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A record almost 2,500 fossil fuel lobbyists have been accredited for UN climate talks in Dubai, as negotiators wrestle with calls to end all new oil, gas and coal projects to curb global warming, campaign groups said Tuesday (5 December).

Niger's military leaders said Monday (4 December) that they were ending two European Union security and defence missions in the country, after earlier in the day agreeing to strengthen military cooperation with Russia.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the scandal involving Donald Tusk and his bid for premiership, Sweden's far-right party making inroads, and so much more.

Italy backs Serbia’s EU accession bid, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni endorsed after her one-on-one meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučićv in Serbia. “I am grateful for Italy’s sincere support to Serbia on its European path. Meloni has always been...

Romania has not imported agricultural products, including wheat, maise, rapeseed and sunflower, from Ukraine in the last six months, data on registered customs operations from the Romanian Customs Authority shows. Since 16 September, the Commission has not extended the restrictions...

According to a leaked document, the European Commission has received a reform proposal from the government of new and controversial Prime Minister Robert Fico, which aims to dismantle the Special Prosecutor’s Office – a move the opposition says poses a “direct...

Europe is “unfortunately far from” solving the causes of irregular migration, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS, ECR) said in Vienna on Monday as he met with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, a minister who keeps reiterating the need to curb...

In another effort to turn the page in their troubled bilateral ties, Greece and Turkey are expected to take a first step at a high-level meeting in Athens on Thursday with a new agreement aiming to tackle migrants smuggling.

Czechia will launch a new prostate cancer screening program in January 2024, with the aim to ensure early detection and treatment of the disease. 

Poland’s centre-right leader, Donald Tusk, who is expected to become prime minister next week after the recent elections, is already facing a problem: The likely-outgoing conservative PiS party have accused their successors of serving lobbyists with its new wind energy...

Far-right Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson has overtaken incumbent centre-right Moderate Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in a new opinion poll published on Monday, with an increasing number of Swedes wanting him to join the government. Sweden is currently governed by...

Portugal backs the EU accession bids of Albania, North Macedonia, and Montenegro, the office of outgoing Prime Minister António Costa stated on Monday following his three-country tour. Costa, who will govern as acting prime minister until the snap elections in...

Austria insists on speeding up the EU accession process for Western Balkan states, particularly Bosnia-Herzegovina, to ensure the region’s stability and protection from foreign influence as Brussels focuses on Ukraine’s EU bid. While the European Commission recommended opening accession negotiations...

Intel is sticking to its plans to build a €30 billion chip factory in Germany, despite some uncertainty over state subsidies for the project after the Constitutional Court ‘threw a spanner in the works’ of the government’s budget plans. The...

A Europe worth living in, based on a strong sense of solidarity, security and fairness. This is the goal of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung’s Twelve Missions for a Progressive Europe. Together, they form an image of a Europe that safeguards the well-being...

Amidst major far-right gains across the EU, liberal and conservative parties must stop “running after far-right narratives” to win voters as it will backfire because “at the end, people vote for the original,” co-president of the Greens Terry Reintke told...

Britain announced plans to slash the number of migrants arriving by legal routes, raising the minimum salary they must earn in a skilled job by a third, amid pressure on PM Rishi Sunak to tackle record net migration figures.

Exports of dual-use goods from the EU to Russia via Bulgaria, Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan have increased significantly, Bulgarian Finance Minister Asen Vasilev said on Monday after meeting EU Financial Stability and Capital Markets Commissioner Mairead McGuinness. Both the Bulgarian...

For the first time since July’s snap elections, the centre-right Partido Popular (EPP) could govern Spain with an absolute majority if new elections were held today, a poll by 40dB for El País and private radio station Cadena SER revealed on...

Israeli forces pressed ahead with their air and ground bombardment of southern Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, even as the United States and the United Nations repeatedly urged them to protect civilians.