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GRANADA, SPAIN - Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev will not attend EU-brokered talks with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Spain this Thursday (5 October), Azeri diplomatic sources confirmed to Euractiv.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is closely monitoring drug shortages as access to medicines is once again at the heart of discussions in Brussels, since the demand for drugs increases during the virus season.

Following two rounds of tense negotiations, Wopke Hoekstra and Maroš Šefčovič received the European Parliament's blessing on Wednesday (4 October) to take on the climate and Green Deal portfolios in the European Commission.

Health screening programmes in Greece have expanded in recent years but coverage still remains low compared to other EU countries as government delays in implementing projects already decided on a political level persist.

The Forced Labour Regulation seeks to eliminate forced labour in EU supply chains but may stop short of reducing forced labour globally. How can this Regulation avoid disengagement in riskier regions and instead incentivise addressing violations where they are identified?

Speaker Kevin McCarthy's ouster on Tuesday (3 October) could signal a shift in the US House of Representatives on aid to Ukraine, with some of his possible successors strongly in favor of assisting Kyiv but others staunchly opposed.

32 former high-level politicians and EU officials published a manifesto, calling for a central fiscal capacity for the EU, a shift to a new EU business model as well as institutional reforms.

The European Parliament adopted its position on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) on Tuesday (3 October), though advocacy groups have renewed criticisms of certain provisions they say are falling short in protection against spyware and disinformation.

The rejection of the two Commission nominees is the latest twist in a saga that has seen growing political acrimony around the European Green Deal in recent months, writes Frédéric Simon.

The European Union is considering unlocking billions of euros for Hungary that were frozen over rule-of-law concerns as it seeks to win Budapest's approval for aid to Ukraine including a start to membership talks for Kyiv, senior officials said.

A handful of Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday (3 October) ousted Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy, as party infighting plunged Congress into further chaos just days after it narrowly averted a government shutdown.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Czechia, Slovakia and Austria introducing controls at their borders, Sweden stepping up its fight against gang violence, and so much more.

An agreement between 38 Western Balkan telecom operators and the EU – which slashes the cost of roaming – has come into force, lowering the cost of internet data for the regions’ residents when in the EU and vice versa....

Members of European Parliament debated the situation in Kosovo following the terrorist attack of 24 September, reportedly backed by Belgrade, with lawmakers calling for urgent action against Serbia and a lifting of sanctions against Kosovo. The debate was initiated by...

The Kosovo Police continued to carry out raids in Banjska, north Kosovo following the terrorist attack of 24 September, and on Tuesday, Serbia arrested Milan Radoičić, former vice-head of Serbian List admitted his involvement in leading the attack that killed...

Prime Minister Robert Golob has nominated a candidate for the post of health minister three months after parting ways with Danijel Bešič Loredan over a difference of opinion on health reform, the government’s flagship project. The nominee is Valentina Prevolnik...

The Bulgarian government promised coal workers – who have been blocking roads in protest – that it would not take any administrative decisions to close coal-fired power stations until 2038, leaving the matter entirely to the free market. After negotiations...

"An ill wind is blowing against ecology. It is in these conditions that we are approaching the European elections", warns Marie Toussaint, MEP and head of the list of the French Greens (Europe Écologie - Les Verts, EELV) for the June 2024 elections, in an interview with Euractiv France.

India's external intelligence service is a feared foe in its neighborhood: Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal have all accused it of political meddling and involvement with outlawed groups that have perpetrated acts of violence.

Malta’s new budget airline will be different to the former AirMalta despite attempts by the government to frame the closure of AirMalta and the creation of a new budget airline as a seamless transition, even possibly retaining the same name...