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Russian officials on Monday (15 May) denounced comments by French President Emmanuel Macron that Moscow was becoming subservient to China, saying Western countries must get used to a world underpinned by the Kremlin's close ties with Beijing.

More than 200 chief executives from across the world attended France's flagship investment conference "Choose France" in the Versailles Palace on Monday (15 May), as France yet again ranks as the top EU destination for Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs).

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Russian-friendly former chancellor Gerhard Schroder getting to stay in the SPD, the Bulgarian EU Commissioner resigning to become caretaker prime minister, and so much more.

Ukraine's state security agency has served businessman Dmytro Firtash and top managers of companies he controls with "notices of suspicion" of embezzlement, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said in a statement on Monday (15 May).

Ahead of a meeting of forest directors on 16 May, hosted by the Swedish EU Council Presidency, campaigners have launched an appeal to implement an immediate logging moratorium in all forests with identified conservation values, including those in the North.

Moldova will likely call on Romanian experts on its path to joining the European Union, the Moldovan Ambassador to Romania Victor Chirila said on Monday, noting that his country aims to start access negotiations this year. Experts for accession are...

The real estate market is slowly stabilising after last year’s peak in renting and selling real estate following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and an influx of Russian citizens to Serbia. “Prices of apartments and houses have fallen significantly compared to...

Croatian experts have been in Ukraine for months, helping local authorities in war crime investigations, Justice Minister Ivan Malenica said on an official visit to Kyiv on Monday. Malenica was there to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart Denys Maliuska, and...

In the lead-up to the Council of Europe summit set to start Tuesday, there has been a surge in attempted cyber attacks on Icelandic infrastructure, which so far have not led to major incidents. CERT-IS, the Icelandic cyber security team,...

Russia launched an exceptionally intense air attack on Kyiv in the early hours of Tuesday (16 May), using drones, cruise and probably ballistic missiles, city officials said, as the Ukrainian capital suffered its eighth air raid this month.

Local trade unions declared an emergency strike on Monday in response to the government’s austerity package, which includes increasing corporate taxes and lowering public sector salaries. The government presented its austerity package on Thursday with the aim of consolidating public...

Poland received its first HIMARS rocket systems from the US, with prospects for 20 systems to be delivered by the end of the year, the Defence Ministry announced on Monday. The system, first ordered by Warsaw in 2019, has been...

The recent proposal for a shared prosperity zone in Gibraltar, put forward by Spain and the European Commission, now needs the UK’s acceptance, Spain’s Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said Monday. Located at the southern tip of the Iberian Penninsula,...

On Monday, Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev handed over the mandate to form a government to Mariya Gabriel, who stepped down from her job as EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research and Culture on the same day. Gabriel’s resignation was accepted by...

Our global connectivity ecosystem is evolving rapidly and some stakeholders argue policy has not kept pace. The future of connectivity in Europe is surrounded by challenging questions. A few are more pressing than others. GAEurope reframes the discussion.

The Dutch cabinet should reel in its expansionary fiscal policy as it is currently too close to the guardrails, the Council of State, an advisory body to the Dutch government, wrote in its spring report published on Monday. As part...

The European Union is not complete without the Western Balkans, Austria’s EU Minister Karoline Edtstadler said during a press conference with her Serbian counterpart Tanja Miščević in Belgrade on Monday, while stressing that the country should not circumvent EU sanctions...

French Energy Transition Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher is to meet with representatives of 15 European states interested in the so-called “nuclear alliance” – an increase compared to the 11 that had shown interest just two months ago. On Tuesday, European state...

France is ready to train pilots immediately with the coordination of other European states and the US, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday evening, noting it could be the precursor to the delivery of planes. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy...

The technocrat government of former National Bank Vice-Chair Ľudovít Ódor will take over the now-ousted government of Eduard Heger in what appears to be an increasingly divided country ahead of September’s snap parliamentary elections. Following the instability caused by the...