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Natural refrigerants like propane are the way forward to replace climate-warming fluorinated gases in heat pumps, Green EU lawmaker Bas Eickhout argues in an interview with EURACTIV.

The EU’s Cybersecurity Agency, ENISA, published a series of reports on the cybersecurity challenges for AI on Wednesday (7 June). The reporters were published at the same time as the ENISA-organised AI Cybersecurity Conference, which addressed the cybersecurity implications in...

Spain has experienced its hottest spring in over 60 years of recordkeeping, with average temperatures almost two degrees Celsius above average, the national weather agency reported Wednesday (7 June).

Global oceans were warmer last month than any other May in records stretching back to the 19th century, the European Union's climate monitoring unit reported Wednesday (7 June).

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Denmark's Frederiksen dispelling rumours about her wanting to replace NATO Secretary General Jen Stoltenberg, the Polish government opposing closing the Turow coal mine despite a court decision, and so much more.

This week on the 100th episode of the Beyond the Byline podcast, we dive into the negotiations on a potentially groundbreaking global treaty to end plastic pollution. Eirik Lindebjerg, Global Plastics Policy Lead at World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Willemijn...

The socialist PSOE party unveiled the names of two of the progressive formation’s top candidates to accompany party leader and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchz ahead of the general election due on 23 July, while left parties Sumar and Unidas Podemos...

Meet the Russian oligarchs' number one go-to man for overturning EU sanctions: bespectacled, 56-year old Belgian attorney Thierry Bontinck.

Czech secret services have warned government policymakers that Russian propaganda will use the resources and practices that have been successful in Slovakia and begin to focus more on Czechia in the coming months. The increased interest in Russian trolls is...

The EU should establish an independent review mechanism to monitor the implementation of its large-scale IT systems for border management, the EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) said in its 2023 annual report. 

A set of constitutional amendments that would pave the way for North Macedonia to continue its stalled EU accession process are under review by the government and could be passed to parliament by Friday, but there, they are likely to...

Four years after being declared persona non grata by the United States State Department, former mayor of Durres Vangjush Dako was arrested in Albania for abuse of office, along with up to 10 other former officials, while a previously imprisoned...

The new concept of economic patriotism that aims to produce and consume as many Romanian goods as possible were presented by Marcel Ciolacu, the leader of the Social Democrat Party (PSD), before Romanian farmers on Wednesday. The Romanian state must...

Negotiators of EU member state governments severely cut the provisions of the Single Market Emergency Instrument (SMEI) down to size compared to the ambitions that the EU Commission had for the regulation.

NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg defended a NATO information campaign that is meant to raise support for Ukraine in Slovakia after former prime minister and poll leader Robert Fico criticised it, saying it would be a direct interference in the election...

Environment and Climate Action Minister Duarte Cordeiro highlighted the now more than €450 million ongoing investments in the forest area, including fire prevention, at a regular hearing in the parliamentary committee on agriculture and fisheries Wednesday.

Migration, energy and trade were all discussed between the Libyan government delegation, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her counterparts in Rome on Wednesday.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is trying to dispel widespread rumours about her potentially replacing NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg later this year following her visit to Washington on Monday. While many viewed her visit as a necessary step if...

Telecom networks are the engine of the green and digital transitions. Massive transformations are ongoing: network operators becoming tech comm companies. Corresponding investments require a modernised regulatory ecosystem, including a fair contribution by few large actors to network costs.

The European Commission laid out its mental health strategy on Wednesday (7 June), emphasising a cross-sectoral approach, to be achieved through 20 flagship initiatives, backed by €1.23 billion in funding.