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Migration is still a critical concern for the bloc and one where citizens expect a strong response, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged heads of state in a letter on Thursday (26 January) ahead of a crucial leaders' summit next month.

In this Special CAPitals edition of the Agrifood Brief, EURACTIV's network takes a look at the state of play across nine EU countries and the measures these countries have taken to tackle soaring food prices.

Hungary will amend legislation in March to address Brussels' concerns about government-linked politicians holding seats on university boards in order to restore European Union funding for students and teachers, a Hungarian minister said on Thursday (26 January).

Germany's finance ministry firmly rejected proposals on new European Union joint debt on Thursday (26 January), saying such a move, backed by France and European Council President Charles Michel, was not needed and would send a wrong signal to markets.

Privacy and data protection are part of the human rights too often suspended at the borders of the European Union - as long as we continue treating migration as a 'problem', fundamental rights will remain compromised, Wojciech Wiewiórowski writes.

Russia on Thursday (26 January) accused the EU of seeking to fuel "geopolitical confrontation" by sending a civilian mission to monitor Armenia's volatile border with Azerbaijan.

The European Commission is proposing that the EU set a $100 per barrel price cap on premium Russian oil products like diesel and a $45 per barrel cap on discounted products like fuel oil, European Union officials said on Thursday (26 January).

IKEA is using more wood from Sweden and the Baltics to make up for not sourcing it from Russia and Belarus which the company has shunned due to Moscow's war in Ukraine, its wood supply boss said in an interview.

Apple producers in the North Italian region of South Tyrol use more hazardous pesticides than necessary, according to an investigation by German media and environmentalists. But not everyone thinks the data is this clear-cut.

Italians have not given up on opposing Ireland’s plan to introduce cancer warnings on wine bottles, hoping to switch the Irish government representatives to milder positions by approaching them in Brussels.

France and Italy are close to finalising the technical details to supply an SAMP/T air defence system to Ukraine, two diplomatic sources said on Thursday (26 January), although it was unclear how quickly a final decision would come.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Pfizer and Moderna having significantly raised vaccine prices for Germany in the middle of the pandemic, Slovenia introducing a new set of energy price caps, and so much more.

France could back an EU-wide target of 45% for renewable energies if the objectives assigned to each member state are weighted according to the carbon intensity of their electricity mix, according to Pascal Canfin, the chairman of the European Parliament's environment committee.

The Greek parliament will vote on Friday on a non-confidence motion filed by the main opposition Syriza party (EU Left) against centre-right New Democracy (EPP) after it was confirmed that secret services had put under surveillance a current minister, the...

Efforts to reduce fossil fuel use in transport overly concentrate on ramping up second-generation biofuels, neglecting synthetic fuels made with green electricity, according to a new study commissioned by green group Transport & Environment (T&E). 

Albania’s parliament held a special session on Thursday to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust on the occasion of International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, in the presence of representatives from the Embassy of...

The international community has made mistakes in the Balkans but this will not be repeated with the establishment of the Association of Serb Municipalities in Kosovo, the EU’s special envoy to the Serbia-Kosovo dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak said on Thursday. Lajcak...

Bulgaria summoned its ambassador to North Macedonia, Angel Angelov, back to Sofia as tensions continue to simmer between the two countries. Following the assault of Macedonian-Bulgarian Hristian Pendikov in Ohrid, Sofia’s demands for constitutional change in North Macedonia to progress...

The government has introduced a new cap on natural gas prices in district heating systems for users such as schools and community health centres in what is yet another in a long series of price caps that have become the government's go-to tool to fight high energy prices.

The EU Council has found common ground on the secondary use of data, one of the most crucial aspects for gaining citizens' trust in the European Health Data Space (EHDS), according to a draft position obtained by EURACTIV.