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A Bulgarian criminal gang used a fake passport in the name of the Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone to advertise its counterfeiting services to potential clients, prosecutors said Friday (29 January).

Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Friday (29 January) welcomed the European Union regulator's approval of its coronavirus vaccine, although the two groups remain locked in a dispute over its supply.

Welcome to EURACTIV’s AgriFood Brief, your weekly update on all things Agriculture & Food in the EU. You can subscribe here if you haven’t done so yet.   This week:  we speak with Tassos Haniotis, director of strategy, simplification and policy...

What European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described as ‘Europe’s moment’ in December, referring to COVID-19 vaccine deals, could very well go down as ‘Europe’s mess’ in January. EU officials know that a lot is at stake if they...

EU agriculture ministers have voiced concern over the inclusion of social conditionality in the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the EU's farming subsidies programme, while stakeholders warn that this must not be forfeited in favour of clinching a quick deal.

Johnson & Johnson said on Friday (29 January) that its single-dose vaccine was 66% effective in preventing COVID-19 in a large global trial against multiple variants which will give health officials another weapon to tackle the coronavirus.

Despite a recent investment agreement reached with Beijing, there is still “much work to do” to rebalance the EU-China trade and overall economic relations, the European Commission said on Friday (29 January).

The European Commission's contract with AstraZeneca to supply COVID-19 vaccines includes Britain along with the EU as places where the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker should make its best efforts to manufacture its vaccines for the EU.

US President Joe Biden has pledged to end public funding of ‘carbon-intensive’ fossil fuel projects overseas, bringing America in line with EU plans. However, the wording may leave the door open to gas, writes EURACTIV's media partner, Climate Home News.

Welcome to EURACTIV’s Global Europe Brief, your weekly update on the EU in the global perspective. In this week's edition more on Russia sanctions, Portuguese presidency priorities and

The COVID crisis has hit economies hard but it is also providing the foodservice industry and the hospitality sector a chance to test new ways to engage customers, taking into account how their eating habits are changing.

European rail companies lost a staggering €26 billion in 2020 as the COVID-19 epidemic took a heavy toll on passenger and freight revenues across the continent, boding ill for 2021, designated to be the 'European year of rail'.

Ethics is a concept that is sufficiently difficult to grasp even absent the rigours and dynamics of the current digital world. How then do we safeguard it, while ensuring the digital ecosystem thrives?

Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here.  “It is now time to get agreement on how to tax digital businesses.“ – German Federal Minister of Finance Olaf...

The financial efforts and missions of the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) in Africa do not translate into "real political influence", Portugal's defence minister, João Gomes Cravinho, argued on Thursday (28 January).

What’s the quickest win for the Biden Administration and Europeans looking to turn a page after years of turmoil?  Daniel S. Hamilton has the answer: settle the Boeing-Airbus dispute.

Climate change can only be tackled effectively with a global approach in a multilateral framework.The EU wants to work closely with China to deploy a 'climate diplomacy' to share efforts with the rest of the world, especially with the biggest emitters.

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides have “completely failed” in the way they handled the COVID-19 vaccine contracts with the pharmaceutical industry, MEP Dimitirs Papadimoulis has said.

Vaccine battle could do widespread harm, Dutch riots spark national alarm, and new Estonian Prime Minister takes over with charm.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Portuguese citizens banned from travelling outbound for two weeks, large-scale corruption in Bulgaria, and so much more.