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European lawmakers have backed the Commission's proposal to extend the length of an aid package for winegrowers by an additional year.

In order to raise young people's environmental awareness, the French association of sports students, known as ANESTAPS, organised its first edition of the National Week of Sports and the Environment at the end of January. EURACTIV France reports.

The European Union and its member states should draw the consequences of the current stalemate in multilateral talks aimed at reforming the Energy Charter Treaty and consider a coordinated withdrawal, Paris has said in a letter seen by EURACTIV.

A new trade EU association for micro mobility services was launched on Tuesday (2 February) to unite eight e-scooter operators such as Lime and Bolt. Abandoned scooters and safety concerns are likely to top their policy agenda.

Electrifying public and private fleets would cut around half of all road emissions in Europe, providing a major boost for the EU’s climate goal and revolutionising clean mobility in Europe, according to a new report by industry group Eurelectric and Ernst & Young (EY).

Thirty million Europeans – the equivalent of Hungary, Austria and the Czech Republic's populations combined – were unable to adequately heat their homes in 2019, according to a new report from the Jacques Delors Institute.

Britain wants to establish a more flexible system of subsidy rules than those in place when it was a member of the European Union, business minister Kwasi Kwarteng said on Wednesday (3 February).

The Italian government is considering measures to introduce a ‘public digital identity system’ in order to better control children’s access and use of social media platforms. 

Relevant EU commissioners were not consulted and staffer members had less than 30 minutes for a “quick check” before the EU's proposed vaccine export control mechanism was presented to journalists last Friday (29 January), officials told EURACTIV.

Italy's president is expected Wednesday (3 February) to ask former head of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi to take over as prime minister following the collapse of the coalition government in the coronavirus-ravaged country.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Germany, Austria, Spain, and the EU Commission offering to help Portugal deal with the third COVID wave, former ECB chief Draghi being given the mandate to lead Italy's government, and so much more.

The state branch of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is under investigation for suspected extremist behaviour by Saxony’s Office for the Protection of the Constitution (LfV), multiple German outlets have reported. The state government can now tap into the...

BiH could start accommodating migrants in camps along the eastern border where they enter BiH with the EU’s help, Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić Radman said on Tuesday. “We are not in favour of distributing migrants across BiH, as that...

When resolving the Kosovo issue, a realistic approach should be adopted, efforts to find serious solutions be made, and a serious approach, initiative, and wish to resume the dialogue demonstrated, Serbian Foreign Minister Nikola Selaković told state public broadcaster RTS...

“I am glad to confirm that an agreement has been reached with the six banks that have launched proceedings before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington and before domestic courts, as well as with those...

While 43% of Bulgarians said they will not get vaccinated against the coronavirus, 28% said they will get the jab and another 29% remain hesitant, according to a nationally representative survey conducted by the sociological agency Trend. The trend, according...

“It is of utmost importance to know how member states act when they fight disinformation,” the Europen Commission’s vice-president for values and transparency, Vera Jourova, told the Slovak Network of Experts against Hybrid Attacks, known as SOPHIA – a recently...

Support for the ruling ANO party of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has fallen to its lowest level since the 2017 elections, although it still leads the polls with 26.5%, according to an opinion poll published on Tuesday by the Median...

While many joked that the re-opening of museums announced by the Polish government would make no difference as Poles do not visit museums anyway, crowds of people disproved the stereotype as they flocked to the National Museum in Warsaw on...

While Germany will send health workers, medical supplies, and hospital beds to Portugal as of Wednesday to help the country deal with the third COVID wave, the European Commission said on Tuesday that “it was ready to help”. Austria and...