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Portuguese Socialist Prime Minister Antonio Costa resigned on Tuesday (7 November) after it was announced he was being investigated for corruption related to mining and energy concessions, following raids in his official residence and two ministries, as well as several high-profile detentions.

Achieving Net Zero requires European energy players to transform how they operate and collaborate. To achieve this, they need to become data-centric, sharing information internally and externally across wider ecosystems to deliver greater efficiency, better decision making and increased transparency.

The European Commission is not negotiating the release of EU funds for Hungary but is assessing the rule of law compliance, European Commissioner Johannes Hahn told EU lawmakers on Tuesday (7 November), responding to concerns that Budapest could use its...

Israel gave civilians still trapped inside freshly encircled Gaza City a four-hour window to leave on Tuesday (7 November), and residents escaping the city said they passed tanks in position to storm it.

Members of the European Parliament on Tuesday (7 November) agreed their position on a proposed EU regulation to ensure parental rights are recognised across the Union independently from how a child is born.

The EPP-CoR Group recently gathered European, national, regional and local leaders in Dubrovnik to discuss how to strengthen cohesion policy to help regions and cities address their challenges. It was also an opportunity to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Croatia's successful accession to the EU.

The searches in Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa's residence and two ministries, as well as two detentions, are part of an ongoing investigation into irregularities committed in the concession for the exploitation of lithium deposits and green hydrogen projects.

The Spanish presidency of the EU Council of Ministers has drafted a series of obligations for foundation models and General Purpose AI as part of the negotiations on the AI Act.

What if the products we know and use every day, such as packaging, textiles, cleaning products and cosmetics, could be more sustainable and help reduce pollution? Knowing that almost everything around us is made of carbon gives us the chance to look for more sustaible sources to substitute fossil carbons, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The European Commission is expected to recommend formally opening Ukraine’s EU accession talks on Wednesday (8 November) but is likely to insist on the need for Kyiv to fully meet the previously set conditions.

Even though companies are increasingly committed to green programmes, only 1% have aligned their future spending with their decarbonisation objectives, according to a report published by the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) centre at the London School of Economics.

A new Global Benchmark report by Ireland’s Unispace Life Sciences reveals that large pharmaceutical organisations are focusing business development on sustainability, skills, and digitalisation in order to speed up transition to Pharma 4.0 era. 

Russia's foreign ministry said on Tuesday (7 November) that a remark by an Israeli junior minister who appeared to express openness to the idea of Israel carrying out a nuclear strike on Gaza had raised a huge number of questions.

To howls of outrage from airlines, the Netherlands has confirmed a cap on airport flight numbers in a bid to curtail noise pollution and climate emissions. The move raises difficult questions about the expansion of air travel.

Georgia said Monday (6 November) that Russian troops had killed a Georgian civilian near the breakaway South Ossetia region, controlled by Moscow forces since Russia's 2008 invasion.

Germany could soon become the first European country to put in place a policy framework for supporting investments in hydrogen infrastructure, in anticipation of EU regulations that are currently still in the making.

Ahead of a crucial European Parliament vote, the World Health Organisation (WHO) sent a letter to MEPs – obtained exclusively by Euractiv – expressing increasing concern about the state of play of the EU’s flagship Beating Cancer plan due to “scientifically inaccurate and worrisome” wording on alcohol use.

Russia on Tuesday (7 November) formally withdrew from a landmark security treaty which limited key categories of conventional armed forces, blaming the United States for undermining post-Cold War security with the enlargement of the NATO military alliance.

The EU is moving forward with new legislation to boost the recycling of rare earths contained in permanent magnets, used in everything from wind turbines to electric vehicles as well as home appliances like washing machines and microwave ovens.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Slovakia asking Czechia to revive Visegrad to coordinate on migration and EU budgets, the Dutch poll leader showing openness to a right-wing minority coalition, and so much more.