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Denmark’s Defence Minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen and Economy Minister Troels Lund Poulsen, both of the Liberal Party, swapped government posts on Tuesday, said a press release from the Prime Minister’s Office.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) invited key ministers into the chancellery on Wednesday in the hopes of resolving an ongoing dispute over family benefits that is paralysing the government, but coalition partner FDP remains sceptical on whether it will succeed....

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has probably offered to supply Ukraine with weapons in exchange for Kyiv not recognising Serbia’s former province of Kosovo, an influential German EU parliamentarian said following the two leaders meeting in Athens on Tuesday. Both attended...

China on Tuesday (22 August) threw its weight behind plans to expand the loosely-defined BRICS club of large emerging economies, which is seeking to assert its political and economic clout on the global stage.

A major Cypriot police operation Tuesday (22 August) found dozens of migrants living in a condemned apartment complex near the resort city of Paphos, after protests by residents and allegations of electricity theft.

Eighteen burned bodies, possibly migrants, were found on Tuesday (22 August) in a rural area in northern Greece where wildfires were burning out of control for a fourth day, authorities said, as gale force winds fanned blazes across the country.

EU Green Deal chief Frans Timmermans has formally submitted his resignation from the European Commission after confirming that he will lead a coalition led by the Dutch labour party into November’s general elections. 

The recent European Commission proposal to boost the marketing uptake of gene-edited crops will not affect how patents for these innovative technologies are granted, according to the organisation protecting inventions across Europe.

Spain’s request to expand the list of official EU languages to include those formally recognised in Spain - Basque, Catalan, and Galician - has prompted scorn from some quarters of Brussels, who fret about adding to the EU’s Tower-of-Babel administration.

At least 2,013 people died in the Central Mediterranean trying to cross the sea to reach Europe in 2023, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

As we enter an era of “global boiling”, a rise in environmental migrants is expected and the EU should realise that climate, not migration, is the greatest threat to Europe and should be our number one priority, writes François Gemenne. 

Germany will likely emit 150 million tonnes more of CO2-equivalent gases than EU rules created by the Effort Sharing Regulation permit, which is expected to result in a hefty penalty payment of up to €30 billion.

The European Commission announced it would use a novel competition tool to assess two mergers that do not have an EU dimension under the EU's competition regulation, but nevertheless threaten competition in the single market.

Germany’s chemical and car industries are protesting the anticipated bureaucratic strain expected from the phase-in of the EU’s novel carbon border tariff (CBAM), while consultancy Deloitte finds that companies have failed to sufficiently prepare.

The West’s hesitation in supplying all necessary weapons systems to Ukraine, driven by fear of escalation, has been costly and a different approach could have changed the course of the war, the EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell said on Monday...

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the tearing of the Quran leading to a spat between the Netherlands and Turkey, Poland's PiS leader challenging EPP chief Manuel Weber to a debate, and so much more.

Ukraine lined up the burnt-out husks of Russian tanks and fighting vehicles along the capital Kyiv's central drag on Monday (21 August) as Ukrainians prepare to mark their second wartime Independence Day this week.

Kosovo’s citizens will decide whether to replace ethnic Albanian mayors in the country’s Serb-majority north or allow them to continue in office, according to a process underway at the Ministry of Local Government and Administration that is expected to be...

Goran Bregovic, a musician known for supporting the Kremlin regime, is to perform in Romania after his denial of entry to Moldova sparked a diplomatic row with Belgrade. Authorities in Chisinau have not yet given an official explanation for Bregovic’s...

For several months, various Greek politicians and media have called for the release from prison of the elected mayor of Himara, Fredi Beleri, but recent protests in Albania led by Greek politicians are unprecedented and risk-friendly relations in the region,...