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There are no major abnormalities in the European Union’s market for carbon emissions, but tighter controls could improve transparency and monitoring, the EU’s securities watchdog said on Monday (28 March).

As Russia sends tanks and soldiers to take over Ukraine, it is also dispatching censors and regulators to strangle the Internet. Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan argue that both invasions are linked and represent the culmination of a more than a decade-long trend to throttle the free and open flow of information in Russia.

The plight of people living with disabilities in Ukraine and their families is real. These people need help, and they need it now, writes Helen Portal.  

Europe cannot just buy alternatives to Russian gas—it must create supply in a way that complies with its climate objectives and avoids locking in further greenhouse gas emissions, writes Nikos Tsafos.

The 24 February was a turning point in European history. But while we are currently focused on the immediate consequences of the Russian aggression in Ukraine, it is also pivotal to pay attention to other regional theatres of exchange between Russia and the West, write Andreas Raspotnik and Andreas Østhagen.

Sky-high gas prices have sent demand for heat pumps booming across Europe, exposing a range of bottlenecks limiting industry's ability to deliver, including a shortage of skilled labour, as well as the need to simultaneously insulate buildings to ensure maximum efficiency.

Israeli and Arab partners convened for a rare summit in Israel on Sunday (27 March) attended by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who sought to reassure the US allies over Washington's diplomacy with Iran.

Russia and Azerbaijan on Sunday (27 March) traded barbs over the movement of Azeri forces in Nagorno-Karabakh where a simmering dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan flared into a six-week war in 2020.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about German states banning the Russian 'Z' symbol, Czech diplomats in Moscow being harassed by Russian authorities, and so much more.

The rollout of autonomous vehicles has the potential to reduce traffic by 90% and bring road deaths to zero, but serious technological hurdles remain, Mark Boris Andrijanic, Slovenia's minister for digital transformation, has said.

French President Emmanuel Macron called for restraint in both words and actions in dealing with the Ukraine conflict, after US President Joe Biden described Russian President Vladimir Putin as a "butcher" and said he should not remain in power.

The EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell has dismissed the prospect of Russian President Vladimir Putin cutting oil and gas supplies to Europe in retaliation to the tough economic sanctions imposed on Moscow following its invasion of Ukraine. Russia “needs to...

Billions of EU funds could be set for infrastructure projects in the Western Balkans that are not needed, are non-transparent, and could lock the region into fossil fuels, particularly gas, for decades to come. The alarm was raised by Bankwatch,...

Former president, prime minister, and founder of the Albanian Democratic Party Sali Berisha announced he intends to run for leadership following the resignation of Chairman Lulzim Basha. In 2021, Berisha was designated as persona non-grata and banned, along with his...

To stop Russian imperialism and expansionism in Ukraine (which is in our best self-interest), the West must continue to deliver arms to Ukraine before it is too late. Only if Ukraine can blunt the sword of Russia’s second strike, may Vladimir Putin accept the fact that he can’t achieve his aims in Ukraine militarily, writes Gustav Gressel.

EU Ambassador and Special Representative (EUSR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina Johann Sattler expressed his disappointment at the behaviour of local leading politicians who advocate EU integration but behave contrary to those values on Friday. “A disappointing day in Bosnia and...

Croatian Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Sabolić denied allegations by some local media outlets about Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković having lobbied during the European Council’s meeting for the deferment of BiH’s general elections. The allegations that Plenković advocated...

France and Turkey want to have further trade relations with Russia saying that this helps them communicate with Russia’s leadership, but this leadership are war criminals who don’t have a "face" anymore, writes Roman Rukomeda.

The Serbian Ecological Uprising movement sent an open letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping saying that Chinese companies were “complicit in horrific poisoning” that had “unforeseeable and irreversible consequences” on the health of Serbian citizens, children and nature. “Chinese companies...

With peace talks between Russia and Ukraine set to take place in Turkey this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insisted on the territorial integrity of his country after earlier suggesting he was ready for a compromise.