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Poland does not fear repercussions from the EU or the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for its decision to impose a ban on Ukrainian agricultural goods unilaterally, Polish agriculture minister Robert Telus told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview. 

A Bulgarian army bomb disposal team on Monday (18 September) destroyed in a controlled explosion a drone that landed on Sunday evening in the Black Sea town of Tyulenovo, the defence ministry said in a statement.

A US-bound plane carrying five Americans freed by Iran left Doha on 18 September as part of a prisoner swap for five Iranians held in the US and the transfer of $6 billion, marking a rare deal between the long-time antagonists.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the resistance to agricultural greening that will remain after the Slovak election, Romania threatening to sue Austria over the Schengen veto, and so much more.

France will have more than tripled its imports of Russian industrial nuclear products between 2021 and 2022, making it he EU's leading importer of such products, according to a study by Polish think tank Forum Energii, which raises questions about the EU's ability to weaning itself from Russian resources.

Kyiv said Monday (18 September) its forces had broken through Russia's defensive lines near the war-battered town of Bakhmut in the slow-moving but high-stakes Ukrainian counteroffensive, ahead of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressing the UN General Assembly.

The EU’s Special Envoy to Kosovo-Serbia dialogue has been accused of being biased in favour of Serbia, according to Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti, who has sent letters to the leaders of Italy, Germany, France, and the US regarding the...

It is not only EU rules that we need to introduce, but also regional agreements to fight against climate change in the region very well, Serbian Minister of Eurointegration told Euractiv. Serbian Minister of Eurointegration, Tanja Miščević, told Euractiv that...

If Serbia does not want to join the EU and prefers instead to nurture its relationship with Russia, the EU should not force it, said MEP and rapporteur to European Parliament for Kosovo, Viola von Cramon, in an interview with...

French President Emmanuel Macron will meet UK opposition chief Keir Starmer Tuesday (19 September), a chance for both men to strike up a political relationship with the Labour Party increasingly confident it can take over from Britain's ruling Conservatives.

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu and his Ukrainian counterpart, Denys Shmyhal, held discussions on Saturday and Sunday to resolve their grain dilemma after the EU Commission’s decision on Friday not to extend the restrictions on grain exports from Ukraine to...

Many politicians vying for seats in the Slovak parliament have shown a distinct lack of enthusiasm for greening the EU’s agricultural policy on GMOs, pesticides and unproductive land as the 30 September election looms. Of the nine major parties in...

The liberal FDP (Renew), a junior partner in Germany’s three-way coalition, will block any attempts to relocate refugees from Lampedusa to the country, the party’s general secretary announced on Monday as Italy’s Giorgia Meloni has made a U-turn from a...

European countries allocated around two thirds more money to roads than railways between 1995 and 2018, a period which saw the construction of an extra 30,000 km of motorways and a contraction of the rail network by over 15,000 km, according to a new study.

The European Union's top diplomat on Monday (18 September) voiced solidarity with France's ambassador to Niger, who has faced intense pressure after refusing expulsion orders from military leaders.

Poland proposed on Monday (18 September) that new European Union sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine should include a ban on Russian diamonds and Liquid Petroleum Gas and called for aligning sanctions against Belarus with those against Moscow.

MEPs Ciarán Cuffe and Grace O’Sullivan will run again in the 2024 elections with a focus on social justice and improving the environment, the candidates told Euractiv on Monday. Cuffe and O’Sullivan were elected to the Parliament for the first...

The Brussels authorities are keen to encourage more non-Belgians to exercise their right to vote in municipal elections, a right most have not used since it was granted to them in 2006. This was announced in a press release published...

Belgium is committing €3 million to the Global Accelerator for Jobs and Social Protection and Just Transitions, Belgium’s Development Cooperation Minister Caroline Gennez announced, as Germany and Spain respectively committed €7 million and €10 million to the new fund ahead...