On World Sexual Health Day, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) calls for urgent measures to stifle the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STI) in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) amid rising diagnoses. 

Resistance to the Hungarian presidency's approach to the EU's draft law to combat online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) was still palpable during a member states' meeting on Wednesday (4 September).

Poor soft wheat harvests in Europe and increased demand in third countries could intensify the ‘Russification of the market’ to the detriment of the EU, according to experts.

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has a delicate political balance to strike in her picks for the most important jobs in the EU's executive, in addition to the one-on-one back-room talks with the national leaders who nominate commissioners, she also needs to consider the overall party-political makeup of both national governments and the European Parliament.

The leader of Forza Italia (EPP) in the European Parliament, Fulvio Martusciello, confirmed that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen plans to grant Italy an executive vice presidency despite the ECR not being part of the pro-European majority in the Parliament. 

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is likely to look at restructuring government responsibilities after requesting a slew of top ministers to resign as part of the biggest shake-up of the wartime government, expected for Thursday.

The conclusions of the roundtable on the future of EU agriculture call for a shift away from land-based subsidies towards more support for small farms and incentives for producers who go green while supporting demand for healthy and sustainable diets. 

A day after the EU’s top court issued a ruling seemingly limiting the Commission’s authority to halt ‘killer acquisitions,’ influential think tank Bruegel said that EU’s competition regulator should have a stronger regulatory strategy reviewing these.

Commissioner hearings in the European Parliament are some way off. Nominations are in but there is no obvious contender for the health portfolio.

EU policy think thank Bruegel is hosting its annual summit on Wednesday (4 September) to kick start Brussels' policy debate on where legislation should go in the next five years. Check our live updates here for the key take aways of the day

The United States announced criminal charges on Tuesday (3 September) against Hamas' top leaders over their roles in planning, supporting and perpetrating the deadly 7 October attack in southern Israel.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about bomb threats targetting Czech and Slovak schools, Turkey and Greece seeking to bypass the Bulgarian transport chaos, and so much more.

Nicaragua's regime-aligned Congress approved a law Tuesday (3 September) empowering domestic courts to pass rulings against people and entities abroad that are found to promote sanctions against the internationally criticized government.

The Ukrainian minister in charge of weapons production resigned on Tuesday (3 September) in anticipation of another defence role and four other ministers stood down in a major government shake-up at a critical juncture in the war with Russia.

The Green Energy Corridor launched in Bucharest two years ago, entered a new phase on Tuesday with the establishment of a joint venture company to carry out the feasibility study and oversee the implementation of the gas supply initiative from the Caspian region to Eastern European countries.

At least 12 migrants died off the northern French coast on Tuesday (3 September) trying to cross the Channel to England in the deadliest such disaster this year, the French government said after a major rescue operation.

Transport operators from Turkey and Greece have united around the idea of finding an alternative corridor to bypass Bulgaria because of the ongoing transport chaos in the country, the Chamber of the Bulgarian Road Hauliers (CBRH) has said.

Britain and the European Union must turn their "first steps" to rebuild trust into a "steady walk" as they confront common challenges, the president of the Eurogroup of eurozone finance ministers said on Tuesday (3 September) .

Schools in Czechia and Slovakia faced bomb threats on Tuesday morning, leading to school closures, modified schedules and urgent police investigations.

The Volhynia massacre, in which the Ukrainian Insurgent Army ethnically cleansed Poles in what is now eastern Ukraine during the Second World War, has come to haunt Polish-Ukrainian relations.