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The Italian plan on how to spend the resources of the EU Recovery Fund is on track to be presented to the European Commission on time, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told Italy’s farmers’ trade union Confagricoltura on Monday (28...

While automakers are busy making plans to roll out electric vehicles, the existing car fleet will continue relying on traditional fuels for many years to come, the industry says, arguing in favour of biofuels to achieve CO2 cuts in the short term.

The Liberal Democrats have confirmed their acceptance of Brexit by ruling out campaigning for the UK to swiftly rejoin the EU. The centrist pro-EU party suffered a terrible result in last December’s general election, winning just 11 seats after campaigning...

France and Lithuania agreed that the EU should decide on sanctions against Belarus at the summit of the bloc’s leaders later this week, the Baltic country’s president said on Monday (28 September). “We agreed that the EU cannot waste time...

Finland, Sweden and Estonia will jointly assess new information concerning the disaster of M/S Estonia, the countries’ foreign ministers announced in a joint statement released on Monday (28 September). M/S Estonia shipwreck in 1994 is considered to be one of...

The US and Belgium said on Monday (28 September) they had reached a “preclearance” agreement which will allow US-bound passengers from Brussels to undergo US customs and immigration checks before departing Europe. A “preclearance” agreement will allow passengers to then...

The United States and Greece called on Monday for a peaceful resolution of maritime disputes in the east Mediterranean as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo began a two-day trip to Greece amid increased regional tension over energy resources.

Sixteen months after the election, Belgium is closer to finally forming a government, following a day of talks on Monday (28 September) between all seven coalition negotiators for a potential ‘Vivaldi coalition’ government (PS, sp.a, MR, Open Vld, Ecolo, Groen...

If the country does not do more to deal with local outbreaks, “we will have 19,200 infections a day by Christmas,” the newspaper Bild reported German Chancellor Angela Merkel as saying during a call with some of her party’s top...

In an interview with weekly newspaper Expresso, US Ambassador to Lisbon George Glass demanded that Portugal choose between the American “friends and allies” and the “economic partner” China, and threatened consequences linked with security and defence. In response to these...

The United States and Belgium said on Monday (28 September) they had reached an agreement that will allow US-bound passengers from Brussels to undergo US customs and immigration checks before departing Europe.

African countries lose an estimated $88.6 billion each year, equivalent to 3.7% of the continent’s economic output, in illicit capital flight, according to the UN Economic Development in Africa Report 2020 published on Monday (28 September).

A professional reconversion scheme for coal workers that was once billed as Romania’s most ambitious green jobs programme to date has fallen into disarray one year after its launch following the recent change of government.

French President Emmanuel Macron insisted on Monday (28 September) that Europe should cooperate with Russia to build peace in Europe, despite calls among European Union peers to review his stance towards Moscow after the poisoning of a Russian opposition leader.

Fifty ambassadors to Poland have written an open letter calling on Warsaw to help forge "an environment of non-discrimination, tolerance and mutual acceptance" as international concerns grow over the treatment of LGBT+ people in the country.

Britain and Canada on Monday (28 September) joined the European Union in pledging to protect 30% of their land and seas by 2030 to stem "catastrophic" biodiversity loss and help galvanise support for broader agreement on the target ahead of a UN summit.

Fierce fighting raged between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces on Monday, sparking bellicose rhetoric from regional power Turkey despite international pleas for a halt in fighting between the long-time enemies.

The European Commission has outlined its vision for a European Digital Identity, which would seek to provide a 'trusted and secure' form of online identification for the use of public and private services, according to documents obtained by EURACTIV.

Plans to ditch one- and two-cent euro coins have moved forward, as the Commission starts to crunch the numbers on new minting and pricing rules. Should the eurozone banish its two smallest denominations of currency?

The European Commission has repeated its warning of legal action unless the UK government withdraws its controversial Internal Market Bill which would break the Withdrawal Agreement that took the UK out of the bloc in January, Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič said on Monday (28 September).