Ukraine on Thursday (29 August) intensified its push for Western approval to strike military targets deep inside Russia, urging allies to lift restrictions on the use of their donated long-range weapons.

Lasse Frimand Jensen invites you to Aalborg for the 10th European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns, which we like to call #Aalborg2024. This year's conference marks thirty years since the first edition of the event, also held in Aalborg in 1994. We will also celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Aalborg Charter (1994) and the 20th anniversary of the Aalborg Commitments (2004).

French president Emmanuel Macron declared the Paralympic Games open on Wednesday (28 August) after a glorious ceremony in which competitors were celebrated by joyful volunteers and spectators on a sweet summer night.

Teenagers are using fewer condoms when having sex, a report commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) has found, warning of the risks of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Hundreds of Israeli troops backed by helicopters, drones and armoured personnel carriers raided the flashpoint cities of Jenin and Tulkarm and other areas in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday (28 August), killing at least 10 Palestinians.

A French judge put Telegram boss Pavel Durov under formal investigation on Wednesday (28 August) in a probe into organised crime on the messaging app, but granted the entrepreneur bail.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about French President Emmanuel Macron hoping to sell Rafales to Serbia, businesses urging Slovakia not to destroy what businesses say is a successful recycling system, and so much more.

The Romanian government will start negotiations with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to acquire shares in the Giurgiulești International Free Port in Moldova.

Slovakia's Environment Ministry should abandon legislative plans that could jeopardise the country's highly successful Deposit Return System (DRS), which serves as a model for other EU countries, nine beverage packaging companies, including EUROPEN, the Brewers of Europe and Zero Waste Europe, have said in a joint letter.

The European Union’s current structure would not be appropriate if it were to include more than 30 members, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said after meeting Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw on Wednesday.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has signalled his willingness to hold talks with the opposition on irregular immigration, a hot-button issue that has reignited the country’s political landscape ahead of a crucial election weekend.

French President Emmanuel Macron is leaving political crisis-hit France on Thursday and Friday for a two-day trip to Serbia in the hope of selling fighter jets to President Aleksandar Vučić’s regime, despite Belgrade’s close relationship with Russia.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressed concern at the growing threat from far-right groups in the United Kingdom and called on progressive political parties across Europe to work together to deal with the shared challenge.

As EU foreign and defence ministers gather informally in Brussels instead of Budapest on Thursday (29 August), tensions with Hungary are expected to reach a boiling point.  With a flurry of self-declared peace missions on Ukraine before summer, Hunagry’s Prime...

GovTech has the potential to enhance public services but faces challenges like complex regulations and lack of awareness. In addition to EU-led projects such as SPIN4EIC, GovTech Connect and PSTW, such issues can be addressed by a unified EU platform for procurement, that consolidates opportunities and connects startups with public administrations, who should at the same time simplify procurement processes to ease the access for SMEs.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will mount a counteroffensive to try to retake territory in the Kursk region captured by Ukrainian troops, but Russian forces will encounter "a difficult fight," Deputy CIA Director David Cohen said on Wednesday (28 August).

The European Union on Wednesday (28 August) condemned an attack claimed by jihadist rebels that killed dozens in Burkina Faso last weekend, the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.

In its latest report, the think-tank Ember recommends investment and a strategy in Agrivoltaics to develop renewable electricity production capacity in Central Europe.

EU member states have not helped European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her quest for a gender-balanced EU executive, with now little time left to weigh up all the factors that would make her new line-up pass parliamentary scrutiny.

The nearly 40-year-old treaty that established the European Union's border-free travel zone is under strain as countries like Austria, France, and Germany increasingly defy its rules.