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One year into President Tokayev’s Presidency, we can already observe a commitment to political reform, a listening state, civic engagement, enhanced state-society dialogue, building trust, economic diversification , and investing in human capital.

A new competition tool 'fit for the digital age' is set to be unveiled by the European Commission before the end of this year, which has prompted stakeholders to begin analysing the wider impact that it could have on fostering competition across the EU's market economies.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) granted this week an electric aircraft worldwide certification to operate, in what the regulator hailed as a massive step forward in battery-powered flight.

Fiat-Chrysler (FCA) and Peugeot maker PSA face a lengthy EU antitrust investigation after declining to offer concessions to allay EU antitrust concerns about their planned $50 billion merger, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday (10 June).

With no practical solution on the horizon, freelance interpreters in the European institutions, stranded in the wake of the COVID pandemic, are continuing protests in the hope of improving their status. EURACTIV Bulgaria keeps following the story as it unfolds.

Decarbonising the energy sector in Europe by 2050 is an ambitious, yet achievable objective.

With a delay of six months, Germany submitted its national energy and climate plan to the European Commission this week. The plan contains a lot of new, daring and sometimes questionable promises on renewable energies, EURACTIV Germany reports.

Twitter on Thursday (11 June) said it removed more than 170,000 accounts tied to a Beijing-backed influence operation that deceptively spread messages favorable to the Chinese government, including about the coronavirus.

Busier roads are to blame for the upsurge in carbon emissions as workers shun public transport. EURACTIV's media partner, The Guardian, reports.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Finland's racism problem, Croatia being the only EU member state with a 'functioning' tourism industry, and so much more.

The leader of Serbia’s Social Democratic Party and former president Boris Tadic has said that attempting to topple the regime through a united opposition is the correct option, but likely the most unrealistic path, and that the solution was to...

The European Commission is seeking a mandate from EU countries to buy promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates in advance from pharmaceutical firms, as long as they are not produced solely in the United States, officials said.

The defence team of Ratko Mladić has called on the mechanism for international criminal tribunals (MICT) in The Hague to allow the general, who has been sentenced for war crimes in Bosnia, to be treated in hospital after his health...

Only tourist destination in the EU. According to interior minister Davor Božinović, Croatia is currently the only EU member state that has a functioning tourism sector. Of the 104,782 people who entered Croatia between Wednesday (10 June) and Thursday (11...

‘It’s their choice’. The European Parliament must adopt a resolution stating that it is Roma people’s choice to live in marginal and very poor socio-economic conditions in Europe, according to Bulgarian MEP Angel Dzhambazki (VMRO/ECR).  Dzhambazki’s comments are featured in...

Greek media reported that an incident occurred on Wednesday (10 June) off the coast of Libya. A Tanzanian-flagged cargo vessel allegedly carrying weapons for Libya escorted by three Turkish frigates broke the arms embargo of the EU Irini operation. Apparently, there was only one Greek frigate...

Playgrounds and summer camps for children could be allowed to reopen as of Monday (15 June), according to the latest draft government decree. Games rooms and betting agencies will also be allowed to reopen that day, provided they comply with...

A new survey released in the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter demonstrations on Tuesday (9 June) shows that people of African descent living in Finland experience racism and discrimination on a daily basis. An earlier 2018 European Union report...

Walloon Minister-President, Elio Di Rupo (PS), said on Thursday (11 June) that crisis aid to be provided to the region within the framework of the European Commission’s post-COVID-19 recovery fund was “insufficient”. Under current plans, Belgium would be able to...

France’s maritime space is set to extend by 151,323 km2 in the Indian Ocean, off Reunion Island and the Southern and Antarctic Territories (TAAF), the French Secretariat-General for the Sea and the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea...