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The Russia-initiated United Nations Cybercrime Convention was due to conclude on Friday (9 February) but lack of consensus on the scope and terminology has prompted civil society to call for the rejection of the Convention in its current form.

The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) has been taken off the agenda of today’s meeting of EU ambassadors, as it was not expected to reach a majority among EU countries. So far, no new date for the vote has been set.

A last-minute deal in Berlin has paved the way for the approval of the EU’s 2040 target of reducing heavy-duty vehicle emissions by 90% in exchange for a clause dedicated to vehicles running on e-fuels.

The Council and the European Parliament agreed on Thursday (8 February) on the proposal to completely phase out the use of mercury in dental amalgam as part of the commitments from the EU’s Zero Pollution Ambition. 

Polish farmers on Friday (9 February) blocked roads and staged protests at border checkpoints with Ukraine, in a new wave of protests against farming imports from the neighbouring war-torn country.

The German government is looking beyond Europe to supply hydrogen in coming years, and has agreed a task-force with Algeria to facilitate the framework for imports.

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US President Joe Biden said Israel's military response in Gaza was "over the top" and that he was seeking a sustained pause in fighting as diplomats sought to salvage ceasefire talks after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a Hamas proposal.

A top US Department of Energy (DOE) official on Thursday (8 February) defended President Joe Biden's pause on approvals of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports at a Senate hearing called by a fellow Democrat who said he will investigate the decision.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Bulgaria's Constitutional Court rejecting the far-right's referendum plans about the eurozone, Czechia saying it will abstain in the upcoming Migration Pact vote, and so much more.

Scientists in Britain announced Thursday (8 February) they had smashed a record for generating fusion energy in the final experiment using the Joint European Torus (JET) machines.

Senior Nordic and Baltic lawmakers visiting Washington on Thursday (8 February) expressed alarm at what they called a lack of urgency and a clear strategy by the US to help Ukraine defeat Moscow's invasion.

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti again called on Serbian President Aleksander Vucic to sign the EU-mediated Brussels agreement during a face-off at the UN Security Council on Thursday, but Vucic refused and was scolded by the council president for interrupting and shouting in the assembly.

“When we give vast amounts of taxpayers’ money to private industry, we should be ensuring they are creating quality jobs that make this collective investment worthwhile."

The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling for an independent international investigation into election irregularities in Serbia, with reactions in Serbia spanning between criticism and suggestions that the EU is actually keen to see democratic processes at work in Serbia.

With Klaus Landefeld, Vice Chairman of the Management Board at the Association of the Internet Industry (eco), we discuss the outcome of the AI Act and its implications for Germany. One point of discussion is real-time biometric surveillance, which was previously excluded by the federal government in its coalition agreement.

The Slovak minister of Agriculture Richard Takáč wants the constitution to require retailers to stock a minimum proportion of Slovak food on their shelves, in spite of the precedents of the Czech Republic and Romania which were forced to abandon similar efforts due to the lawsuit threats from the European Commission.

Vladimir Putin said in an interview aired on Thursday (8 February) that Russia will fight for its interests "to the end" but has no interest in expanding its war in Ukraine to other countries such as Poland and Latvia.

Romania has allowed the deployment of the high-readiness NATO rapid deployment forces on Romanian territory this year, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis informed parliament in a letter sent on Wednesday evening.

Bulgaria's Constitutional Court rejected the far-right initiative on Thursday to hold a referendum to delay the country's accession to the eurozone for at least twenty years.