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Some national control systems for shellfish producers are falling short of EU standards and risking consumer health, a new European Commission report has found.

Police said Thursday (24 August) they had arrested more than three dozen local monitors of Zimbabwe's elections as the opposition cried foul over irregularities in a poll forced by delays to stretch into an unprecedented second day.

By 25 August, 19 designated online platforms and search engines shall abide by the new EU rules on the digital space, making foreign platforms comply to European legislation.

The US Justice Department sued Elon Musk-owned rocket and satellite company SpaceX on Thursday (24 August) for allegedly discriminating against asylum recipients and refugees in hiring.

In today's edition of Capitals, find out more about Belgium's questioning dentist diploma awarded in Romania, the increasing number of incidents targeting Ukrainians in Czechia, and so much more.

While civil society organisations look at the proposed EU due diligence rules with optimism for local communities abroad, foreign companies voice concerns over the lack of harmonisation of the draft rules as well as their extraterritorial dimension.

Ukraine's navy and military intelligence carried out a "special operation" overnight in which units landed on Russian-occupied Crimea, the defence ministry's Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) said on Thursday (24 August).

As awareness of online privacy and cybersecurity is decreasing worldwide, Albanians rank highly in recognising online risks and knowing how to avoid them while coming last in terms of best practices to ensure safety online. The annual National Privacy Test...

Mobile Telephony Serbia (MTS), the only Serbian telecommunications company in Kosovo owned by state-owned Telekom Serbia, will continue to challenge the recent decision from Pristina to revoke the company’s licence, claiming that the decision affects jobs, livelihoods and the ability...

Floods that hit large parts of northern and central Slovenia in early August are estimated to have caused around €5 billion in damage to homes, infrastructure and businesses, equivalent to one-third of the national budget or around 8% of GDP,...

The Romanian government will take responsibility for the administrative reform package and fiscal measures, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced on Thursday, allowing his government to pass laws on these files without amendments from parliament but exposing it to a possible...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Greece on Friday accompanied by key businessmen with an aim to explore possibilities to use Piraeus port as a gateway for Indian exports after Brexit, Greek media reported.

Slovakia’s GDP growth has been almost constant and the steadiest compared to other EU countries since 2014, a rather atypical performance for a small and export-driven country, according to a new analysis by the Institute of Financial Policy. Read more....

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to China's President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg and highlighted concerns India has about border issues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), India's foreign secretary said.

Poland’s main opposition group, centrist Civic Coalition (KO), has removed Yana Shostak, a human rights activist from Belarus, from its electoral list ahead of October’s parliamentary elections, citing her too-liberal views on abortion rights. Shostak, who became popular in Poland...

Portugal will always support the independence of Ukraine as it continues to fight a Russian invasion that began a year and a half ago, Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said at an event in Kyiv marking the 32nd anniversary...

The leader of the Democratic Party, Elly Schlein, has accused Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government of committing the crime of solidarity, a term used to denounce governments that criminalise actions that help refugees seek shelter, such as preventing NGO ships...

Luis Rubiales will resign on Friday as president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) after he faced widespread backlash for his behaviour after the Spanish women’s national team won the World Cup. The kiss – without consent – to...

The opposition Social Democrats want Sweden to send Jas Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine, party leader and former prime minister Magdalena Andersson told a press conference on Thursday after some EU countries and Norway announced they would send F-16 fighter...

The Netherlands will step up its aid to Ukraine by providing mine-hunter training to Ukrainian soldiers, outgoing Defence Minister Kajsa Ollongren (D66/Renew) announced during the Crimea Platform conference in Kyiv on Thursday. Ollongren’s announcement follows recent reports that Russia had...