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The Bundestag should have more say when it comes to new coronavirus restrictions, according to MPs from the liberal FDP, the Greens, leftist party Die Linke, and some grand coalition MPs. They have criticised Chancellor Angela Merkel’s approach to addressing...

Belgium’s health ministers are set to adjust the COVID-19 test strategy in a bid to reduce long waiting times. According to the new system, those with no symptoms will no longer be tested, even if they had contact with a...

The European Parliament has so far recorded 56 registered COVID-19 cases, EURACTIV has learnt. However, the EU House does not have information on how many tests of officials were conducted elsewhere and were not declared. Sources suggest that more than...

Kosovo and Serbia have agreed in Brussels on a draft agreement on finding missing persons, which will be functional once a final agreement is reached, participants in a meeting of the Kosovo government’s Commission on Missing Persons said on Monday...

Serbia’s public debt in mid-October surpassed €27 billion, of which €400 million was in the form of unsecured debt of local self-governments, said Belgrade Faculty of Economics, Finance and Administration (FEFA) Professor Goran Radosavljević on Monday (19 October). “The public...

Romania’s main objective is finalising the strategic interconnection projects, said President Klaus Iohannis about the talks that took place at the Three Seas Initiative summit. The European Commission has repeatedly criticised Romania’s limited capacity to connect with its neighbours ”The...

The Hungarian parliament has elected András Zsolt Varga to head the country’s supreme court for the next nine years. The former deputy of  controversial Chief General Prosecutor Péter Polt and law professor, had never served in judicial capacity before being...

The Czech Coal Commission will meet on Tuesday (20 October)  to discuss whether the country should phase out coal by 2033, 2038 or 2040. While Trade, Industry and Transport Minister Karel Havlíček said he would back a coal phase out...

Poland’s biggest stadium, located in Warsaw, will be transformed into an emergency field hospital which should provide 500 emergency hospital beds as the number of coronavirus cases continue to rapidly increase, the government has decided. Although an official opening date...

In a move that triggered strong reactions, the prosecutor of the Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn case suggested that those convicted for directing a criminal organisation should be given a suspended sentence. According to Adamantia Oikonomou, they are not suspected of...

The Spanish autonomous communities of the north-east Aragón and Navarra regions on Monday (19 October) implemented new restrictions to curb the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, EFE reported. While bars and restaurants will only be allowed to be at...

The new COVID-19 government decree came into force on Monday (19 October), meaning local administrations will now be able to close streets and city squares after 9pm, though it remains unclear which specific institution will hold such power. Most mayors...

Action movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme has come to the rescue of a three-month-old chihuahua, saving her from euthanasia on Monday (19 October) after a legal tussle between Norway and Bulgaria.

The European Union “cannot achieve” climate neutrality without critical raw materials like lithium and rare earths, says Commission vice-president Maroš Šefčovič. It now needs to be “much more strategic” in relations with supplier countries in order to ensure the bloc's “strategic autonomy,” he argues.

Romania has the largest area of ​​virgin forests in the whole of the EU. Home to a large number of animal and plant species, they are endangered by illegal logging, as seen in a recent documentary starring ultramarathon runner Andrei Roșu.

Consumers group BEUC has weighed in on the debate over the naming of plant-based products, saying that 80% of surveyed consumers had no issue with meat or dairy-like terms being used for alternative products.

On a windy August afternoon in 2017, Akitsinnguaq Ina Olsen was relaxing in the old harbour of Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, when a Chinese icebreaker sailed unannounced into the Arctic island’s territorial waters.

Investigation alleges Lactalis breached environmental regulations at several plants and released milk derivatives that killed fish. EURACTIV's media partner, The Guardian, reports.

The EU's diplomatic chief on Monday (19 October) welcomed President Donald Trump's announcement that he is ready to remove Sudan from a US blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism.

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