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The “Coronavirus barometer” announced at the end of September is set to be launched this week on Friday (16 October) as Belgium battles one of the highest infection rates per capita across the EU. The barometer will grade the epidemiological...

European Parliament President Davide Sassoli is on Thursday (14 October) set to look at revising the travel decision to Strasbourg for the plenary next week, according to an EU source. The move comes as the pandemic situation in Brussels has...

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has gone into self-quarantine after coming into contact with a person who tested positive for the coronavirus. “From today on I will be working remotely. Look after yourselves and be responsible. I am wishing good...

While the European Parliament and the EU Council are failing to agree on a rule of law control mechanism, leader of the ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, Jarosław Kaczyński, is threatening to veto the EU budget and the...

European leaders need to recognise that direct investment in cities is the best way to address the immediate needs of our citizens, whilst also responding to the causes of the climate crisis, writes Rafał Trzaskowski.

The European Union has agreed to pay more than €1 billion to US pharmaceutical company Gilead for a six-month supply of its antiviral drug remdesivir, shortly before the publication of final results of the biggest trial of the COVID-19 medication.

Concerns have emerged among EU consumer groups that plans in Italy to establish a single firm overseeing the rollout of the country's future broadband infrastructure could lead to a 'quasi-monopolistic' market structure.

After the United States used strong language slamming Turkey's renewed push to send a vessel to carry out seismic surveys in the eastern Mediterranean, Germany urged Ankara not to dispel the "climate of trust" needed to de-escalate tensions with Greece.

As we approach the 2020-2021 winter season, we are facing a potential “twindemic” of COVID-19 and seasonal flu. That is why we need to show strong political leadership and take concrete policy measures to secure seasonal flu vaccine uptake, writes MEP Dolors Montserrat.

With less than four months until the New START Treaty expires, the US said on Tuesday (13 October) it had reached an "agreement in principle" with Russia on extending the last remaining bilateral nuclear arms-control accord between Washington and Moscow.

An EU agreement to monitor tap water for the presence of potentially lethal Legionella bacteria takes into consideration the emergence of newer, more effective testing methods, a national public health expert told EURACTIV.

The EU's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, and the bloc's commissioner for humanitarian aid, Janez Lenarcic, said that they were quarantining after coming into contact with people who tested positive for coronavirus during a trip to Ethiopia last week.

The Recovery Plan and Green Deal cannot deliver economic and social justice without tackling the housing crisis. Cities and regions must be in the lead to make it happen.

In the letter obtained by EURACTIV, Sassoli asked MEPs to do at least 80% of monthly working time in telework in the near future. With that, the European Parliament is preparing, slowly but surely, for a possible second lockdown.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of strong EU-African relations, Iratxe García, the leader of the Socialist and Democrat group in the European Parliament, told EURACTIV as her political group launched its Africa week (13-15 October).

The World Trade Organisation authorised on Tuesday (13 October) the EU to impose tariffs on US exports worth $4 billion in compensation for the subsidies given to Boeing by Washington. 

European Commission Vice President Věra Jourová has called journalists “the watchdogs of democracy”. She was speaking at a conference dedicated to the media situation in Bulgaria – the most problematic country in terms of media freedom in the EU.

EU ministers adopted today (13 October) a recommendation on a coordinated approach to the restrictions of free movement in response to the COVID-19 crisis, a hot topic for France's border residents who have suffered from their closure during the lockdown. EURACTIV France reports.

The European Green Capital Network, a circle of excellence gathering 31 winners and finalists of the prestigious European Green Capital Award, has recently launched a new toolkit series to help cities further advance their local sustainability transitions.

The environment committee in the European Parliament voted on Monday (12 October) to exclude fossil fuels from support under the EU’s €750 billion recovery fund intended to boost the bloc's economy in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.