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Germany’s new monthly €49 offer for all regional public transport will have little impact on the transport sector's carbon emissions so the country will continue to fail its climate targets for transport and beyond, according to an expert council advising the government.

With several regions struggling with the impact of heavy rainfalls and crops in many parts of Europe still affected by severe drought, Brussels is taking steps to soften the blow for the fruit, vegetable, and wine sector.

Some 161 abusive lawsuits were filed in European countries in 2022, the highest number mapped in a single year according to a report published on Wednesday (23 August) by the Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE).

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the ongoing government spa in German, Romania risking to not meet its 2025 recycling target , and so much more.

Prime Minister Edi Rama addressed the informal government meeting of regional leaders in Athens on Monday, to which he was not invited, stating he hoped it was not used to send Albania a message and that Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos...

Romania is still far from meeting its 55% recycling target by 2025, with only 12-14% currently subject to selective collection, Environment Minister Mircea Fechet said at the launch of an anti-waste campaign on Tuesday. Feche presented the campaign as well...

Greek police arrested a man after a shocking video published on social media showed him locking up refugees in a van and calling other residents to do the same, as he claimed they were responsible for the wildfires. The video,...

As the sixth anniversary of the assassination of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia draws near, Pieter Omtzigt, Dutch representative and rapporteur at the Council of Europe and critical rapporteur, has called on ministers to push Malta to close the...

Lucia Kleštincová, a substitute MEP for Progresívne Slovensko and co-leader of the Slovak Volt party, could enter the European Parliament after September’s parliamentary elections, making her the third MEP from the pan-European political party. September’s snap election could also shake...

Poland has suspended payment of childcare benefits for thousands of Ukrainian war refugees due to them leaving the country, the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) said. From June, ZUS suspended the payment of 18,000 zlotys (€4,027), said the spokesman for ZUS,...

Multilateralism is suffering an unprecedented crisis, with multilateral institutions increasingly unable to deal effectively with geopolitical and other socio-economic and financial challenges. Against this backdrop, the G20 remains the best forum to pursue reform of financial and economic multilateral institutions...

Feijóo’s PP won the snap general election held on 23 July in the Iberian country, but his party, the main opposition force, fell short of the absolute majority (176 seats in a Parliament of 350).

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said that Poland’s concerns about movements that question the eastern flank of the European Union and NATO must be addressed. Rebelo de Sousa left “a special word” for the role Poland “has played in...

Spain’s Socialist Party (PSOE/S&D) of acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said it firmly rejects the recent publication of an official map of Morocco’s territory that includes the Spanish autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, while the regional president of Melilla...

Before proceeding with EU enlargement, there is a need to reflect on member states’ priorities and the bloc’s financial capacity, Italian EU Affairs Minister Raffaele Fitto said at an event on Tuesday. Fitto called for time to reflect during  the...

Dutch MEPs advocated for the position of EU climate chief to be in Dutch hands again after Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič preliminarily took over the position from Frans Timmermans on Tuesday. Timmermans submitted his resignation as EU climate chief after...

France is currently experiencing summer’s most intense heatwave with record temperatures recorded in the south of the country, including in hospitals where some care workers are struggling. This heatwave is “unprecedented in its duration and intensity at this time of...

The United States does not encourage or enable attacks inside Russia, a US State Department spokesperson said after Russian authorities said they downed drones that tried to attack Moscow early on Wednesday (23 August).

Russia’s aggressive behaviour in the Black Sea raises the question of coherent efforts by NATO members bordering the strategic sea, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov Tuesday.

The Czech Republic’s goal of phasing out coal by 2033 seems out of reach as coal production in the country rose last year amid an energy crisis sparked by Russia’s war in Ukraine. Czechia produced 35.2 million tonnes of hard...