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Kazakhstan’s Minister of Science and Education, Sayasat Nurbek, is expanding international collaborations to provide Kazakh youth with new educational opportunities while boosting the economy.

Calves are spending long hours on transporters with no access to food, cattle are taking long sea journeys in grotesque conditions to be slaughtered in barbaric facilities - animal welfare groups are demanding better from the EU.

The European Green Deal is “an agenda of economic modernisation” rather than an ecological agenda, said the head of the European Commission’s climate department at a recent Euractiv event. Industry and competitiveness gaining prominence.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Germany’s Scholz worried about shifting public opinion on Ukraine support, Poland consdering to close its border with Belarus, and so much more.

The Romanian government approved a decree on amending the Mining Code to facilitate the reopening of non-energy mining operations, Economy Minister Radu Oprea announced on Friday.

Bulgaria's largest pro-Russian far-right party, Vazrazhdane (Revival), is ready to form a government if other parties in parliament accept its conditions for a referendum on leaving NATO and rejecting the euro.

Russia said on Sunday (23 June) that the United States was responsible for a Ukrainian attack on the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula with five US-supplied missiles that killed four people, including two children, and injured 151 more.

The European Commission has announced that it is looking into the recent legislative changes affecting Slovak public broadcaster RTVS, passed by parliament on Thursday and awaiting the president’s approval, raising concerns about the law's impact on media freedom.

Poland is not ruling out closing its two remaining border crossings with Belarus to counter the hybrid activities of Alexander Lukashenko's regime, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has said.

Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has been tipped as the EU’s new chief diplomat in the new top jobs package, but her tough stance on Russia remains an obstacle for some. When EU leaders meet later this week (27-28 June)...

To play a kingmaker role in key votes and have a say in debates in the European Parliament, members of the conservative ECR group, now the third-largest EU group in the European Parliament, must be constructive and compact, Ondřej Krutílek, the newly elected Czech MEP whose party is in the same EU group, told Euractiv Czechia in an interview.

Opinion polls published a week before France's snap legislative election on 30 June put candidates backed by the far-right Rassemblement National and its allies in the lead, but with the vote taking place two rounds, the outcome remains highly unpredictable.

Ensuring journalists' safety is crucial for democracy, as threats lead to self-censorship and under-reporting. Despite Europe being relatively safe, online threats are rising, particularly against women and minorities. New EU legislation aims to enhance protection and cooperation with online platforms.

The rise of populists in the former East Germany in the European elections is linked to growing opposition to support for Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz admitted on Sunday, insisting there was no alternative to maintaining aid.

Italian Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani, whose Forza Italia party is part of the European People's Party (EPP), has issued a warning to the conservatives: they should seek the support of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) rather than the Greens.

Russia, the world's biggest nuclear power, could reduce the decision-making time stipulated in official policy for the use of nuclear weapons if Moscow believes that threats are increasing, parliament's defence committee chairman said.

Thousands of people turned out in France on Sunday (23 June) for feminist demonstrations against the far right, which is expected to come out on top in the 30 June snap elections, as parties sought to shore up support with days to go.

Forced to resign last year as Portuguese prime minister over a corruption scandal, Antonio Costa has been preliminarily chosen to head the European Council, but questions remain over his suitability for the post.

The EU’s CO2 tariff continues to provoke basic operational questions within the business community, even though companies are already subject to its formal reporting obligations.