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Encouraged by high-profile successes elsewhere, India wants its private space companies to increase their share of the global launch market by fivefold within the next decade - an effort boosted by the personal support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

President Joe Biden's national security adviser met China's top diplomat this week and both sides recognised the need to move beyond an alleged spy balloon incident that caused a pause in relations between the superpowers.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the new Czech tax that could kill newspapers, Slovakia's president saying she will take up legal action against former prime minister Robert Fico, and so much more.

Lawmakers accused the Pentagon on Thursday (11 May) of effectively undermining war crimes prosecution of Russia by blocking the sharing of US military intelligence with the International Criminal Court at the Hague.

The opposition leftist Syriza (EU Left) and socialist (Pasok) parties have said all those involved in the wiretapping scandal, including politicians, will face criminal responsibilities and, if convicted, be jailed. Almost one week before the national elections (21 May), the...

The discussions around AI and its impact on society have accelerated following the release of ChatGPT. But what is really new about these AI models? What are the societal problems they could lead to and how can they be mitigated?

Armenia and Azerbaijan on Thursday (11 May) blamed each other for a deadly exchange of fire along their border, which threatened to derail momentum to resolve a long-running dispute days ahead of EU-led peace talks.

The Hungarian General who said a ‘local war’ between Poland and Germany led to the global Second World War is distorting historical facts, Poland’s ambassador to Hungary said in a letter. Speaking on the need for peace talks between Ukraine...

Hungary has failed to adequately address the EU’s concerns around the judicial package, which risks billions of Euros in much-awaited EU funds, several NGOs, including Amnesty International Hungary, said. The Hungarian parliament has voted in favour of a bill initially...

The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) told EURACTIV that Socialists and Democrats (S&D) chief Iratxe García has problems controlling her group as socialist lawmakers collaborate with the centre-right contrary to her statement that cooperation with the EPP is over. In...

President Zuzana Čaputová announced on Tuesday evening that she would take legal action against opposition leader and former prime minister Robert Fico for comments about her. Fico, the chair of Smer-SD, has repeatedly called Čaputová an “American agent” and, speaking...

Poland supports Albania’s path to EU membership, according to President Andrzej Duda who was in Tirana on Thursday to meet with his Albanian counterpart Bajram Begaj, who asked Duda to support Kosovo’s NATO membership. Following the meeting with Begaj, Duda...

Miroslav Lajcak, EU envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, met Prime Minister Albin Kurti in Pristina Thursday to discuss the issue of establishing the Association of Serb Municipalities before crossing the highly-symbolic Ibar Bridge. Following his meeting with Kurti, Lajcak said...

Serbia is not a platform for circumventing Western sanctions against Russia, Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić said at a meeting with the International Special Envoy for the Implementation of European Union Sanctions, David O’Sullivan. O’Sullivan spoke to the Serbian president...

Slovenia has the lowest unemployment rate in over thirty years as companies have reported almost 24,000 job vacancies in this year’s first quarter, a 2% rise from the previous quarter and almost 2% less than a year ago, the latest...

Croatia’s plans to establish a nuclear waste disposal centre have been scrutinised after Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Minister Staša Košarac accused Croatia of violating European regulations and standards. Josip Lebegner, the director of the Fund for...

Agribusiness House Unirea, a state-owned company that aims to create a national network of fruit and vegetable retailers, will be relaunched next week, announced Agriculture Minister Petre Daea after the concept failed under the previous Dancila government. “Deliveries to supermarket...

A clip lasting 14 seconds is presented by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as proof that his rival in Sunday's (14 May) election was running "hand in hand" with outlawed Kurdish militants.

The dialogue between the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) and the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) should continue in the hopes of forming a solid majority to govern the EU after the 2024 European Elections, Italian Deputy Prime Minister and...

Green MEPs have asked the European Commission to revise the EU's criteria for sustainable investments, saying rules pertaining to the aviation and maritime sectors are not in line with the EU's environmental objectives.