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Thousands of EU workers in British care homes risk falling foul of the legal requirement for them to register their status in the UK before a government deadline expires on 30 June, according to a new report published on Monday (25 January).

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is expected to quit on Tuesday (26 January) and try to form a new coalition government to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 85,000 people in Italy and crippled the economy.

The Netherlands has been hit by a second night of riots, as coronavirus curfew frustrations boiled over, even as President Joe Biden said herd immunity could be achieved this year.

Placing the hospitality and tourism sectors at the heart of national recovery and resilience plans will be essential, the EU commissioner for jobs and social rights, Nicolas Schmit, told EURACTIV.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Spain's high-level politicians receiving the COVID-19 vaccine earlier than they should have, Czech companies receiving large amounts of the EU Modernisation Fund, and so much more.

Air pollution is a problem shared across the Western Balkans for which regional solidarity is needed so that people can exercise their “right to breathe,” the executive director of the European Fund for the Balkans, Aleksandra Tomanić, told BETA in...

COVID-19 vaccine diplomacy is turning into vaccine hijacking, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković told the press on Monday, adding that a joint EU lawsuit against vaccine manufacturers is possible if they do not meet contract obligations. Some countries are paying more...

If people continue to respect the basic rules – wearing masks, using disinfectants, respecting social distancing – even a faster-spreading virus variant won’t pose problems, Romanian Prime Minister Florin Citu said on Monday. A few people infected with the UK...

The development of artificial intelligence will become one of the focuses of the new improved version of the EU recovery plan that the Bulgarian government will propose in the coming days. The country expects €7.7 billion in grants from the...

The newly formed party of former Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (formerly Smer-SD) has emerged as the most popular party with more than 24% support, a January poll conducted by the Focus agency and published for TV Markíza shows. While the...

The Czech government approved a document on Monday granting a large amount of money from the EU’s Modernisation Fund to large coal mining companies. The Modernisation Fund should support the low-carbon transition of ten lower-income EU member states, including the...

The first round of informal non-binding exploratory talks between Greece and Turkey lasted for three and a half hours in Istanbul. Although little information was released following the meeting, both sides decided to renew their discussion with the next round...

Portugal will start the vaccination of key government officials next week, Health Minister Marta Temido confirmed on Monday after meeting with the taskforce charged with coordinating the national vaccination programme. “We will then move on to vaccinate the other essential...

At a time when there is a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines in the EU and in Spain, the early vaccination, not respecting the protocol, of some politicians, health sector officials, and a senior military commander, has sparked controversy in the...

The EU’s €750 billion Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) may not boost Finland’s economy or exports the way it was sold to the general public, a new academic survey states. While the transfer payments and allocations to the eastern and...

Countries like Belgium, who went beyond the EU recommendations in terms of sanitary restrictions on free movement must provide “a very clear explanation of the proportional, necessary and non-discriminatory nature” of their measures, EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders said on...

“We are a leader in Europe in everything related to foreign investment. (…) Our structural reforms are also bearing fruit,” French President Emmanuel Macron told the opening session of the Choose France video-conference meeting on Monday which brought together 100...

Representatives of the Polish government met on Monday with mining trade unions in Katowice to talk about an agreement that will set out the details of the coal sector’s transformation. A month ago, Poland’s ministry of state assets presented the...

The US House of Representatives delivered to the Senate a charge that former President Donald Trump incited insurrection in a speech to supporters before the deadly attack on the Capitol, setting in motion his second impeachment trial.

The German government said it will not abandon the Nord Stream 2 project, despite US sanctions and calls by the European Parliament to impose EU measures against the Russian-backed gas pipeline project over the Navalny case.