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Three EU Baltic states on Thursday (13 May) took a big step toward accessing the bloc's power grid, a move intended to end energy dependence on Russia dating back to the Soviet era.

The Spanish parliament approved a clean energy bill on Thursday (13 May), aiming to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 in line with EU-level ambition and banning the sale of fossil fuel vehicles by 2040.

When the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) was agreed “in principle” last December, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron were rather satisfied. Their plan was to have the deal agreed upon during...

Establishing a European Education Area will enable Europe to lead the green and digital transformations, write Mariya Gabriel and Victor Negrescu.

The European Commission is defending its plans to tackle online disinformation from criticism from national governments, according to a working paper leaked to EURACTIV.

Calls grew on Wednesday (12 May) for a de-escalation of violence after intense hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians that have left at least 65 dead and hundreds injured.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Serbian citizens now being able to access a digital green certificate, the Czech government possibly facing a no-confidence vote for June, and so much more.

The recent EU-India summit has highlighted that the relationship has developed into a mature strategic partnership, writes Gauri Khandekar.

Serbian citizens will be able to download a digital green certificate attesting they have been vaccinated or tested negative to the virus, the Serbian government’s Office for IT and eGovernment has announced. “The Digital Green Certificate is a unified certificate...

The Israeli Ambassador to Serbia, Jahel Vilan, said on Wednesday during a TV interview that Israel had recognised the independence of Kosovo under pressure from the United States, as part of an agreement Serbia and Kosovo had signed with the...

The European Commission has increased its projection for the growth of the Croatian economy to 6.1% in 2022, meaning it could become one of the fastest-growing economies in the bloc. This year’s forecast meanwhile was slightly reduced from 5.3 to...

The amount of permits in circulation in Europe's carbon market increased last year, as the COVID-19 pandemic caused emissions covered by the scheme to drop, the European Commission said on Wednesday (12 May).

A motion by Slovenia’s opposition to sideline Hungary from the country’s biggest rail project in decades was defeated in parliament in Wednesday, clearing the way for an investment worth a reported €200 million. The four centre-left parties wanted to prevent...

Romanian Prime Minister Florin Citu has pledged to aim for sustainable post-pandemic economic growth, focusing on both reforms and investments, during a discussion with European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis and several other ministers in Brussels. Citu said he had...

Bulgaria has said it will not change its opposition to North Macedonia’s accession to the EU following a meeting between Bulgaria’s new caretaker Foreign Minister Svetlan Stoev and Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform Ekaterina Zaharieva.  Bulgaria is blocking Skopje...

Hungary handed in its revised recovery plan to the European Commission on Wednesday, under which the country will request €7.2 billion in grants, forgoing claiming €9.6 billion in cheap loans, after press reported that the initial plans of the government...

A quarter of EU citizens living in the UK do not feel they are treated equally to UK citizens, according to the first survey of EU citizens by the watchdog set to protect their rights published on Thursday (13 May).

The two opposition coalitions in the Czech parliament’s lower house said on Wednesday they want to initiate a vote of no-confidence in the minority government of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, with a possible date at the beginning of June, due...

The Polish government has brought forward by eight days the reopening date for cinemas, theatres, philharmonics and opera houses, allowing these establishments to operate at 50% capacity from 21 May as the country’s daily new coronavirus case numbers continue to...

“There is no question that the European budget rules have to change,” Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi told deputies during a Question Time session in parliament Wednesday. “My line on this issue, not from today, but for some time is...