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Kyrgyz and Tajik border guards exchanged fire on Thursday (27 January) amid a standoff over a blocked road, in the latest clash between the former Soviet neighbours following a similar violent incident last year that killed dozens.

Valérie Pécresse, the right-wing candidate for Les Républicains, has presented her "patriotic and European" vision for Europe. It flirts between the one presented by 'not-yet candidate' Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen. EURACTIV France reports.

The head of the Paris hospitals system has set off a fierce debate by questioning whether people who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 should continue to have their treatment covered by public health insurance.

Each EU country must ensure that at least 3% of the floor area of buildings owned by public bodies are renovated every year – including hospitals and schools, not just buildings owned and occupied by central government, write Jutta Paulus and Ciarán Cuffe.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Czech cyber experts warning athletes about the risk of espionage during the Olympic Games in Beijing, Finland's president criticising the EU for its response to the Ukraine crisis, and so much more.

Cyprus welcomed Thursday (27 January) a "landmark" European Union decision to approve a 657-million-euro ($733 million) grant for the construction of a subsea electricity cable integrating it with Greece and Israel.

The Conference on the Future of Europe prides itself on giving as many participants as possible a chance to speak. Unfortunately, this horizontal nature of the debate eliminates meaningful discussion of Europe’s future, writes Kaspar Schultz.

The leftist main opposition Syriza party has filed a motion of censure against the government, saying the ruling conservative New Democracy party is “dangerous” for the country following a catastrophic snowstorm that paralysed the country. In addition to the mismanagement...

The Albanian government has announced that the decision to designate the Vjosa River as a natural park has come into force. This falls short of the maximum level of protection afforded by declaring it as a National Park. Under its...

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) will not take part in Election Law reform talks as long as the country’s state institutions are blocked and until anti-Dayton Peace Agreement, secessionist decisions by the country’s Republika Srpska entity are abolished, party leader Nermin...

The EU’s chief diplomat, Josep Borrell, has accused Kosovo of stalling dialogue with Serbia designed to normalise relations. Since 2010, Kosovo has been under pressure after Serbia refused to recognise its independence, despite the International Court of Justice recognising it...

Russia said on Thursday (27 January) it was clear the United States was not willing to address its main security concerns in their standoff over Ukraine, but both sides kept the door open to further dialogue.

The Serbian ombudsman requested the education ministry on Thursday to remove from the curriculum, by the start of the next school year, the Serbian language textbook for the eighth grade of elementary school, in which the existence of the Croatian,...

Croatia will give the Mostar University Hospital in Bosnia and Herzegovina 40 million kuna or €5.3 million this year to help deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, the government decided on Thursday. The hospital will receive 2 million kuna for January...

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has joined a growing chorus of Slovenian stakeholders in expressing concern about proposed changes to the Slovenian criminal code that it says risked undermining the effectiveness of the EPPO. The gist of the proposed...

The Commission for Combating Corruption and Confiscation of Illegally Acquired Property is leading an investigation against Interior Minister Boyko Rashkov, it was announced during a parliamentary hearing of the president of the Commission Sotir Tsatsarov. The minister is under the commission’s investigation for...

Opposition parties in the Croatian parliament debated the possible sending of Croatian troops to Ukraine following the president’s statements about the crisis that provoked strong reactions. Sandra Benčić of the Green-Left Bloc said her group would vote against sending Croatian troops. “I think that...

The president of the 'Black and White' (Crno na Belo) movement in Serbia, law professor Vladimir Vuletić, said he would file criminal charges against Serbia's President Aleksandar Vučić, for what he described as "bribing voters" ahead of the 3 April elections.

Parliament’s lower chamber has adopted a resolution expressing support for Ukraine but failed to pass it with enthusiasm due to the opposition of the rightist Confederation party. The party said their rejection of the resolution was politically motivated against the left...

The EU is losing its relative significance at the global stage every day; while we have the potential to be a superpower, it must be unlocked by necessary reforms, such as moving to qualified-majority voting in foreign affairs, according to Dr Federiga Bindi, expert on the EU’s foreign policy at a Citizens’ Panel of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE).