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In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Czech Senate Speaker suggesting Prague should host the Belarusian oppositional government, the European Commission raising concerns over the Lufthansa-ITA deal., and so much more.  

Meetings between Kosovo and Serbia in Brussels on Monday over the use of the Serbian dinar in the country yielded no results, with Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bislimi stating he hopes the EU envoy for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, will schedule another meeting for next week.

As of 20 May 2024, camps in Albania that will process the asylum applications of individuals rescued by the Italian authorities will be up and running, as a recently published tender document reveals more details about the deal and how the site will function.

The Greek centre-right government (EPP) will face on Tuesday a no confidence vote pushed forward by opposition parties following a press report suggesting that the conversations between train workers at the night of an accident that killed 57 people were distorted.

Semiconductor investments announced under the EU Chips Act since 2022 will need between 10,000 and 15,000 new workers. Finding these workers is difficult with aging populations, rigid labour markets, and STEM skills shortages. Intel’s call is clear: skills must be a priority.

The Digital Services Act (DSA) and European Digital Identity Wallets (EDIW) take the spotlight in the EU's work to protect minors online, according to an unreleased document seen by Euractiv.

EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders was shortlisted to become the next secretary general of the Council of Europe, the Committee of Ministers announced on Tuesday.

Bulgaria is heading for its sixth parliamentary election in three years after former European Commissioner Mariya Gabriel (GERB, EPP) withdrew her candidacy for the prime minister position on Monday, despite earlier political agreements confirming she would receive the post.

Prague could host the Belarusian opposition government led by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, which is currently in exile in Vilnius, Czech Senate speaker Miloš Vystrčil said on Monday, recalling that it hosted the Belarusian government in exile about a century ago.

Slovakia's government has delayed paying EU farm subsidies, known as direct payments, to eligible farmers who, despite joining the biggest farmers' protests in the country's history, risk not receiving them as the European Commission confirmed the situation is out of its hands.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will find out on Tuesday (26 March) whether the High Court in London will allow him to appeal against his extradition from Britain to the United States or if his British legal challenges have finally come to an end.

The ruling Socialist party of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is “already talking” to separatist forces about a future independence referendum in Catalonia, the Secretary General of the pro-independence Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), Marta Rovira said, while Sánchez’s party denies Catalan separation being “on the table”.

The European Commission warned against Lufthansa’s intention to buy a minority stake in Italy’s ITA Airways, telling both the German flag carrier and the Italian Economy Ministry that the deal risks being rejected if no action is taken to resolve competition issues.

War in Ukraine, attractiveness of investment and exchange of tips to decarbonise societies will feature on the agenda of Macron’s talks with Lula during his Brazil trip from Tuesday to Thursday (26-28 March), in an attempt to rekindle the relationship.

Germany secured the construction of a gigafactory for electric car batteries in record time with the help of the EU’s new subsidy “matching” scheme.

Brazil's far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro stayed for two nights at the Hungarian embassy in Brasilia last month, just days after federal police confiscated his passport and arrested two former aides on suspicion of plotting a coup, Bolsonaro's lawyer said on Monday (25 March).

In this episode of our daily podcast Today in the EU, we’re diving into the EU’s lending arm's intention to“stretch” its investment remit beyond financing dual-use goods that can be exploited for civilian and military purposes. 

President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday (25 March) that the gunmen who killed 137 people in a concert hall outside Moscow were part of an Islamic State branch that was behind foiled attempts to attack France over the past few months.