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Regular consumption of whole-grains significantly reduces the risk of death,  a recent paper by the food branch of the United Nations found, with stakeholders now calling for more action to promote whole-grains as part of a healthy diet.

Portugal will place Europe’s social model at the heart of its semester at the EU helm next year, giving a fresh push to the social agenda at a summit to take place in Porto in May, according to an official document seen by EURACTIV.

Europe’s transport sector is one of the few parts of the economy where emissions are still growing and as policy-makers mull how best to reduce mobility’s environmental impact, the idea of cranking up efficiency through technological fixes is building momentum.

Following the publication of the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy six months ago, policymakers acknowledge that the future of food is dependent – now more than ever – on innovative solutions that challenge the industry status quo. While the Strategy...

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Geothermal is competitive with wind and solar technologies and can work together with them to create a reliable supply of renewable energy, according to Francesco La Camera, who sees geothermal capacity as growing up to eight-fold in the EU by mid-century.

While legitimate worries are being expressed about funding for low-carbon technologies to meet EU climate goals, the biggest challenge will be to manage the energy transition in a way that does not deepen social inequalities, a senior EU official has said.

Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday (30 November) that Germany could face a third wave of coronavirus infections if citizens are careless in the coming weeks.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Luxembourg being the EU's least vulnerable country during the pandemic, the Spanish Ombudsman ordering the closure of a migrant reception centre, and so much more.

The Czech government is preparing an amendment to the public health law to strengthen the role of the public health office by centralising the current structure of the regional public health offices and giving more competences to the central office....

Finance minister Mihály Varga told the Parliamentary sitting on Monday (30 November) that the government will not oust Szilárd Demeter, as he has “acknowledged his mistake, revoked, deleted his writing,” Telex reported. Demeter, ministerial commissioner and head of the Petofi Literary...

Warsaw and Budapest are open to new proposals aimed at resolving the standoff over linking funds from its budget and recovery fund to the rule of law, a Polish government spokesman said on Monday. Read also: Poland, Hungary propose two-track way...

Portugal’s national flag carrier TAP saw a €700.6 million loss in the first nine months of 2020, compared with a €110.8 million loss in the same period of 2019, the company reported on Monday. Read also: Portugal’s €1.2 billion bailout...

A temporary reception camp for immigrants in Arguineguín, southern Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) has been dismantled after Spain’s Ombudsman criticised the poor conditions and inadequate treatment of some of those arriving by boat mainly from neighbouring  Morocco. A delegation of...

The regional administrations of Veneto, Piedmont, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Valle d’Aosta and the autonomous provinces of Trento and Bolzano presented a plan to the Italian government to avoid a complete shutdown of the ski sector, asking for the ski slopes...

While drug use in Finland has increased during the pandemic, figures in other Nordic countries and the rest of Europe have either decreased or stayed the same, a phenomenon that has left Finnish authorities puzzled. With people staying home and...

Disagreements over fishing rights have the capacity to derail the entire trade negotiations between the EU and the UK, Ireland’s Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Monday. “If there isn’t an agreement on this (fishing), the whole thing could fall...

Belgium is set to receive the first €2 billion from the European Commission to cover its pandemic costs, Belgian media report. A total amount of €7.8 billion in loans has been earmarked for Belgium, of which it is set to...

The highly controversial Article 24 of the Global Security Law – which was adopted on first reading by the National Assembly on 24 November and against which many have strongly protested for almost two weeks – will be voted in...

A recent deal between the fashion designer van Laack and the state chancellery of North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) has raised concerns among the state opposition’s Social Democrats (SPD). The party wants to know what role the son of state leader and...