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The Armenian defeat in the Karabakh war has pushed this country into political crisis, while on the contrary, Azerbaijan celebrates the historic victory, writes Vasif Huseynov.

EU auditors have questioned the effectiveness of antitrust fines dished out by the European Commission, as part of a landmark audit of the EU executive's role as an enforcer of competition rules.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Spain's ruling socialist party making gains in public opinion polls despite the devastating COVID-19 crisis, Slovenia's government distancing itself from its prime minister regarding the Polish-Hungarian budget veto, and so much more.

Poland already had one of the strictest abortion laws in Europe, and is on the verge of tightening it even further. But a closer look at other European countries shows the trend does not go towards liberalisation either, while at EU level, the European Commission is legally unarmed.

Hungary and Poland's opposition to Brussels' oversight of the rule of law and their vetoes over the long-term EU budget and the coronavirus recovery fund are symptomatic of bigger problems in the EU that go beyond the divisions within the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP), a Greek government official told EURACTIV.

About two-thirds of Serbia’s citizens believe politicians abuse authority for personal interests, while more than a half believe there is no democracy in the country, or that it is burdened by serious problems, according to an opinion poll published on...

The agreement between the budget and rule of law agreed between European Parliament and Council needs to be respected, Slovenian President Borut Pahor said in response to Prime Minister Janez Janša’s letter to EU leaders on Wednesday, in which he...

The authorities in Skopje believed that with pressure and lobbying they could make Bulgaria change its position on the decision to open EU membership negotiations with North Macedonia, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said on Wednesday.  Read also: Bulgaria spells...

The leaders of the six largest opposition parties of Hungary – DK, Jobbik, LMP, Momentum, MSZP and Párbeszéd – opposed Hungary’s veto of the EU’s long-term budget and recovery fund, imposed because of the ruling Fidesz party’s dissatisfaction with a...

Although it continues to face a devastating coronavirus pandemic and gruelling economic crisis, Spain’s ruling socialist party (PSOE) continues to be the favourite party among Spaniards, according to a fresh opinion poll by state-owned Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (Centre for...

“The current system, based on 21 parameters to divide the regions into categories, is working. It allows us to make precise interventions to limit the infection,” said Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, adding that maximum attention is still needed despite a...

A landmark experimentation recently authorised in France can foster patient access to medicinal cannabis in the country and become a role model for Europe.

The leaked European Commission proposal on Sustainable Finance Taxonomy is worrying and infuriating for industries and businesses in Finland and across the Nordics. If implemented, the proposed EU legislation would treat existing carbon-free technologies such as hydrogen and nuclear separately...

Facebook has put aside €77.5 million in anticipation of an upcoming fine for data protection violations on its subsidiary WhatsApp, recently filed accounts at the social media giant’s European headquarters in Dublin reveal. Expenses had increased by €86.2 million with...

The Brussels regional government confirmed that the curfew will not be lifted on Thursday and will instead be extended until 13 December. However, health experts are puzzled that infection rates are declining less quickly than expected. Read also: Scholars deem...

While amendments to the Infection Protection Act proposed by Germany’s grand coalition of conservative CDU/CSU and social democratic SPD were adopted on Wednesday, thousands of coronavirus sceptics protested outside the Bundestag and got into confrontations with police. The changes, adopted...

Hungary and Poland were backed by Slovenian political ally Janez Janša on Wednesday in opposing plans to tie EU funds to rule of law criteria. At the same time, their Visegrad 4 partners, Czech Republic and Slovakia, have criticised the...

Poles who planned to blockade parliament to protest against a judicial ruling that amounted to a near-total ban on abortion were kept away from the building by police on Wednesday (18 November), and dispersed around the city centre.

The EU's proposed Online Terrorist Content Regulation and the Intertim Regulation on child abuse materials raise serious fundamental rights concerns, says Eliška Pírková.

For more than 100 days, Belarusian pro-democracy protesters have been rallying in the streets against President Alexander Lukashenko, following rigged national elections and violence against peaceful demonstrators. While some older people, particularly women, have also taken to the streets, young people have been at the forefront of the protests.