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Could bacteria assist in the recycling of greenhouse gases in the future instead of releasing them into the atmosphere? European researchers are working to reverse the metabolism of intestinal bacteria that feed on CO2 so that they form products that can be used at an industrial level. EURACTIV Germany reports.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejected on Friday evening (17 January) the prime minister's resignation letter and told him to stay on and tackle the unpopular issue of high salaries of some public officials and multimillion-dollar bonuses paid to executives at the state gas company.

Iran said Monday (20 January) it will consider withdrawing from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) if a dispute over its atomic programme goes before the UN Security Council.

New rules aimed at reducing air pollution from shipping may end up worsening the sector’s climate impact, according to new research, which warns that low sulphur fuels could end up producing more climate-bashing emissions, known as black carbon.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out about Ireland giving the Apple chief a reward, a long-time minister of Slovenia resigning from his post as defence minister, clashes between Spanish parties over parental controls in schools, and so much more.

The head of the pro-Kremlin Russian bikers group, the Night Wolves, has lent strong support to pro-Serbian protesters in Montenegro in a video published on Facebook, in protest against a new law on freedom of religion passed by the Montenegrin...

Hours after former Defence Minister Karl Erjavec and long-time party leader of the pensioner’s party (DeSUS-Re) lost the party presidency to Agriculture Minister Aleksandra Pivec on Saturday (18 January), he announced his resignation on Sunday, adding he would also be...

Davor Bernardić, the leader of the Social-Democratic Party (SDP) has said that he would be the party’s only candidate to become prime minister despite him having never had any executive political or business position. Bernardić’s announcement comes at a time of...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets 16 African leaders at an investment summit Monday (20 January) that will see Britain cast out a net for trading partners in its new life outside the EU.

With nine of 16 large combustion plants in Serbia not fulfilling the Large Combustion Plan Directive (LCPD), the Secretariat of the Energy Community (EC) has launched a preliminary procedure against Serbia for incomplete implementation of the directive giving the government...

Following the opinion of the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission criticising the country’s judicial reforms and the European Parliament’s resolution calling on the EU to set concrete demands and deadlines regarding their judicial independence situation, President Andrzej Duda took aim...

Ruling New Democracy lawmaker Evangelos Syrigos said the Turkish president’s goal is to keep Faiez el-Serraj as an ally in the new Libyan government. “In this way, he wants to prevent the denunciation of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) he...

World powers at a Berlin Conference on Sunday (19 January), attended by the main backers of the rival Libyan factions, committed to end military support for the civil war parties and uphold an existing UN arms embargo.

Tim Cook, head of the US tech giant Apple, will be presented with an award by Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in Dublin today (20 January). Cook will receive the accolade in recognition of Apple’s 40 years of investment in...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will not be the headline attendee at a UK-Africa investment conference starting on Monday, a small diplomatic blow to the UK government as it first big pitch for post-Brexit trade deals with African countries. The...

The French-speaking Socialists (PS) has expelled St-Josse mayor Emir Kir from the party, after he held a meeting with a delegation of mayors from Turkey, including some members of a far-right party, in December. The Turkish delegation, which was in...

Following the publication of her book claiming that partisanship and ideology were being prioritised over the good of school children, Susanne Wiesinger, who worked as ombudswoman on “questions of values and cultural conflicts” was let go on Sunday (19 January)...

27,000 people took to the streets of Berlin to protest the government’s agriculture policy and industry on Saturday (18 January).  Under the “Wir haben es satt” (“We are sick of it”) banner, protestors demanded widespread reforms to end factory farming...

Government and opposition parties have clashed over the degree of control parents should have over their children’s education, following the initiative by the far-right Vox party to allow parents to veto any complementary activities during school days that they consider...

A majority of people around the world believe capitalism in its current form is doing more harm than good, a survey found ahead of this week's Davos meeting of business and political leaders.