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Belgian Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke has contacted the Romanian authorities to find out how the country controls the authenticity of dental diplomas following reports of individuals with Romanian credentials who want to practise in Belgium but have limited knowledge of...

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev allegedly refused to meet with Belgian Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib on Thursday because she made a statement over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict earlier this week in Armenia. Lahbib embarked on a four-day trip to the South Caucasus...

Kicking off the second half of the European election year is the Raseinių-Kėdainių parliamentary by-election in constituency 42., where voters will go to the polls on 3 September to elect a new MP. This might be the last by-election before...

The European Union is assessing human and labour rights in Myanmar, a European Commission spokesperson said on Thursday (24 August), leaving the door open to a possible change to the trade preferences it accords to the country.

Latvia's minister for social protection, Evika Silina, was on Thursday (24 August) asked by the president Edgars Rinkēvičs to form a new government, following the surprise resignation of the prime minister earlier this month.

Bulgaria is starting negotiations with five of the world’s largest military production companies to purchase new radars for Bulgarian aviation, three of which are European, the Defence Ministry announced on Thursday. Bids for the delivery of the 3D radars were...

Incidents against Ukrainians are on the rise in the Czech Republic, with a recent analysis showing an increase between the start of the year and the end of July compared to the whole of last year. In Iustitia, which conducted...

The political amnesty demanded by Catalan pro-independence parties for those prosecuted over the failed illegal referendum on self-determination held in October 2017 is constitutional and can be granted, the spokesman for the left-wing bloc Sumar, Ernest Urtasun, said on Thursday....

The Party of the European Left calls for transnational unity as La France Insoumise leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Sumar President Yolanda Díaz argue that offering a solid social programme is the key to fighting the right-wing parties in the next...

Leading German policymakers dismissed fears over the BRICS expansion announced for 2024, pointing instead to Russia and China, the two giants they see as the real threat. Six more countries will join BRICS, a club of emerging economies including Brazil,...

The Dutch government will nominate outgoing Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra as an EU commissioner, caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Thursday (24 August), confirming media reports.

So far this year, over 2,000 people died in the Mediterranean Sea trying to reach Europe. Most politicians in the EU say the situation is unacceptable, but Europe is facing a deadlock in which both possible ways out of the crisis are blocked by the other side.

Her first year in office has confounded expectations, as Giorgia Meloni blended Atlanticism and pragmatism towards the EU with right-wing populism on immigration, cultural issues and green policy, writes Luigi Scazzieri.

The French government on Wednesday (23 August) shelved the idea of increasing tax on alcohol, tabled at the beginning of summer, in a move that pours water on the hopes of French anti-addiction associations. 

The breadth of foreign investments control in France will be broadened to critical raw materials’ extraction and transformation, Economy minister Bruno Le Maire announced on Thursday (24 August), in a thinly-veiled stab at China’s near-monopoly in the sector.

From Friday (25 August), very large online platforms and search engines will have to comply with the new EU Digital Services Act, a landmark regulation designed to combat hate speech and disinformation online - though enforcement raises challenges.

Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates were invited on Thursday (24 August) to join the BRICS group of developing nations, which seeks to increase its global influence through the first expansion in over a decade.

The energy crisis is keeping Europe dependent on LNG, allowing Russia to increase its revenues through exports. But reducing reliance on Russian LNG is not going to be an easy task, writes Andrei Belyi. 

A fiercely competitive geoeconomic environment demands new ways to combine national security with economic prosperity and innovation. Finland and Sweden could take the lead, write Heiko Borchert, Pär Malmberg, and Mikael Wigell.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about a Bulgarian MEP suggesting scrapping border controls for a more successful Schengen bid, Spain’s rightwing PM hopeful given a month ahead of first investiture debate, and so much more.