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Carmaker Stellantis is testing synthetic e-fuels, which are made with renewable energy, on 28 types of its internal combustion engines, a step it said on Thursday (20 April) could help decarbonise its existing European fleet.

US President Joe Biden held calls on Thursday (20 April) with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and with French President Emmanuel Macron and discussed their recent trip to Beijing, the White House said.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out about the European Commission criticising states for requesting the extension of border checks, Finnish industries lobbying for improved trade routes that are not the Baltic Sea, and so much more.

Left-wing party Sumar would obtain 10% of the vote if elections were held today in Spain, while the socialist party (PSOE/S&D) would win the race with 30% of the vote and centre-right Partido Popular (PP/EPP) would attain 26%, a new...

With continuous technological developments, companies seeking to jump on the digitalisation train increasingly face a talent shortage for data-related skills.

The Metaverse will not only become the next evolution of the Internet but will also serve to “re-humanise” education by inspiring and motivating students thanks to its immersion technology, US tech giant Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and...

Albania’s medicinal herb sector is struggling with a shortage of workers due to emigration and has instead turned to employ foreigners from countries like Bangladesh and India to fill the gap.

Slovenia has received the first funding from the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility for €50 million after months of delays that earned the government harsh criticism as the funding was meant to go through last autumn.

Attracting investments for railway infrastructure was among the main issues agreed with National Council  Boris Kollár’s China trip, with analysts warning that China’s participation in constructing critical infrastructure would be a security threat. “China is certainly one of those countries...

A Russian warplane accidentally fired a weapon into the Russian city of Belgorod near Ukraine late on Thursday (20 April), causing an explosion and damaging buildings, Tass cited the defence ministry as saying.

Spain and the US plan to sign an agreement to deploy two extra US destroyers at the Rota Naval Base before 12 May, the official date set for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s planned trip to Washington, where he will meet...

Industries are urging the government that is currently in the process of being formed to look into new trade routes besides the traditional Baltic Sea due to possible interference, disruptions and even conflicts linked to the security situation. The Baltic...

After Austria’s recent request to extend its border checks with bordering Schengen states Hungary and Slovenia, a high-ranking European Commission official called out such requests, adding that government migration statistics do not reflect reality. Earlier this month, the Austrian government...

Ron Van Dartel, the Special Envoy for Business and the Reconstruction of Ukraine, stepped down from his post after several controversial remarks he made in a book about Russia and Ukraine became public on Thursday. As special envoy, Van Dartel...

Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire presented the government’s 2023-2027 debt reduction targets, aiming to lower them by four percentage points after years of extensive spending, but the opposition warns this marks the start of austerity in Europe.

Germany and the world should get used to public fights among the parties that make up the country’s government, the leading chief whip of the liberal coalition member FPD, Johannes Vogel, said. In 2021, the business-friendly FDP, the Greens and...

Romania's government proposed Thursday (20 April) to triple the number of bears to be culled each year in an effort to control the protected species' "overpopulation", drawing the ire of environmental groups.

President Joe Biden announced plans to increase US funding to help developing countries fight climate change and curb deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest during a meeting on Thursday (20 April) with leaders from the world's largest economies.

Opposition MP and former defence minister Tomasz Siemoniak criticised Culture and National Heritage Minister Piotr Gliński for handing German President Frank Walter Steinmeier a report on war damages Germany caused during World War II. Steinmeier visited Warsaw Wednesday to participate...

The European Union on Thursday (20 April) raised the pressure on Italy over freeing up the market for beach club licences, which the bloc's court of justice said must finally be subject to impartial and transparent tenders.