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An increasing number of women in France are entering the agricultural world, dominated by men for so long. EURACTIV France takes a closer look at the role of women farmers in the country.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday (10 March) published 10 recommendations  to address what they called “the dire press freedom situation in Bulgaria”, ahead of elections early next month. 

A meeting between EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski and US agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack showed the first signs of thawing relations after the trade dispute that has soured transatlantic relations in recent years.

The European Union activated an ambitious plan on two of the most fundamental subjects for the life of its citizens, namely the Green Deal and the Digital Strategy. Global climate change can put at risk the quality of life of the people,...

Riots shook an Athens suburb late on Tuesday (9 March) as police officers clashed with demonstrators protesting against alleged police brutality, with the government and opposition accusing each other of exploiting the worsening pandemic for political gain.

The European Parliament has rejected proposals to phase out free CO2 pollution credits for industries covered by the EU’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), even as the bloc plans to gradually replace the system with a carbon levy at its border.

From digital certificates to "health passports", countries and airlines across the globe are hoping to relaunch travel by letting people prove their Covid-free status.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Portuguese not wanting to participate in the Conference on the Future of Europe but still wanting a voice, French President Emmanuel Macron granting access to over-50-year-old archives, and so much more.

The European Commission disagrees with a French government plan to restructure EDF and sees a break-up of the nuclear utility into several units as the only solution, the state-owned firm's chief executive Jean-Bernard Lévy said in an interview.

At least 39 migrants drowned off Tunisia when two boats capsized on Tuesday (9 March), the defence ministry said, as numbers risking the dangerous crossing to Europe continue to rise.

The departure of Hungarian Prime Minister’s Fidesz party from the EU centre-right family has opened the Pandora’s Box in the European Parliament and whetted conservatives’ appetite to reshape the political scene.

Following allegations of vote-rigging, Meliza-Haradinaj-Stublla has stepped down as Kosovo’s Foreign Minister and has left the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), describing the party as “unreformable.” Haradinaj-Stublla has been the subject of recent allegations of vote-rigging in the...

“We failed to prevent the horrors that took place on the European continent, and everyone knows that the great dream of those who founded the Union was peace among us. This period is in a way a black spot, while...

Croatia is ready to hospitalise 10 COVID-19 patients from the Czech Republic and Slovakia respectively, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković tweeted on Tuesday. His announcement came after a conversation with Czech PM Andrej Babiš and Slovak PM Igor Matovič. “I have...

Bulgaria’s economy shrank by 4.2% in 2020 rather than the expected 4.9% decline predicted by the European Commission, preliminary data from the National Statistical Institute found. Bulgaria’s economy in 2020 amounted to €60.6 billion, while the gross domestic product (GDP)...

A tender for choosing a contractor for the construction of a gas interconnection connecting Serbia and Bulgaria was opened Tuesday, the EU Delegation in Serbia has announced in a statement. The new interconnection will link Niš with the Bulgarian capital...

Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic called on the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Thursday to speed up the approval of Russian vaccine Sputnik V claiming that “life is at stake.” After the head of EMA’s management board, Christa Wirthumer-Hoche, had...

Joining the European People’s Party (EPP) is not on the agenda of Italy’s right-wing Lega party, according to Tuesday’s statement by party leader Matteo Salvini, in which he said he was working with Poles and Hungarians to form a new...

As Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš will visit Israel on Wednesday to learn more about vaccine strategy and production in a country he called “a leader in technologies” and “traditional partner”, the PM, together with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán...

Warsaw has dismissed claims by France’s EU affairs minister Clément Beaune that Polish authorities denied him access to Kraśnik, one of the “LGBT ideology-free” municipalities, citing the health situation. “Polish authorities recently indicated to me they weren’t capable of planning this...