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The Bulgarian government accused the North Macedonian government on Wednesday of waging a diplomatic and media campaign to discredit Bulgaria’s positions, warning Macedonians that if they do not change their “totalitarian narrative”, they will not receive support for the start...

Representatives of the Polish government confirmed Warsaw is willing to give up its veto at Thursday’s European Council in Brussels. “We expect that the latest findings will confirm that conditionality only serves to protect the budget. We also expect a...

An effort to stop President Donald Trump’s high-tech weapons deals with the UAE fell short in the US Senate as Trump’s fellow Republicans opposed resolutions of disapproval seeking to block the sale of drones and advanced F-35 fighter jets.

Almost half of the hotels in Portugal plan to close by the end of the year and groups with several hotels admit to closing 56% of them due to the pandemic’s impact, the Portuguese Hotel Association (AHP) said on Wednesday....

Europe needs to approve the EU Recovery Fund in the shortest possible time, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told the Chamber of Deputies, adding that “citizens will not forgive a contradiction of the historical agreement, which signals a deep and...

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the exiled leader of the Belarusian opposition, has called on European countries to follow Lithuania in investigating crimes committed by the regime in Belarus. “We encourage all other countries to follow this initiative of the Lithuanian prosecutor and...

Ireland’s Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar, touched base with EPP members of the European Parliament on Wednesday, as part of a video call on the ongoing trade negotiations between the UK and the EU. The call came hours ahead of a crunch...

The very dense and controversial government bill of around 50 articles aiming to “guarantee respect for the laws and principles of the Republic” by targeting the financing of associations and places of worship, education and gender equality was presented on...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel pleaded for people in Germany to reduce their contacts and urged caution ahead of the holidays in a rare emotional speech during Wednesday’s general debate in the Bundestag. “If we now have too many contacts before...

For the first time in Sweden’s history the so-called “NATO-option” has obtained a majority in parliament, meaning that while the country edges closer to Finland’s defence and security policy which has the ‘NATO-option’ as its cornerstone, it is also keeping...

The current pandemic crisis serves as a magnifying glass of all existing inequalities in Europe - racism, gender and sexual discrimination, treatment of migrants: there is still a long way to go to ensure full and real equality in Europe, write Helena Dalli and Dunja Mijatović on the occasion of the Human Rights Day on 10 December.

Two-thirds of Paris Agreement signatories are using or considering carbon pricing schemes to achieve their emission reduction targets. The EU, China, and the USA should lead a worldwide “carbon pricing coalition” for the period 2030-2050, argue Jyrki Katainen and Karl-Henrik Sundström.

Two pharmaceutical companies in line for first conditional approval for their Covid-19 vaccine by the EU's medicine regulator said Wednesday (9 December) their documents were "unlawfully accessed" during a cyberattack on a European Medicines Agency server.

As the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) became operational last month, a Greek official stated that his country had become the most important hub for gas from sources other than Russia in Southeastern Europe, also thanks to its LNG terminals.

EU-based banks and EU consumption is helping to fuel the rapacious destruction of the climate-critical Amazon rainforest, writes Giulia Bondi.

Polluting emissions have long been a concern in the dairy industry, with methane released from cow belches and flatulence fueling global warming, causing floods and droughts, which in turn impacts on production.

President-elect Joe Biden plans to name China expert Katherine Tai to serve as the nation's top trade negotiator, US media reported Wednesday (9 December).

The Arctic is a unique region and is becoming more important in international politics. The region is under high attention as the Arctic itself is changing, mostly due to climate change. However, with the attention, also must come the responsibility,...

In an exclusive interview in Amsterdam with EURACTIV’s partner EFE, Emer Cooke, the executive director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), stressed that Europeans are much “better protected" if the COVID-19 vaccine is authorised by the EU agency.