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Britain’s competition regulator on Monday fined Amazon £55,000 pounds after the U.S. online giant delayed an investigation into its purchase of a 16% stake in food platform Deliveroo by failing to provide documents on time.

The German football team has faced criticism for flying between the cities of Stuttgart and Basel on Sunday (6 September) instead of taking a train on the 260-kilometre journey. The Bundesrepublik’s football federation cited virus restrictions as a deciding factor....

Reaching out to Russia will make Europe less dependent on the US and turn it into a more assertive, autonomous foreign policy actor. At least that seems to be French President Emmanuel Macron's thinking. But this stance is becoming increasingly problematic for Europe and has started to erode France's own credibility.

Persons with intellectual disabilities were disenfranchised in the 2019 EU elections. The European Commission should ensure this does not happen again, writes Jurij Toplak.  

Belarus said on Monday (7 September) that police had detained more than 600 people at weekend protests and the opposition said a senior figure had been snatched off the streets, as authorities intensified efforts to end weeks of demonstrations.

The Council of Europe insists that there is an urgent need to provide "effective oversight" on the surveillance activities of international intelligence agencies and the threats to privacy that emerge as a result

Turning up the pressure on the EU, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is threatening to table new legislation and override requirements for new Northern Ireland customs arrangements, intended to prevent the return of checks at the Irish border from next year.

When the approach to maximum residue levels (MRLs) for pesticides becomes dogmatic and driven by alleged concerns on the level playing-field for EU farmers, the EU is putting at risk security of imports of agricultural raw materials and EU jobs...

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo signing an agreement in the White House to normalise econmic relations, a quarter of Austria's population has a so-called "migration background", and so much more.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said in Brussels yesterday (6 September) that he had had a good meeting with EU special envoy to the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, Miroslav Lajčak, and US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Palmer. The president also stressed...

During a meeting hosted by the White House in Washington, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Kosovo’s Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti signed an agreement with US President Donald Trump on normalising economic relations between the two countries. EURACTIV Serbia looks at...

Hundreds of people rallied in Zagreb’s main square at 5pm on Saturday (5 September) for the Freedom Festival protest against the country’s COVID-19 measures, claiming they restricted human rights. Protesters carried banners which read: “Take off the mask, turn off...

Thousands took part in a human chain that stretched from Budapest’s University of Theatre and Film Arts – currently under a student blockade – to the parliament building, protesting against what many see as an attempt to curtail the institution’s...

It’s impossible to predict exactly the timeframe necessary for a COVID-19 vaccine to become available, said Nathalie Moll, director-general of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA).

Paris and Vienna have so far been the only EU member states who have openly backed Greece in its escalating dispute with Turkey. Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said yesterday (6 September) that his country would “continue to speak quite...

The timing of Malta’s forthcoming general election will not be dependent on the election of the new Partit Nazzjonalista (PN) leader, Prime Minister Robert Abela has said. “A general election will come at a time when the country needs it,”...

The so-called ‘Oxford vaccine’ developed by Astrazeneca could be distributed by the end of 2020 if everything goes according to plan, Italy’s Health Minsiter Roberto Speranza has said. “We are investing as much as we can on the anti-Covid vaccine...

Energy company Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) announced on Friday (4 September) that regular electricity production from its Olkiluoto nuclear plant – which is currently under construction – will not start in March 2021 as planned, but a year later, in February...

Over the weekend, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) indirectly threatened to halt construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in response to the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. “I hope the Russians will not force us to...

Following the announcement on Friday that Fine Gael MEP Maireád McGuinness and European Investment Bank (EIB) vice-president Andrew McDowell have been proposed as potential successors to former trade Commissioner Phil Hogan, talk is now turning to Ireland’s likely portfolio in...