

Christian Democrat (KD) leader Ebba Busch continues to have strong support from her party despite her comments following the Easter riots having attracted widespread criticism, including from the police’s union, station TV4 Nyheterna reported. Busch made a controversial statement about...

Finland has decided to restrict the transmission capacity in cross-border connections to Russia as it fears cyberattacks and other forms of harassment if it applies for NATO membership. The decision came into force on Sunday (24 April) and was made...