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In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about how several European countries are responding to the coronavirus outbreak, two new candidates joining the CDU leadership race, the Irish government urging the UK to implement the requirements set out in the Irish Protocol within the next months, and so much more.

President Ilir Meta lodged a case against the country’s justice minister and two top officials on Tuesday (25 February) for violating the constitution, which marks the latest step he has taken against the left-wing Socialist government led by Prime Minister...

Peter Stano, the spokesperson of the EU’s High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, told Voice of America (VoA) yesterday. To progress on its EU path, Serbia should harmonise its foreign policy with that of the EU in...

After Interim Prime Minister Ludovic Orban renounced his mandate to form a new government on Tuesday (25 February), President Klaus Iohannis will be organising new consultations with parliamentary parties to designate a new PM on Wednesday (25 February). Ioannis named...

Hungarian authorities are prohibited from executing court-ordered compensations in jail overcrowding cases until 15 June 2020, according to a law passed by parliament yesterday (25 February). The law also compels the government to present a new regulation by 15 May...

If the UK does not start implementing the requirements set out in the Irish protocol “in the next few months,” then a free trade deal between the EU and the UK by the end of the year could be out...

More than a quarter of Finns (26%) would be willing to see Finnish President Sauli Niinistö take on a third term after the 2024 elections, according to a survey by The Rural Future newspaper. However, about 60% of the electorate...

North Rhine-Westphalia’s Minister-President Armin Laschet and former parliamentary group leader Friedrich Merz officially joined Norbert Röttgen, head of the Bundestag’s foreign affairs committee yesterday (25 February), in the race to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as the head of the Christian Democratic...

Several MEPs were denied access to the European Council last Friday during the EU budget summit as the Council decided to abide by its stricter rules and granted only two badges per political party, according to European Parliament sources. “The...

At least 50 European Commission’s senior posts remain vacant, as nominations have been pushed down by the legislative rush during President Ursula von der Leyen’s first 100 days, various EU officials told EURACTIV.com.

Automation in the farming sector is playing an increasing role in improving the quality of both animal and farmers lives. Pascal Huger, a goat breeder in Thenay in the Loir-et-Cher region, talks to EURACTIV France about his choice to automate on his farm.

Positioning the country against the EU Green Deal, Romanian politicians appear to be on the wrong side of history and disconnected from the economic reality of energy markets, writes Suzana Carp.

The key obstacle to free and fair elections is widespread voter repression by the regime of President Aleksandar Vučić, writes Nebojša Zelenović.

Sweden presents itself as a global torchbearer on the environment, but its forest policy is wreaking havoc. The EU must act to stop it, say five European NGOs.

When it became known that for the first time someone with a migrant background would be in the Austrian government, Green Justice Minister Alma Zadić started to receive death threats and the recommendation to fly home to Bosnia. Now, she wants to use her experience with discrimination to protect others. EURACTIV Germany reports. 

Hospitals in Spain are getting prepared for the "worst-case scenario" in case of a coronavirus spread, EURACTIV's partner EFE reported. Health ministry experts met on Tuesday (25 February) to prepare and coordinate a "contingency plan" in the case of a health crisis

Microsoft has revealed it has been holding talks with the German Economy Ministry over whether the company could be contracted as a supplier for Gaia-X, the ambitious European cloud network infrastructure initiative.

Italy's coronavirus crisis spread south on Tuesday (26 February) beyond its original epicentre in the north, as the death toll from the worst outbreak in Europe rose to 11 and the number of new cases jumped above 320, officials said.

Increasingly grandiose Russian military exercises in the Black Sea, compounded by the impending water crisis and a burgeoning defence industry in the Crimea, indicate that the security situation in Southern Ukraine may soon deteriorate, Ukrainian experts from Crimea warn.

The EU criticised China on Tuesday (25 February) over the jailing of a Swedish book publisher, saying his rights were not respected.