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EU member states on Monday (29 January) agreed unanimously to a plan to set aside billions of euros of windfall profits from Russian central bank assets frozen in Europe, in a first step of a plan towards their possible use for Ukraine’s future reconstruction. 

The EU is unlikely to follow through on its threat to cut funding to Hungary if Budapest fails to approve a €50 billion Ukraine aid package later this week, experts told Euractiv.

By 2040, the EU's agricultural sector should be able to cut non-CO2 emissions by at least 30% compared to 2015 levels, with livestock and fertiliser use key to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a draft communication on the 2040 EU climate target states. 

E-commerce giant Amazon has given up on its bid to acquire the smart vacuum cleaner manufacturer iRobot, following EU regulators' concerns about it possibly restricting competition in the product’s market.

You can herd sheep, but you cannot herd cats. ‘Herding cats’ is an idiom denoting an attempt – futile by default - to control or organise a class of entities that are inherently uncontrollable.

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and MPs from all sides of the political spectrum have reaffirmed France's opposition to the EU-Mercosur deal in a timely political move as farmers fiercely opposing the deal have stepped up protests and plan to march on Paris.

Kazakhstan on Monday (29 January) offered its Caspian Sea ports of Aktau and Kuryk, as well as 22 airports to European investors for management, with the aim of building a strong transit hub between Asia and Europe.

Snus is a moist oral tobacco product with roots dating back to the 18th century

The European Commission said on Monday (29 January) it will request the UN Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNRWA) to allow EU experts to audit the body, following Israeli allegations that some staff had participated in Hamas's October 7 attack.

The Bulgarian government believes that the European Commission's proposals for new pharmaceutical legislation could pose serious risks to its healthcare system and is pushing for measures to lower prices for poorer countries.

The Turkish AKP party of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is planning to run in the European Elections in Germany, according to media reports, with high-ranking German politicians warning that the move could expand Turkish influence within the EU.

A low-risk, high-reward solution exists that can help American and European machinery exporters resolve a persistent technical barrier to trade, if policymakers choose to act.

Forthcoming cuts to psychiatric care at Sweden’s largest hospital could lead to more deaths, 29 doctors from the hospital have warned, in the latest example of the country’s deepening health crisis.

France is lagging behind its initial renewable energy targets for 2023, although it is set to pick up the pace by 2030, but not enough to meet EU targets, the latest figures from the French Renewable Energy Observatory published on Thursday (25 January) show.

Hungary's far-right Our Homeland party would lay claim to a western region of Ukraine that is home to about 150,000 ethnic Hungarians if Ukraine loses its statehood due to Russia’s invasion, the party's leader said late on Saturday (27 January).

Three US service members were killed and at least 34 wounded in a drone attack by Iran-backed militants on US troops in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border, President Joe Biden and US officials said on Sunday (28 January).

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Italy’s PD announcing a protest against Meloni’s use of state TV ahead of EU elections, the Polish opposition leader likening Tusk to Hitler at a PiS rally, and so much more.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sent a letter over the weekend to the Greek government greenlighting the purchase of up to 40 F-35 fighter jets as well as some “gifts” of military equipment no longer needed by US armed forces.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced the danger of the Ukraine conflict escalating into World War Three, as he pressed his case for support from nations from Germany to the United States in an interview with German state broadcaster ARD on Sunday (28 January).