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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to address Africa's concerns about the upcoming Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) at the EU's external borders by bringing the continent into his so-called "climate club". EURACTIV Germany reports.

A Turkish court said on Monday (21 February) philanthropist Osman Kavala must stay in prison, lengthening his detention of more than four years without conviction, in a trial that has fuelled tensions in Ankara’s relations with Western allies. The Council...

The United Nations children's agency would pay Afghan teachers a monthly stipend for at least two months, the organisation said, with salaries unpaid for months as the country is plunged into economic crisis due to sanctions on the Taliban administration.

While the European Commission is due to present its proposal on Wednesday (23 February) to make companies accountable for their human rights and environmental compliance, all eyes are on France, which has been a trailblazer with its own due diligence law from 2017.

A veteran Turkish politician who has struggled for years to have Erdoğan voted out of office says that his dream is drawing nearer, even as doubts remain whether he will be the main opposition candidate at the 2023 presidential elections.

Three out of four thematic citizens panels of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) ask for a more empowered EU, which can allocate resources to implement the ecological transition and guarantee a more reliable spread of information.

The G7 Summit in June offers an opportunity to provide tangible funding commitments to developing countries in the fight against climate change. If offers fall short, the world faces the risk that rising global inequality will derail international climate efforts, writes Dr. Rainer Quitzow.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Austria establishing a 'crisis cabinet' on Ukraine, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban saying his country will rely on its own resources following the EU Court's rule of law decision, and so much more.

Europe needs to drastically cut its emissions to reach net zero emissions by mid-century, but there is another tool in the battle against global warming that could help: carbon removals.

Removing carbon from the atmosphere is considered crucial to limit global warming in line with the Paris Agreement. The European Commission has already started paving the way for future legislation on the topic, with the publication of a communication on sustainable carbon cycles in December.

A Zagreb County Court judge on Saturday evening remanded Darko Horvat (HDZ-EPP), who was left his post as construction minister, to one month’s custody. He is suspected of having illegally disbursed 2.6 million kuna (€346,000) in grants in 2018 while...

Ethiopia began producing electricity on Sunday (20 February) from its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a multi-billion-dollar hydropower plant on the River Nile that neighbours Sudan and Egypt have worried will cause water shortages downstream. After flicking a digital switch...

An Albanian NGO has launched a petition calling for the authorities to stop praising the previous communist regime and ban the public use of communist-related symbols to align with EU states who have prohibited the glorification of fascist and totalitarian...

The denar exchange rate is stable, the foreign reserves increased last year, and the banking system remains stable, the National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia reported on Saturday. “Domestic demand is the main factor of economic growth, in...

The Croatian National Assembly (HNS), an umbrella organisation of most Croatian political parties and other organisations in Bosnia Herzegovina (BiH), concluded that the conditions for the 2022 general elections have not been met. An emergency HNS session closed to the public...

Slovenia lifted many major COVID-19 restrictions over the weekend, bringing them broadly in line with countries that opted to start reopening public life several weeks ago. Passengers entering Slovenia no longer need a COVID pass, and there is no quarantine...

Roma people in Slovakia are twice as likely to die from COVID-19 when compared to the rest of the population, a new study conducted by the finance ministry’s value for money department has found. The economic situation of people in marginalised Roma...

Hungary will temporarily rely on its own resources, said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán who expects EU funds to be unblocked later this year, Hungary Today has reported. Speaking to the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Saturday (19...

Poland’s sovereignity is under threat from the EU’s conditionality mechanism – linking the disbursement of EU funds with the rule of law, and the bloc’s climate policies Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro of the Solidarity Poland party said on Saturday, proposing to...

EU lawmaker Giorgios Kyrtsos, who was expelled last week from the ruling centre-right New Democracy party (European People’s Party), said Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis is more arrogant than Hungary’s Viktor Orbán. On Friday, Mitsotakis expelled EU lawmaker Kyrtsos from its ranks because...