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Russian oil firms face delays of up to several months to be paid for crude and fuel as banks in China, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates become more wary of US secondary sanctions.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed the secretary of Ukraine's national security council and replaced him with the head of his foreign spy agency on Tuesday (26 March).

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Korčok’s victory likely not being enough to improve Czech ties with Slovakia, Bulgaria halving it’s coal-based electricity generation last year, and so much more.

The director of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), Alexander Bortnikov, said on Tuesday (26 February) that the US, Britain and Ukraine were behind the Moscow concert hall attack that killed at least 139 people on Friday.

The Initiative ‘Boosting Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing in the EU’ offers the promise, although not yet the commitment, for biotechnology in the EU at the scale and vision needed for global significance. EuropaBio looks inside and to the future.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's extradition to the United States from Britain was put on hold on Tuesday (26 March) after London's High Court said the United States must provide assurances he would not face the death penalty.

Ivan Korčok, the pro-EU candidate in Slovakia's presidential race and winner of the first round, has made his intentions to mend relations with Czechia clear, though experts believe it might not be enough due to diverging stances over Russia's war in Ukraine.

Belgium, on Sunday, will raise its minimum wage to €2029,88 per month, becoming the fifth out of 22 EU states that Eurostat records the minimum wage where the gross minimum salary exceeds €2,000 per month.

Michael Roth, head of the German Bundestag's Foreign Affairs Committee and one of Ukraine's most vocal supporters, has announced his departure from politics due to differences within his own party.

The vision of the Euclid space telescope has been restored following a delicate operation that successfully melted a thin layer of ice that had been clouding its sight, the European Space Agency announced on Tuesday (26 March).

Politicians from Romania's ruling coalition are proposing either a ban or "strict" regulation of TikTok, prompted by survey data suggesting a growing preference for the far-right among young people, who are particularly active on social media.

Bulgaria’s coal-fired power plants halved their electricity output last year, while solar farms increased production by 141% compared to the previous year, according to data the country’s Energy and Water Regulatory Commission sent to parliament.

Ukraine's daily electricity imports reached their highest this year on Tuesday (26 March) after a series of Russian missile strikes on critical infrastructure caused blackouts in many regions, the energy ministry said.

Italy has raised its terror alert to the highest possible level following the terror attack in Moscow that killed around 140 people, as experts say that the country is not immune to the risk.

Russia’s Ambassador to Poland has ignored summons to appear at the Polish Foreign Ministry to explain the Russian missile that violated Polish airspace, saying there was “no point” in explaining.

On the latest episode of Euractiv’s Today in the EU we’re focusing on the the ill-starred nature restoration law.

The West should aim to create more "strategic difficulties" in a bid to reign in Russia's behaviour, with the first priority being to "stop the aggression against Ukraine", an area where NATO is not doing enough, Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billström told Euractiv.

Chinese rail giant CRRC has withdrawn from a tendered project in Bulgaria after the EU last month launched a probe into it over suspected subsidies, the European Commission said on Tuesday (26 March).

Bosnia's international peace overseer on Tuesday (26 March) imposed changes to the country's election law to ensure its integrity, including barring convicted war criminals from running, ahead of a vote in October.

On Monday, the Council of the EU unanimously voted to adopt the revised Waste Shipment Regulation. This text, which now becomes EU law, aims to encourage more local waste management and greater recycling of raw materials, while exports of waste to non-EU countries will be reduced.