Energy ministers from seven EU countries have backed the initiative.

Oil and gas companies waste roughly $48 billion of energy every year due to flaring, venting and leaking of gas. Capturing these emissions could deliver global climate, economic and security benefits, but success requires bold leadership and broad cooperation.

The announcement came shortly after the Jutarnji List daily paper reported that Beros had been taken into custody by officials from the country's anti-corruption and organised crime bureau.

Bluesky has gained about 2.5 million new users in the past week, raising its total users to more than 16 million.

Russian rights group OVD-Info has recorded 21 criminal prosecutions in politically-motivated cases based on denunciations since the launch of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Seeking to prevent a repeat of violence in Amsterdam last week around a Europa League game involving Maccabi Tel Aviv, 4,000 French security personnel were deployed in and around the stadium and on public transport.

A Western security source said there could be an initial slowdown in intelligence sharing when Trump takes office in January.

Donald Trump's presidential election win has cast the United States' future role in climate talks into doubt, and tension between developed and developing nations has bubbled to the surface in negotiating rooms.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the minimum wage in Romania being on its way to increase, the Polish ruling splitting ahead of the presidential vote, and so much more.  

Romania has the highest growth rate of minimum wages in the EU over the last decade

“It was a failure of a single police officer, an act that should never have happened.”

As the old saying goes, there is nothing permanent but change. With a new European Commission about to take office, the tone of conversations in the EU bubble is very different from the ones taking place five years ago. The word is that European economic growth, resilience and competitiveness will now take precedence over the Green Deal’s priorities. The publication of the Draghi report is no stranger to these conversations as it reopened the debate on the seemingly mutually exclusive objectives of sustainability and economic considerations.

A statement from the Croatian government said it had approved purchases of six units of the armed unmanned Bayraktar TB2 aerial system through 2026.

The coalition cannot agree on a joint candidate, as each party wants its own.

The deadline for transposition from EU to national law was 23 December 2023.

“The term ‘sabotage’ has no connection to the actions carried out by our vessel."

While Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey not refer directly to the US election in his speech, policymakers are still digesting Trump's victory and the prospect of double-digit tariffs on goods imported by the United States.

The disaster in Valencia and green policies have raised the ire of the right.

Greece is keen to invest in its defences to keep up with its NATO ally and historic rival Turkey, which is also developing its own air defences, despite some improvement in relations.

Scholz and Merz offer similar diagnoses of the country's malaise - and both their prescriptions may see it turn inward.