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In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about how an increasing number of Finns are trusting the government less, how China is encouraging the country's investors to invest in Serbia, and so much more.

“The reports of the joint meeting of the government of Albania and the so-called “government” of Kosovo held in Tirana on 2 October  this year were received with concern. The documents signed during the event, as well as statements made...

“We see Serbo-Croat unification. Dodik and Čović are with Vučić, but he did not invite three [meaning a Bosniak representative]. That is not how Belgrade and Zagreb should work. These are not good messages to Bosniaks and Bosnian patriots,” criticised...

One year after sanctioning the EU for its support of Airbus, the World Trade Organization is expected Tuesday (13 October) to let the bloc impose sanctions on the United States for aid to Boeing.

A 22 year-old man shot at a policeman guarding the government’s premises, then ran away and killed himself. In a Facebook post, he wrote: “Enough of deceit and trampling on human values without accountability,” but also wrote he would like...

The Slovenian Democratic Party SDS (EPP) led by Prime Minister Janez Janša is leading the polls with 18,7% (-0,3%), according to new data published by Slovenian daily Delo. However, the List of Marjan Šarec LMŠ (RE) saw quite an increase...

Following Polish President Andrzej Duda’s visit to Kiev where he met with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Dmitry Razumkov, Zelensky said that “together, we have given a new impulse to relations...

Spain’s National Day was marked Monday by tributes paid to health workers and security forces who contributed to the fight against COVID-19, EFE reported. This year, the celebration was limited to an official ceremony in the premises of the Royal...

The EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell described yesterday (12 October) as “regrettable” Turkey’s decision to send back its research vessel Oruç Reis to Greece’s continental shelf, saying EU leaders will again discuss the issue at a summit this week.

While a new, comprehensive lockdown is still not an option for Italy, enforcing delimited lockdowns at local level if infections continue to rise could well be considered, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said. The government is also reviewing a new proposal...

In the first round of Lithuania’s parliamentary elections, the Conservatives – currently in opposition – came first, followed by the ruling Farmers and Greens Union. Meanwhile, a newly-founded Freedom Party, which based its electoral campaign on LGBT rights, education policy...

Sweden’s Social Democrat and Green minority government escaped near collapse after a compromise agreement on the thorny and locally debated issue of migration was reached. In the original scheme proposed by the Social Democrats, together with the conservative Moderate Party...

34% of about 3,000 Finnish companies feel that Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s green and red government has been dealing with the crisis badly or even very badly and has not managed to control the pandemic, according to the Central Chamber...

The state of Lower Saxony will, in the near future, launch a study examining incidents of extremism in the state’s police forces, regional interior minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) announced on Monday (12 October).  “Obviously, there are always hotbeds of anti-democratic...

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić yesterday (12 October) said it is not always easy to protect his country’s friendship with China given the way other powers look at its economic rise. But he promised that Serbia would continue to build “a...

European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde warned governments on Monday (12 October) against pulling pandemic support schemes too quickly as eurozone economies struggle to recover from the coronavirus crisis.

The European Commission’s action plan to implement the EU Social Pillar will aim to bolster the protection of social rights following the lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic, a  Commission official has said.

The European Commission will publish a strategy on Wednesday (14 October) on zero pollution in the chemicals industry, but any white paper will have to walk the same, precarious tightrope as its predecessors.

Belarus police will now be permitted to use combat weapons in the streets if needed, the Interior Ministry said, as security forces again clashed with protesters who want President Alexander Lukashenko to quit after a contested 9 August election.

Billions of people across the world will be vaccinated in a very short period of time once a COVID-19 vaccine is available, inevitably resulting in some side-effects that may or may not be linked to the vaccine. For this reason, countries should adopt no-fault compensation systems, a senior pharma official told EURACTIV in an interview.