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Amnesty International documented numerous beatings by Belarus guards of migrants after being forced back into Belarus from EU states. The NGO spoke to 75 people lured to the borders with Poland, Lithuania and Latvia from Belarus.

Poland's climate minister threatened to veto the bloc's landmark climate policy Fit for 55, with Portugal accusing others of lies over consumer energy prices.

The draft report on fighting foreign interference in the EU will be voted by the parliament plenary in March. The recommendations to the EU Commission include a mandatory code of conduct for digital platforms, and closing loopholes on party financing.

EU and national policymakers would do well to make a New Year's resolution to encourage a growing interest in donating to good causes far from home - by extending Europe's single market benefits to philanthropy.

Reply by Paolo Borchia, MEP, to the article "Lead energy MEP silent on gas meetings before vote published" by EUobserver on 23 September.

World powers on Monday (20 December) condemned Hong's Kong tightly vetted legislature vote, saying rules imposed by Beijing that reduced directly elected seats and controlled who could stand had eroded democracy in the Chinese territory.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about France's health agency greenlighting the COVID-19 vaccine for 5-11-year-olds, doctors in Slovakia at risk of losing their licence if they spread disinformation about COVID-19, and so much more.

The European Commission plans to finish next year its long-awaited rules on whether to label gas and nuclear energy as climate-friendly investments under EU green finance rules, its environment policy chief said on Monday (20 December).

Im US-Bundesstaat Nevada kann sich ein Mädchen mit ihrem Hund kaum vor einem aggressiven Pitbull verteidigen. Mutig schreitet eine Amazon-Lieferantin ein, um die beiden zu retten.

EU members approved a negotiating position on a draft directive on the resilience of critical entities for talks with the European Parliament on Monday.  The directive aims at reducing vulnerability and increasing the resilience of critical infrastructure and systems in nine sectors, ranging from energy to health.

With only two weeks to go, the Spanish government is racing to agree with the main trade unions and the largest employers’ association on the controversial labour market reform, as agreed with the European Commission, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported. The...

While the voices of rural young people are often not heard by European decision-makers, the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) should be an opportunity for them to have a say on their future if we have learnt anything from Brexit, according to Daniel Grist from the NGO Rural Youth Europe.

Athens is in favour of formally starting talks with North Macedonia and Albania to enter the EU as soon as possible, subject to their meeting membership criteria, said Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during his visit to Sofia, AP reports. “We...

Labour Minister Josip Aladrović said that the main topic discussed by the Economic and Social Council (GSV) was the labour market and the shortage of skilled labour, noting that greater shocks were expected on the demand side. “Next year, when...

Arról, hogy miként nézzen ki az Európai Unió a jövőben, valójában a tagországok parlamenti választásain döntünk, illetve kisebb mértékben az európai parlamenti választásokon, nem pedig az Európa jövőjéről szóló konferencián (CoFoE).

Romania’s government adopted its proposal for next year’s budget on Monday, and parliament plans to adopt it before the Christmas break but the rapid procedure was criticised by civil society. PNL and PSD, the two main parties that formed the...

Residents in Morave and Kucova in Albania have been protesting against plans to expand a NATO airfield onto their land, claiming the government compensation offered is far below the market rate. Albania joined NATO in 2009, and now plans are underway to...

Several hundred protestors gathered on Tirana’s main boulevard on Monday evening and set fire to a Serbian flag to protest against the Open Balkan initiative on the day the three leaders involved met in Albania. The protest was organised by...

Prime Minister Mario Draghi and new German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomed the national recovery and resilience plans as an EU-coordinated strategy to save member states from the pandemic’s effects when they met in Rome as part of an official visit....

As Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson called on Swedes to prepare for new restrictions as the situation in the country is “deteriorating”, the parliamentary Ombudsman said further restrictions would threaten the rights of the unvaccinated. “We see that the situation is...