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In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Macron being heckled by protestors while doing a speech at an event in the Netherlands, the US possibly announcing new sanctions against influential Hungarian individuals, and so much more.

Serbia is working on an initiative to amend Family law to define and recognise child marriage as a form of human trafficking, as between 22 and 50% of Serbian girls get married before 18. A recent report from UNICEF found...

A German company, EMS Shipping and Trading, has filed a lawsuit against the Albanian state in the ICSID Court of Arbitration in Washington, US, over a concession to operate a terminal at the Port of Durres, which is set for...

The Belgian justice’s decision on Tuesday to release MEP Marc Tarabella with an electronic bracelet has given hope to Greek MEP Eva Kaili that she will have a similar treatment at a hearing on Thursday, EURACTIV was informed. Tarabella, who...

Police caught almost 70% more drugged drivers in the first three months of the year than they did in the previous three, while the increase for drunk drivers was much less (5%), the head of the traffic police, Dimitar Michev,...

Ratings have dropped for Prime Minister Robert Golob’s Freedom Movement and his government as a whole as close to one year has passed since the landslide election win attributed to the reform drive that has since been widely condemned as...

The United States may announce new sanctions against influential Hungarian individuals on Wednesday, diplomatic sources told Hungarian news site 444. US Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman has called for a press conference on Wednesday afternoon. Even though the event’s topic...

Peter Pellegrini, Chair of the Hlas-SD party, publicly voiced his support for President Zuzana Čaputová’s proposal to appoint a caretaker government to take over Prime Minister Eduard Heger’s cabinet in case it fails to implement key measures such as those...

Spanish youth is facing serious difficulties in achieving economic independence and emancipation due to precarious employment conditions and skyrocketing rent prices, with youth living with their parents until their 30s, a recent report by the NGO Ayuda en Acción reveals....

Serbia, the only country in Europe that has refused to sanction Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, agreed to supply arms to Kyiv or has sent them already, according to a classified Pentagon document.

In Chile's Atacama Desert, indigenous communities live alongside lithium mines, a key mineral for the EU's energy transition. EURACTIV travelled there to find out how industry interests are balanced with the needs of the locals - particularly in water management.

As the demand for electric vehicles continues to surge, the availability of lithium, a key component in electric car batteries, has become a pressing concern for the EU.

Italy declared a nationwide state of emergency on Tuesday for the next six months following the exceptional increase in migrants continuously arriving via the Mediterranean routes. On Tuesday, the Council of Ministers led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (FDI/ECR) declared...

Over 93,000 Portuguese-speaking immigrants – mostly from Brazil – obtained residency permits in Portugal during the first operational month of the new automatic immigration and border service (SEF) portal, according to an assessment published on Tuesday. The platform for obtaining...

While you can speculate why the European People’s Party (EPP) delegation cancelled its visit to Warsaw last week, silence from the party’s former president, Donald Tusk, is particularly interesting, according to Witold Waszczykowski, an MEP from the ruling PiS party....

Maria Ohisalo, the Green Party Chair for the past four years, resigned at a press conference Tuesday, saying she is ready to take responsibility for the heavy electoral defeat. In the elections on 2 April, the Green Party lost seven...

The UK must ensure the protection of all children seeking asylum and put an end to the practice of placing unaccompanied children in hotels, UN experts warned in a statement published by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for...

Problems related to the Netherlands’ current nitrogen policy and possible alternatives were discussed by the EU’s Climate Chiefs Frans Timmermans and Caroline van der Plas, leader of the opposition party BoerBurgerBeweging (BBB), in The Hague on Tuesday. The BBB made...

The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group on Tuesday (11 April) said his forces controlled more than 80% of the devastated eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut after some of war's heaviest and bloodiest fighting.

Interior Minister Gerhard Karner wants to apply to the European Commission to extend border controls with Hungary and Slovenia for another six months, the minister said on Tuesday. Karner said it would be “necessary to continue to consistently put on...