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Following a decision on Monday by the Rijeka Port Authority Steering Board, a tender was advertised for a concession for the development and operations at the Zagreb Deep Sea container terminal at the Rijeka Port, the port authorities said on...

The Bulgarian foreign ministry has declared two Russian diplomats persona non grata and has given them 72 hours to leave the country, the ministry announced on Monday. The diplomats were expelled after the Bulgarian prosecutor’s office announced on Friday that...

Slovakia’s government has imposed a ban on recreational travel abroad from 20 March until 28 April in response to the criticism the government has received due to COVID-19 measures banning travel within the country, but not abroad. The government’s pandemic...

China’s CanSino Biologics announced that its COVID-19 vaccine has received an emergency license in Hungary from the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition (OGYÉI), Reuters reported on Monday, which was later confirmed by Hungary’s chief medical officer, Cecília Müller. Müller...

The Czech Supreme Audit Office published a report on Monday saying the Czech health ministry had made numerous mistakes while tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the report, the ministry had greatly underestimated the preparation needed, including not updating their...

The Greek government has decided to order private doctors to join the fight against COVID-19 as the situation in the region of Athens is getting out of control. The government first made an appeal to doctors to join voluntarily but...

The Estonian presidential race has begun six months early with Tarmo Soomere, president of the Estonian Academy, announcing his bid for the presidency on Sunday. Soomere hopes to take over from current president Kersti Kaljulaid, who seems unlikely to seek...

With rising infections numbers, Belgian health experts have warned that current restrictions will not be enough to keep the virus under control. At its meeting last Friday, Belgium’s Consultative Committee had refrained from imposing stricter measures for April. “If the...

French Labour Minister Elisabeth Borne has been hospitalised after she tweeted on 14 March that she had tested positive for COVID-19, her ministry confirmed on Monday. A statement from the ministry on Monday said Borne “has been placed under medical...

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is eagerly awaited in Brussels with allies hoping to rebuild transatlantic ties after Donald Trump’s departure from the White House. EURACTIV spoke to the Chargé d’Affaires of the US Mission to NATO ahead of...

The EPP lacks diversity and vision regarding the Conference on the Future of Europe and unless it rethinks its role in European politics, it will gravitate towards the Left, writes László Trócsányi.

The European Parliament's industry and energy committee passed a resolution on Monday (22 March) supporting hydrogen produced from "low-carbon" energy sources, including fossil gas with carbon sequestration. The motion stopped short, however, of mentioning nuclear as a potential energy source.

Spain's centre-right Popular Party (Partido Popular, PP) looks set to comfortably win a snap regional election scheduled for 4 May in Madrid, according to a recent poll. EURACTIV’s partner EFE reports.

The United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada imposed sanctions on Chinese officials on Monday (22 March) for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, the first such coordinated Western action against Beijing under new US President Joe Biden.

UK food and drink exports to the European Union dropped by 75% in January, the first month of life outside the EU’s single market, according to data published by the UK’s Food and Drink Federation.

European Council President Charles Michel’s personal envoy to Georgia will head back to Tbilisi this week in an effort to find a solution to the ongoing political crisis that EU officials say may jeopardise the South Caucasian country’s European aspirations....

Britain will reduce the size of the army from 76,500 to 72,500 by 2025, defence minister Ben Wallace said on Monday (22 March), unveiling plans for what he described as a more active force to better tackle the “threats of...

The coronavirus pandemic has instigated fears of economic uncertainty among various economic actors, including among consumers, distributors, and industry. However, the latest Eurostat figures show that confidence among economic actors is more or less holding up despite the health crisis.

Hallelujah. A recent spy scandal in Bulgaria has reminded us that there other things besides COVID vaccines that are geopolitically important…

Policymakers, businesses and civil society urgently need to address the unprecedented biodiversity crisis to ensure the prosperity of future generations. Smart water management contributes to protecting freshwater resources and natural ecosystems that rely on it.