A new government agency to "protect Hungary's sovereignty" which starts work Thursday (1 February) will have a "chilling effect" on the country's democracy, critics warn.

Key EU lawmakers have asked the European Commission to present a package to boost the climate-friendly transformation of Europe’s industrial sector while expressing concerns about social stability once climate measures start to bite.

France's controversial immigration law, criticised by opponents as restrictive and racist, is part of an underlying European trend marked by repressive migration policies, particularly concerning access to the right of asylum, an expert told Euractiv.

France's far-right Rassemblement National and far-left LFI are proposing to introduce a form of 'agricultural exception' - which, as is already the case for the arts, would exempt some agricultural products from the EU's free trade agreements with other countries.

The Bulgarian prosecutor's office on Tuesday (30 January) issued a European arrest warrant for six Russian spies suspected of terrorist attacks targeting Bulgarian arms factories and warehouses.

As it waits for the AI Act to take effect, Brussels should use its existing powers under competition law and the Digital Markets Act to challenge Big Tech’s growing influence over AI, writes Max von Thun.

An alliance of German steelmaking states have put their weight behind a global sustainable steel club that the US hopes will reduce China's ability to undercut European and American markets, and welcomed the support for the industry’s green transition.

French President Emmanuel Macron begins a two-day state visit to Sweden on Tuesday (30 January), with the Nordic country on the cusp of becoming a NATO member following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili resigned from office on Monday (29 January), saying he wanted to allow his replacement time to prepare for parliamentary elections due in the South Caucasus country by October.

A new report published on Tuesday (30 January) by three leading quantum firms sheds light on several quantum trends for 2024, pointing to steady growth of investments in Europe's quantum start-ups.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado insisted Monday (29 January) that elections cannot proceed without her name on the ballot, as the United States announced it was reimposing some sanctions against the country following her disqualification.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the EU Commission removing a Holocaust remembrance video following Polish backlash, the AfD dismissing mass protests as a ‘last ditch effort’ to keep them from power, and so much more.

The United States vowed to take “all necessary actions” to defend American forces after a drone attack killed three US troops in Jordan, while Qatar said it hoped US retaliation would not damage regional security or undercut progress toward a new Gaza hostage-release deal.

Albania's Constitutional Court has ruled that the deal signed with Italy to allow the processing of migrants picked up in the Mediterranean by Italy in the northern coastal town of Shëngjin is in line with the constitution.

The UK will finally roll out post-Brexit border checks Wednesday (30 January) on food, plant and animal products imported from the EU, fanning fears of more price hikes, empty shelves and even Valentine's Day flower shortages.

The controversial amnesty law to pardon separatist leaders and their supporters for unlawful actions that took place between 2012 and 2023 will be facing its final amendment debate in the Spanish parliament on Tuesday.

EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue Miroslav Lajcak has embarked on a mission to defuse tensions between Serbia and Kosovo following Kosovo’s announcement that it will only accept the euro within its borders, which began in Belgrade on Monday and will continue in Pristina on Tuesday, EU spokesperson Peter Stano has confirmed.

Croatia’s criminal justice system is swamped with human trafficking cases, representing nearly 15% of the cases that went through the country’s entire prison system in 2022, justice ministry data shows, Večernji List daily reported on Monday.

AUR Senator Claudiu Târziu deliberately chooses topics in line with Hungarian far-right politicians while serving the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin, former Romanian Intelligence Service Director Eduard Hellvig wrote on social media on Monday.

Tatjana Ždanoka, a long-serving member of the European Parliament from Latvia, is allegedly an agent working with Russian intelligence services, according to a collaborative investigation released by the independent Russian media outlet The Insider on Monday (29 January).