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In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about a sanctioned Bulgarian MP who will be taking part in making constitution changes, the Taiwanese minister attending the security conference in Prague and maybe even Brussels, and so much more.

The platform work directive is due to reach Labour ministers next Monday 12 June in the hope to agree a common position among member states – after months of a stalemate. We talk about the potential impacts of the bill on...

The very existence of the European Commission's Net-Zero Industry Act is to be welcomed, writes Julie Oddou. However, it is also insufficient on budgetary aspects, places too much emphasis on on carbon capture and storage (CCS) and unjustifiably excludes nuclear power, she adds.

The number of migrants travelling across the Western Balkans increased by 60% in 2022 compared to the previous year, an official of the International Organisation for Migration said on Thursday. The increase was reported by Florence Daniels, IOM’s deputy director...

Salaries in education will be increased by 10% starting 1 September while nurses and technicians will receive a 5.5% salary increase that same day, with an additional 10% increase in December or January, Serbian President Vučić announced in an address...

Romanian authorities informed the Russian ambassador in Bucharest to reduce the number of diplomatic and technical-administrative staff of the Russian Federation in Romania on Thursday, adding that the embassy has 30 days to comply. During a meeting with the secretary...

Sanctioned for corruption under the Magnitsky Act, Bulgarian MP and former media tycoon Delyan Peevski (DPS, Renew Europe) was elected as a member of the parliamentary commission for the constitutional commission on Wednesday, meaning he will take on a central...

Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu will make a previously unannounced visit to Europe next week, four sources briefed on the matter said, and is expected to appear with the Czech president at one event in a diplomatic breakthrough. Taiwan, which...

Portugal’s granting of temporary protection to those who have fled the war in Ukraine, including non-Ukrainians, was called a ‘promising practice’ in a report published by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) on Thursday. Following EU Commission directives encouraging...

The head of the upcoming COP28 climate summit, who also is the chief executive of the UAE's national oil company, acknowledged Thursday (8 June) that a reduction in the use of fossil fuels is inescapable.

In a last-minute strategic move to defuse internal controversies, left-wing party Unidas Podemos (EU Left) decided to consult its members about a sensitive coalition agreement with the new platform Sumar with less than 24 hours before the official deadline for...

Several local Social Democratic leaders have expressed views on who they would like to see as Denmark’s potential future leader on Thursday while Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen continues to dispel rumours that she is being considered for the NATO...

The EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola and political group leaders’ visit to Madrid, which was scheduled for 26 June on the occasion of the Spanish EU Council presidency inauguration, was indefinitely postponed on Thursday after Sánchez announced snap elections on...

Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto will run for president with the help of a constituency association, he announced on Thursday during a press conference. The announcement came as no surprise as Haavisto has been leading the polls for months to succeed...

The government will extend the Horizon Europe guarantee scheme – which provides funding to researchers and innovators unable to receive their Horizon Europe funding – until the end of September 2023, according to a press release published by the Science,...

Energy, economic, and defence security: These are the three pillars that should become the determinant of the EU's political doctrine, writes Mateusz Morawiecki.

Dutch opposition parties asked the cabinet to tackle poverty rates in the country more urgently during a Thursday parliamentary debate, demanding a ‘robust, social package’ before the summer. The parliamentary debate covered the preliminary annual budget (‘Voorjaarsnota’), which was presented...

French nuclear power is "an absolute red line" and non-negotiable, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Thursday (8 June), following Franco-German disagreements over the role of nuclear energy in Europe.

Slovakia still has to spend over 30% of its cohesion funds – a total of €4.3 billion – but with less than seven months before the deadline, €800 million, or 5% of the overall sum, is set to be lost....

It is not possible to ally with the European People’s Party (EPP) and the Identity and Democracy (ID) group, said Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani (Forza Italia) during EPP leader Manfred Weber’s trip to Rome. On Thursday, the two leaders spoke...