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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday (19 November) urged the European Union to lead global efforts to slash planet-warming emissions by setting a new climate change target next month.

In 2020, hundreds of EU citizens were meant to be invited to reflect on Europe’s future at a conference that will debate European policy priorities in an attempt to introduce direct democracy in EU decision-making over the course of the...

After the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the Conference on the Future of Europe, a two-year soul-searching exercise aimed at reforming the EU after Brexit, onto the back-burner, the recovery from the health crisis could present a new opportunity, Socialist MEP Gabriele...

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Spanish nurses opposing the idea that pharmacies can carry out COVID-19 tests, Bratislava distancing itself further from Poland and Hungary on the rule of law veto, and so much more.

Faced with a steep rise of COVID-19 cases in northern Greece, the ministry of health told private hospitals on Thursday (20 November) to voluntarily provide 200 COVID-19 beds or be forced to do so.

Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed several issues in a video call, including the recent resignation of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi, the Pristina-Belgrade dialogue, as well as the issue of visa liberalisation, according to...

The EU expects Serbia and Kosovo to act in accordance with their strategic determination about EU membership and not move their embassies in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. “Both Kosovo and Serbia have identified integration into the EU as...

Slovenia's government has submitted an initiative to the parliamentary committee for foreign policy to conclude an agreement between Slovenia and Hungary on cooperation in the construction and management of the second railway track Divača-Koper (2TDK).

Croatia’s interior ministry reported a “second wave of unfounded accusations” against the Croatian border police after German weekly Der Spiegel published footage purporting to show the police’s brutal treatment of migrants crossing the Bosnian-Croatian border. Rejecting the latest accusations, the...

Each MEP has received a video showing their colleague Angel Dzhambazki (ECR) “throwing mini-bombs and pouring water from a fire hose over people protesting in front of the VRMO party headquarters in Sofia”. The video was emailed to 705 MEPs...

The Polish parliament adopted on Thursday a resolution initiated by the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, calling for the EU budget talks to resume in order to achieve an agreement on the budget that is in line with the...

 A 27-year-old jihadist was arrested on Thursday in Greece by the country’s counter-terrorism department. A criminal case was filed against the man from Syria for joining and participating as a member of ISIS as well as for terrorist acts and homicide....

The Spanish Nurses Federation sent on Thursday a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen alerting her and EU health authorities of the potential danger of allowing pharmacies to carry out COVID-19 antigen testing, which, they said, would...

After recording some of Europe’s lowest coronavirus infection rates throughout autumn, the pandemic situation in Finland and especially in the Helsinki area has shifted from the acceleration to the community transition phase, announced public health officials on Thursday evening. As...

A significant portion of the population considers it unlikely that they will fully adhere to strict contact rules at Christmas, according to a study by the University of Antwerp. “If we want to avoid a third Christmas wave, we need...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has to pay more than half a million euros (€504,429.36) in fines for accepting illegal campaign donations, according to a report published by Der Spiegel on Thursday. The allegations revolve around two separate “straw...

5-Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio has said he strongly opposes the idea of a political alliance between the government coalition and Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right party, Forza Italia (FI), which is currently part of the opposition alongside the League and...

The European Union could pay more than $10 billion to secure hundreds of millions of doses of the vaccine candidates being developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and CureVac, an EU official involved in the talks told Reuters.

Hungary and Poland scupper rule of law aims, Brexit talks seem to be going down in flames, and vaccines efficacy sparks spurious claims!