G7 negotiators agreed on Thursday (13 June) on a loan plan based on the size of their economies to provide Ukraine with about $50 billion in aid, expected to start flowing by the end of the year, according to people familiar with the matter.

While recent parliamentary and European elections in Bulgaria were won by former prime minister Boyko Borissov's centre-right GERB (EPP) party, second place went to the DPS party, headed by Deylan Peevski, a former media mogul sanctioned for corruption by the US and the UK authorities.

Facing a tough legislative election at the end of the month, France's President Emmanuel Macron said he wants to ban the use of phones for children under the age of 11 at a press conference.

German utility Uniper has won a multi-billion euro arbitration against former long-time supplier Gazprom, it said on Wednesday (12 June), allowing it to tear up dormant gas supply contracts and potentially setting a precedent for similar cases.

Iran-allied Houthi militants on Wednesday (12 June) took responsibility for small watercraft and missile attacks that left a Greek-owned cargo ship taking on water and in need of rescue near Yemen's Red Sea port of Hodeidah.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Wednesday (12 June) that a peace treaty with Azerbaijan was close to completion, but that his country would not accept Baku's demands that it change its constitution.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Spain’s PP asking von der Leyen for help to block controversial amnesty law, three Poles convicted of participating in killing Dutch journalist in 2021, and so much more.

The lower house of the Swiss parliament voted on Wednesday (12 June) to reject a ruling ordering Switzerland to do more to combat global warming in a move that could encourage others to resist the influence of international courts.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has directly caused or paved the way to the emission of 175 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, a joint report said on Thursday (13 June).

The European power sector industry and trades have stated their issues with the EU's approach to regulation in a scathing letter sent to the European Commission, highlighting larger concerns in the sector. 

Greece needs to reduce rampant construction and protect water resources and coastal areas if it wants to maintain a healthy tourism industry, the country's ombudsman said in a report.

With the European Parliament elections concluded, 720 MEPs have been entrusted by European citizens to deliver on critical issues such as Co2 reductions, food security, job creation, and the overall well-being and security of Europeans in an increasingly unstable world

Three Polish men were sentenced to up to 28 years in prison by an Amsterdam court on Wednesday for their role in the murder of Dutch crime journalist Peter de Vries.

The possible introduction of significant trade tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle (EV) imports, announced by the European Commission on Wednesday, has raised concerns among Czech carmakers, who argue that the move may not solve problems related to Chinese competition and could prove counterproductive.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen should help put a stop to the controversial amnesty law that pardons hundreds of Catalan separatist activists for illegal acts committed between 2011 and 2023, Dolors Montserrat, the lead candidate of Spanish Partido Popular (PP/EPP) that came first in the European elections, wrote in a letter to her EPP colleague von der Leyen on Wednesday.

Between January and May this year, a total of 5,504 migrants - almost 33 deaths a day, or one migrant every 45 minutes - died trying to reach Spain by making the treacherous sea crossing, a report by a Spanish NGO revealed on Wednesday.

Armenia will leave a Russia-led security bloc, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan confirmed on Wednesday (12 June) for the first time, accusing members of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation of having planned a war against his country with Azerbaijan.

Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro has done “the right thing” in clarifying the government's support for former Socialist prime minister António Costa's possible candidacy for the presidency of the European Council, said President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, citing the outcome of the European elections as grounds.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak presented his Conservative Party’s manifesto for the snap general election on 4 July under the banner of a "secure future", pledging to cut taxes and doubling down on the deportation of migrants to Rwanda.

In a surprising turn of events, four of the five newly-elected MEPs from the French far-right party Reconquête! (ECR), including party leader Marion Maréchal, openly criticised party founder Eric Zemmour on Wednesday.