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Finland wants EU member states to sign a joint formal petition for the respect of human rights and non-discrimination in all sectors of society, including in sports, as Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and the Finnish president of the International Ice...

Canada has become the latest country to agree to roll over the terms of its EU trade deal with the UK after the Brexit transition period ends on 31 December. The agreement does not give businesses on either side of...

Clashes took place in Paris on Saturday between the police force and protesters who defended press freedom and opposed a government bill currently being debated by France’s National Assembly that would make it a crime to circulate an “image of...

Spain's strategy to curb a rise in coronavirus infections "is working", Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Sunday (22 November) as he unveiled details of plans to vaccinate much of the population next year.

Following their three-day virtual party conference, Germany’s Greens have a new basic programme, including a commitment to the Paris Climate targets to limit the Earth’s warming to 1.5 degrees, which is described as “the central basis for the Greens’ policy,”...

The country’s police will be on patrol during the Christmas season to ensure that the rules on gatherings are observed, but will not be able to enter homes to check, Belgium’s home affairs minister, Annelies Verlinden, said. The Consultative Committee...

Had there been no epidemic, the assembly of the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) would have already decided about the exclusion of Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party, Manfred Weber, the group’s leader in the European Parliament, told Flemish De Standaard, Hungarian...

France said Sunday (22 November) it expects Turkey to de-escalate international tension with actions instead of words ahead of an EU decision on possible further sanctions against Ankara.

The EU beer market estimates that its sales have dropped by 20% so far this year, a figure which could rise to 25% by the end of the year, the secretary-general of the Brewers of Europe, told EURACTIV in an interview.

Europe is set to lift its flight ban on the Boeing 737 MAX passenger jetliner in January after US regulators last week ended a 20-month grounding triggered by two fatal crashes.

Kazakhstan is to hold parliamentary elections for the Majilis, the lower chamber of the Kazakh parliament, on 10 January 2021. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the Central Asian country is inviting observers and journalists and is hoping to attract international attention.

In contrast to the often-mistaken view that Real Estate Investment Trusts do not pay tax, recent research commissioned by EPRA and undertaken by PwC shows that REIT regimes are significant tax contributors in the jurisdictions they operate in within Europe.

Dr Bertalan Mesko, PhD is The Medical Futurist and the Director of The Medical Futurist Institute analysing how science fiction technologies can become reality in medicine and healthcare.  Along with John D. Halamka, President of the Mayo Clinic Platform, he...

G20 nations emphasised the need for global access to coronavirus vaccines at a Saudi-hosted virtual summit Saturday (21 November) dominated by efforts to tackle the pandemic and the worst global recession in decades. World leaders, including US President Donald Trump...

Germany would need to reach a consensus within government that a telecoms vendor poses a national security threat in order to exclude its equipment from national 5G networks, according to draft legislation reviewed by Reuters on Friday (20 November).

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte warned his cabinet Friday to beef up online security after a journalist logged into a confidential EU videoconference using information posted on a minister’s Twitter account. RTL Nieuws said reporter Daniel Verlaan logged into a...

European Council President Charles Michel on Friday (20 November) called on G20 leaders to create “a new model of sustainable finance” to avoid sovereign defaults in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.

EU ambassadors want the European Commission to adopt more stringent measures to tackle 'manipulative dissemination techniques' of disinformation across the bloc as part of the executive's upcoming Democracy Action Plan, according to documents obtained by EURACTIV.

Over the course of the last two months, China has made an emissions-busting pledge, while Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential race is likely to shift Washington’s climate policy.

In September, the EU and China have agreed to establish a High-level Environment and Climate Dialogue to pursue joint commitments in the fight against global warming.