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Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced a series of measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the country on Wednesday (8 July), warning his countrymen that the situation remains serious and declaring 13 July a national day of mourning in memory of the pandemic's victims.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte calling for the EU Recovery Fund to be approved by the end of July, Romania seeing an increase in daily increase in coronavirus cases without adopting new measures, and so much more.

The EU believes that restrictive COVID-19 measures introduced to curb the spread of the virus must not threaten fundamental rights and freedoms, including the right to peaceful protests, a spokesperson for the European Commission said on Wednesday (8 July). In...

 Riot police forces dispersed demonstrators in Wednesday morning (8 July), ending the long, violent protest that began after Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić announced on Tuesday that Belgrade would possibly be under lockdown during the weekend in response to a growing...

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković has announced that he plans to shrink the size of his future cabinet and, according to the latest sources published by Euractiv Croatia’s media partner Jutarnji list, his crisis cabinet could have only 14 portfolios.  ...

The Romanian government announced that it does not intend to introduce new restrictions, Prime Minister Ludovic Orban has said, adding that the increase in COVID-19 infections is due to people not observing sanitary protection rules. The PM also said he...

The European Commission on Wednesday (8 July) unveiled its “energy system integration strategy” which aims to link different energy carriers, infrastructure and consumption sectors together in order to boost renewables and reduce carbon emissions.

On Wednesday (8 July), the number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours rose to 555, the highest daily figure since the start of the pandemic, public authorities confirmed. The previous peak was reached on 11 April (523...

Media group ALTER EGO has decided to return almost €1 million of public funds it received from the government as part of a campaign to raise awareness over the pandemic due to lack of transparency in the process of distributing...

European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde on Wednesday (8 July) said she would consider "every avenue available" to tackle climate change, signalling that the bank could use its massive stimulus scheme to target green bonds.

Liberal Initiative MP, Cotrim Figueiredo, said on Wednesday (8 July) that he will issue an injunction to prevent the appointment of Mário Centeno as governor of the Bank of Portugal before the parliamentary legislative process on the issue is concluded. “Out...

The EU Recovery Fund must be approved before the end of July, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told a press conference after meeting Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez, adding that “we must be bold. The single market is in danger, it...

Economic growth in Finland in 2021 will be even slower than was predicted in spring as forecasts released by the European Commission this week predict that the Finnish economy will shrink by 6.3% in 2020 and for growth in 2021...

Belgium will issue a formal travel ban to areas in the Schengen zone that have been put back in lockdown and are considered a high health risk area. However, the legal ramifications are still unclear and regions have announced their...

Cities across the world have chosen to go beyond fulfilling their citizens’ needs and contribute to development by engaging in international cooperation. EURACTIV has looked into local and regional leaders’ motivation to do so. 

Eurozone finance ministers are split on whether to pick their Spanish colleague Nadia Calviño or Ireland’s Paschal Donohoe as the next Eurogroup president during a videoconference on Thursday (9 July), EU sources and diplomats told EURACTIV.com.

It is encouraging that the German government has finally taken a stand on Turkey’s aggressive foreign policy, writes Robert Ellis and argues that Thursday’s debate in the European Parliament on Turkey’s negative role in the Eastern Mediterranean and Monday’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting will indicate which way the wind blows.

The balance sheet scandal surrounding the payment company Wirecard raises many questions. Politicians are currently vigorously pursuing one of them: Where were the supervisory authorities? EURACTIV Germany reports.

European aerospace giant Airbus sees hydrogen power as “one of the most promising technologies available” to decarbonise air travel and is looking to utilise it as part of plans to roll out a zero-emission aircraft by 2035.

When it comes to rare diseases and 'orphan drugs', technology is there to support an “objective” EU tool that could provide the pharma industry with the necessary incentives to research and produce orphan drugs and simultaneously avoid exhausting ailing health systems, MEP Stelios Kympouropoulos told EURACTIV in an interview.