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In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Netherlands wanting to take the lead in deepening the EU’s security and defence policy, the French health minister wanting to impose a ban on single-use e-cigarettes, and so much more.

The German government is sticking by its campaign promise to take the controversial herbicide glyphosate off the market by the end of the year. But if Brussels renews the substance's approval, a German national ban may become difficult to uphold.

A US regulator put artificial intelligence in the crosshairs ahead of a White House meeting Thursday (4 May) with tech firms to strategize about its dangers.

The dismissal of the Management Team for the Association of Municipalities with a Serb Majority by Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, just one day after the latest high-level EU-backed meeting with Serbia in Brussels, sparked criticism from the EU.  Kurti...

Albanian women spend 25 years of their life raising children and carrying out unpaid work such as caring for family members and carrying out domestic chores, according to new data from the World Bank. This high level of burden leads...

The pressure on the government is not letting up as pensioners staged the fourth monthly rally in Ljubljana on Wednesday, demanding higher pensions and the government’s resignation. Led by the Voice of Pensioners, an informal group headed by former MP...

The government is expected to present a consolidation package in mid-May, which will focus on tax increases and savings on the state side amid the country’s high budget deficit. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Marian...

Last week’s seizure of a Russian high school building in the Polish capital last week caused tension as the Russian Ambassador to Poland did not rule out severing diplomatic relations with Warsaw. The statement followed last week’s decision by Polish...

The Serbian government has announced three days of official mourning following a shooting at a Belgrade school by a 14-year-old boy, which left nine dead and seven injured. The shooting happened just after 8:30 in the morning and it is...

The Data Act's chapter on business-to-government (B2G) data sharing, which would empower the public sector to access private data, is one of the most advanced parts of the negotiations - although some political issues remain.

Dublin, London, Amsterdam, and Paris are among the most expensive and complicated capital cities in Europe to purchase public transport tickets, a new ranking by environmental group Greenpeace has found.

Russia accused Ukraine on Wednesday (3 May) of a failed attempt to assassinate President Vladimir Putin in an alleged attack on the Kremlin citadel in Moscow, and threatened to retaliate.

The European Parliament's Renew group is set to agree a common position on EU debt rules. But negotiations are proving tricky, with French and German delegations at odds on how flexible the rules should be.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has condemned a Minsk court decision sentencing Belarusian blogger and activist Raman Pratasevich to eight years in prison. Pratasevich was detained by the Minsk regime in 2021 after the Ryanair plane flying from Greece to...

A society where women have equal power and where female leadership is valued is a society that is more open, more inclusive and more prosperous for everyone. But so often, young women in politics struggle to be heard. This is not right.

Bitter disputes and internal division within the left camp in Spain could boost the chances of victory for centre-right Partido Popular (PP/EPP) and the far-right party VOX in the mid-December general election, according to results of a fresh poll published...

Ukraine’s place is in NATO and also in the EU, elected Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo told the press after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s surprise visit to Helsinki on Wednesday. Zelenskyy met with Orpo who chaired a meeting to form...

The shipyard where future AUKUS nuclear submarines will be built for the Royal Navy was visited by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace on Wednesday. Last month, the US, Australia, and the UK unveiled details...

The EU is lagging in security and defence cooperation but the Netherlands wants to lead in pushing for a more proactive and self-reliant approach to these matters, Dutch Defence Minister Kajsa Ollongren (D66/Renew Europe) said in a speech in Maastricht...

A clear majority of Austrians are in favour of more intensive EU security policy but reject NATO accession, according to a recent survey by the Austrian Society for European Policy (ÖGfE). If a referendum on NATO membership were held in...