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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday (9 February) several Western countries were ready to provide Kyiv with aircraft to defeat Russia's invasion.

The rescue of several survivors from the rubble of buildings in Turkey lifted the spirits of weary search crews on Friday (10 February), four days after a major earthquake struck the country and neighbouring Syria, killing at least 20,000 people.

German authorities searched the premises of three companies early Thursday (9 February) as part of an ongoing probe into the possible violation of European Union sanctions against Russia, prosecutors said in a statement.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the number of asylum seekers soaring in Croatia, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni criticising President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Olaf Scholz meeting Zelenskyy without inviting her, and so much more.

The exclusion of the Italian government from two key meetings of France and Germany with US officials and Ukraine President Volodimir Zelenskyy has sparked a debate in Rome about Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s “EU isolation”. For its part, the...

Cypriots return to the polls Sunday (12 February) to choose a new president from between the two front-runners in last weekend's first round -- ex-foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides and career diplomat Andreas Mavroyiannis.

The number of migrants entering Croatia illegally has soared since the country joined the EU’s passport-free Schengen area on 1 January, officials said on Thursday. According to police data, some 2,500 migrants entered Croatia in January. Zoran Ničeno, the deputy...

Indoor smoking could soon be banned in Serbia as the Health Ministry is already looking for the public to support a bill on the prohibition of smoking in closed spaces. Banning indoor smoking has become a hotly debated issue in...

Energy company ČEZ initiated an arbitration case against Russia’s Gazprom for delivering less natural gas supplies than initially promised in 2022, for which it is seeking to recover €42 million in damages.

Poland threatened Minsk with sanctions after a court in Grodno sentenced Andrzej Poczobut, Polish-Belarusian journalist and activist living in Belarus, to eight years in prison. Poles living in Belarus, as well as minority organisations and their activists, are having a...

30 years after its humble beginning, Agrofert, key actor of the European agrochemical sector, pursuits the acquisition of the nitrogen business of Borealis, becoming the second nitrogen fertilizer manufacturer in Europe while securing a reliable supply and improving environmental and public health through investment in green tech.

Workers on Thursday paraded in Lisbon from Largo Camões to the parliament building in a protest organised by the CGTP trade union confederation against the rising cost of living, calling for wage and pension increases. The demonstration started around 3:10...

Spain’s abortion law, in force since 2010, was deemed constitutional by the Constitutional Law Thursday, rejecting an appeal filed by the centre-right Popular Party twelve years ago. The appeal by the Partido Popular (PP), Spain’s main opposition party, was rejected...

EU leaders adopted their toughest stance on migration in recent memory at a special summit on Thursday (9 February), against the backdrop of irregular border crossings hitting their highest level since 2015. 

Finnish parliamentary groups are expected to discuss on Friday (10 February) when to ratify NATO's founding treaties, in a move that could lead the country to proceed with membership ahead of neighbouring Sweden.

Imports of Russian gas into Austria are approaching market shares last reached during pre-war times, as Gazprom is once again delivering the total contracted amounts, while deliveries from Germany and Italy are dropping.

Brussels could make joint purchases of drugs to prevent future shortages in France and the rest of the EU, the national health authority said during a hearing in the Senate on Thursday. “The problem [of drug shortages, editor’s note] is...

Rumours that Bayer could be split up following the early replacement of its CEO triggered by the takeover of US corporation Monsanto, are swirling in Germany, leading to outcry from unions but a rise in share prices. On Wednesday, the...

Russian nationals purchased properties in Finland at record speed last year but had to do so between themselves due to the new regulations that require them and other non-EU nationals to get a Defence Ministry permit. Last year, Russians purchased...

Pro-Russian and anti-EU party Vazrazhdane targeted Emilia Milcheva, a Bulgarian journalist who regularly contributes to EURACTIV, as she was attempting to track how the party was collecting signatures for a referendum aiming to block the country’s Eurozone membership. Milcheva also...