The Polish Ministry of Health has unveiled a prescription and dispensing report summarising twelve months of intensive efforts to evaluate and overhaul the country’s prescription and dispensing systems.

The Hungarian prime minister doubled down on previous criticisms of the EU's migration policy and his threats to bus asylum seekers to Brussels.

Bulgaria will rely on the speed and efficiency of its domestic authorisation procedures for innovative drug therapies to attract the interest of pharma companies to its small domestic market, the Ministry of Health told Euractiv.

The famous Franco-German engine turns out to be a hybrid that suffers from too many complexities and downsides, conversely the far-right is stepping on the gas.

Although the French energy ministry would not comment, industry and government sources close to the matter suggest that EDF has France's backing.

Ministers will discuss ways returns can be made more efficient at an informal, closed-door lunch, with a focus on 'return hubs' for processing irregular migrants outside of the EU, diplomats told Euractiv.

The prolongation of the sanctions rollover period is a key factor in determining several Western countries’ participation in a $50 billion G7 loan package for Ukraine.

In September 2024, Vox acknowledged to El País that it had financed its 2023 general and municipal elections campaigns with a €9.2 million loan granted by MBH – Hungary's second-largest bank, which is 30.5% owned by the Hungarian state.

Top MEPs must choose between a logistically smooth hearings timetable or one that opens the door to politicking, according to documents obtained by Euractiv.

China's imposition on Tuesday of "temporary anti-dumping" measures on EU brandy was quickly met with a challenge at the WTO by the Commission.

Romania and Bulgaria’s full accession to the Schengen Area in 2024 would not only bring economic benefits but also strengthen European solidarity and unity, marking a strong start for the European Commission in its new mandate.

But political instability in France could be a stumbling block.

Israel's military struck Beirut's southern suburbs overnight and said it killed a senior Hezbollah responsible for the group's budgeting and logistics.

To solve the conflict in Gaza, Israel must be declared a terrorist state, Polish far-right MEP Grzegorz Braun said during a debate in the European Parliament on Monday, marking the first anniversary of the 7 October attacks.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal reiterated Ukraine's decision not to extend its transit agreement with Russia, which expires at the end of this year, and urged European countries to reduce their dependence on Russian gas, much to Slovakia's Prime minister Robert Fico's dismay.

Europe’s companies and technologies should stay in Europe, and Europe should invest in them,  Calviño said

The advance of Moscow's forces - just like the capture of Vuhledar last week - has underlined Russia's vast superiority in men and materiel as Ukraine pleads for more weapons from the Western allies that have been supporting it.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Bulgarian farmers set to receive €100 million in state subsidies after protest threat., a Swedish far-right leader embroiled in gang-related controversy, and so much more. 

The Bulgarian government will give €100 million in state subsidies to local farmers who have threatened new protests over imports of Ukrainian agricultural products, the government announced on Monday.

The leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats, Jimmie Akesson (SD, ECR), is now in hot water after a media investigation revealed that he allegedly knew the president of a motorcycle club with links to organised crime.