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Climate commissioner says pace of reductions needs to speed up in buildings, transport and agriculture to meet 55% target by 2030. Euractiv's media partner, The Guardian, reports.

Slovakia's president will appoint a new government on Wednesday (25 October) led by three-time leftist prime minister Robert Fico, who won a 30 September election with pledges to end military aid to Ukraine and battle illegal migration.

Racism towards Black people is growing in Europe, with Germany, Austria and Finland showing the highest rates of discrimination and harassment, a survey of first- and second-generation Black immigrants in 13 EU countries published on Wednesday (25 October) found.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the EU planning to propose a Serb association model as Kosovo digs in their heels over the Serb attack, Macron proposing an ‘international coalition’ against Hamas, and so much more.

Former Albanian Prime Minster and President Sali Berisha did not attend court on Tuesday despite being ordered to appear on charges of corruption related to the privatisation of a former state-owned sports complex. Berisha cannot be arrested due to his...

The European Commission is set to present a new proposal for the Association of Serb Municipalities in Kosovo following recent meetings in Pristina and Belgrade, while Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti has remained firm that Kosovo’s territory must remain intact....

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić and the President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, shared their perspectives on the situation in Kosovo at the UN Security Council on Tuesday. Vjosa Osmani pointed out that Pristina wants dialogue in a fair and balanced...

Substantial investments of around €335 billion – about 3% of the country’s GDP – are required until 2050 to develop a decarbonised energy sector in Romania, according to the World Bank’s Country Report on Climate and Development for Romania (RTCD), which was unveiled during a climate change conference on Tuesday.

Bulgaria’s nationalist VMRO was found to have harassed the LGBTQI community in one of its Facebook statuses, with an administrative court ruling condemning the act of discrimination based on sexual orientation. The court went against an earlier decision by the...

Requests by the Slovak authorities for Meta to remove misleading and deceptive content ahead of elections at the end of September were met with an inadequate and ineffective response, according to a report on disinformation, which also calls for an...

Opposition leader and potential future prime minister Donald Tusk set off to Brussels to discuss the chance to launch the nation’s recovery money, which was frozen due to the rule of law concerns in Poland. As Polish opposition parties have...

The United States and Russia led international calls for a pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas to allow aid into the besieged Gaza Strip, as Israel maintained its bombardment of the enclave where Palestinians are living in harrowing conditions.

The Greek health ministry’s new administration seems ready to establish radical reforms inan ailing national health system, but doctors warn that without investing in additional staff and training, nothing will be achieved.

European Union member states continue to lead the way globally in the rule of law, with Bulgaria and Slovenia making the most positive progress in 2023. But it is not all good news as, with the rule of law falling...

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the Belgian government recognised the urgent need for improved access and availability of health data, including steps to facilitate the secondary use of health data. 

Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and progressive Socialist leader and acting Labour Minister Yolanda Díaz overcame their disagreement over extending the working week and signed a coalition agreement on Tuesday which fails to mention the introduction of an amnesty law...

Any speculation that Crimea could be traded off with Russia for peace is unsound and dangerous, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said during the Crimean Platform parliamentary summit in Prague on Tuesday. The platform gathers legislators from forty countries. In...

Inspired by the ‘Hungarian model’, the Italian government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has approved a new budget earmarking €1 billion to encourage an increase in birth rates and introduce a new range of measures to support families and women...

The Dutch upstart anti-establishment party New Social Contract (NSC), which is currently leading the polls ahead of the upcoming general election, has vowed to oppose further EU integration in its election manifesto published on Tuesday while putting the option of...

The main political groups of the EU Parliament reached an agreement on the draft law to prevent the dissemination of online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on Tuesday (24 October).