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After the Spanish Q&A in October 2020, in March 2021 the Netherlands too have issued clear indications on the use of the term ‘probiotic’. This is just the tip of the iceberg in probiotics legislation and practices across Member States in the EU.

The UK has promised a greener and more pleasant land after breaking free of the EU’s farming subsidy programme. But some warn that the new plans could leave small farms at a disadvantage and leave British farmers on uneven and uncertain ground.

As the European Commission is considering how to regulate genetically modified (GM) products created with new GM technology, Eleonora Evi argues that the EU must continue to label all GM food as such, regardless of the technology used to produce it.

European lawmakers adopted their negotiating position on the European Commission's proposal for the digital green certificates on Thursday (29 April), paving the way for what is likely to be a tough inter-institutional negotiation with the Council representing the 27 member states.

As the end of its presidency approaches, Portugal will call another decisive two-day 'super trilogue' to wrap up for good talks on the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform. The agriculture minister Maria do Céu Antunes takes a stock of the negotiations in an exclusive interview with EURACTIV.

In a video interview, Poland's climate and environment minister speaks about the government's efforts to phase out coal and develop a more diversified energy mix in Poland, saying solar rooftop has brought "a real revolution" in the way Polish people perceive the climate crisis and the energy transition.

The European Union aims to become climate neutral by 2050 and is tightening its climate goals for 2030 as a result. In this special report, EURACTIV looks at some of the implications for business and industry, in partnership with the Togetair climate summit in Poland.

European Union countries introducing their own COVID vaccination certificates would have to grapple with a myriad of disjointed systems if the bloc fails to build a shared one, a senior official said on Wednesday (28 April).

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Northern Ireland's First Minister resigning, Bulgaria mulling the purchase of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, and so much more.

US ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Eric Nelson, wrote on his blog that “the United States remains a friend to BiH and firmly supports its territorial integrity and sovereignty”, while also launching an attack on the governing of BiH politicians...

Online content deemed "terrorist" in nature can be ordered removed within an hour in the EU under stricter rules adopted on Wednesday (28 April) by the European Parliament.

Albania’s Socialist Party (SP), the projected winner of recent parliamentary elections, is set to launch the procedure to dismiss President Ilir Meta once the Central Elections Commission has announced the final results. Taulant Balla, the chief socialist in parliament stated...

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has clocked 38% more time in the media than Prime Minister Ana Brnabić and the entire Serbian government combined. That finding was the result of an analysis of prime time national news broadcasts carried out by...

Croatia’s President Zoran Milanović said on Wednesday that the country’s armed forces were one of the pillars of a civil, democratic state. “The Croatian Army, which means you, will build its future on international institutions. The circumstances are such that...

Slovenia plans to significantly exceed the green spending target set in the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility but will not take advantage of the entirety of the available loans, according to the National Recovery and Resilience Plan that the government...

The Bucharest Medicine University will organise a “vaccination marathon” between 7 and 10 May, where Romanian citizens and foreign residents can get the Pfizer shot without prior appointment. There will be 50 vaccination lines open and they will function non-stop...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced alarm Wednesday (28 April) at a deterioration of press freedom in Hungary and vowed to press Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to respect pluralism.

A Bulgarian parliamentary committee has passed a motion to purchase the Russian Sputnik V vaccine despite it not having been approved for use in the EU. The health committee of the recently constituted parliament supported the Socialists’ (BSP) proposal to...

Russian and Chinese media are systematically seeking to sow mistrust in Western COVID-19 vaccines in their latest disinformation campaigns aimed at dividing the West, a European report said on Wednesday (29 April).

Steel, cement and fertilisers should be among the first sectors protected by the upcoming carbon levy to safeguard European business from cheaper, CO2 intensive imports, according to Poland.