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Following reports on Chinese government outposts set up to monitor and harass nationals on bloc territory, information is emerging on similar third-country operations, with governments around Europe often evasively confirming their existence but coming up short on action. In September,…
France would not be prepared for a high-intensity war as the government’s defence budget is currently insufficient, Pierre de Villiers, the former Chief of Staff of the French Army, told Le Parisien in an interview published Tuesday. France will allocate…
Sweden continues to deal with Kurdish organisations Turkey views as terrorists, said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after meeting Sweden’s new Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Ankara on Tuesday, despite the Swedish government announcing it will distance itself from the YPG…
Greece will soon ban the sale of spyware, the conservative government said on Monday (7 November), after a newspaper report that more than 30 people, including ministers and business people, had been under state surveillance via phone malware. A list…
Increasing disinformation, cyberattacks and drones have got Finland’s authorities worried while the country’s transmission system operator steps up security measures. Meanwhile, EU countries struggle to find a common vision for securing critical infrastructure in the short term. Sabotage against critical…
Israel Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday (3 November) congratulated Benjamin Netanyahu on his election win as final results confirmed the former premier’s triumphant comeback at the head of a solidly right-wing alliance. Netanyahu’s victory is set to end an unprecedented stalemate…
In her first trip to Brussels, new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said that she would bring “the strong voice of Italy to the EU” but gave her support for the bloc’s actions on the war in Ukraine, the energy crisis…
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Danes on Tuesday (1 November) handed the Social Democratic Party a mandate to form a new government in a general election seen as a vote of confidence in Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s handling of the pandemic and her leadership to…
The Capitals brings you the latest news from across Europe through on-the-ground reporting by EURACTIV’s media network. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. The European news you deserve to read. Welcome to The Capitals by EURACTIV. In today’s news…
The downfall of Britain’s conservatives shows that governments shouldn’t embrace unfunded tax cuts, nor emulate populists to lure back supporters, writes Carla Subirana Artús. Carla Subirana Artús is an Economist at Oxford Economics. She is writing in a personal capacity.…
The fulfilment of Italy’s economic recovery plan is set to top the agenda when new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni meets EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday (3 November). The Italian leader will perform her first visit outside Italy in Brussels,…