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In the context of the Covid-19 crisis, the truck transport industry that ensures the security of supplies and food on our tables deserves praise, and an honest and transparent discussion, away from protectionist stereotypes, writes Petar Vitanov.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and nine Central and Eastern European foreign ministers took a swipe at Russia on Thursday (7 May), denouncing what they described as "a regrettable effort to falsify history".

Lawmakers in the European Parliament's Civil Liberties committee have signalled their disapproval at the UK's participation in a fingerprint data exchange scheme with EU member states after the country's decision to withdraw from the bloc.

Since the attempted coup in Turkey in summer 2016, the number of asylum applications submitted by Turkish citizens in Germany has increased significantly. In 2019, Turkish asylum seekers were the third-most-registered group, after Syrians and Iraqis, according to the country's agency for migration and refugees (BAMF). EURACTIV Germany reports.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Croatia's now-former defence minister resigning hours after saying a plane crash that killed two Air Force members was part of a regular training flight, France's deconfinement plan, and so much more.

The European Commission on Thursday (7 May) proposed scrapping the usual conditions for countries using the eurozone’s bailout fund as they try to revive their economies hit by the coronavirus epidemic. The proposal may make the fund more palatable for...

European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde has responded to a recent German court ruling that challenged the bank's authority by saying the ECB is an independent institution, accountable to the European Parliament, that will continue to do whatever it takes to deliver its mandate.

Curfews have paralysed traffic as the COVID-19 pandemic hit many cities, which have started to use this opportunity to promote the bicycle revolution and ban cars from their inner cities. EURACTIV Germany takes a look at Paris, Brussels and Berlin.

The EU on Thursday (7 May) defended agreeing to let Beijing censor an article by European ambassadors published in Chinese media to remove a reference to the coronavirus originating in China.

As authorities across Europe prepare for a stepwise lift of coronavirus lockdown measures, they are facing a make-or-break moment for urban mobility. Yoann Le Petit details four proven strategies that should keep cities free of pollution as normality starts to return.

For the first time since 2003, the US-based NGO Freedom House hadn't ranked Serbia among "semi-consolidated democracies" in its report. Instead, the NGO put Serbia in the "hybrid regimes" category based on authoritarianism as a result of incomplete democratic change.

The United Kingdom is preparing to walk away from trade talks with the EU and blame the impasse on the coronavirus pandemic, EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan said on Thursday (7 May)

Since the beginning of the week,  cafes and restaurants with open-air spaces, as well as beaches have opened in Hungary outside of Budapest, where strict restrictions continue to apply. This has prompted many Hungarians with summer homes outside the capital to consider leaving the city for the countryside.

For the newly established European Public Prosecutor's Office to be a real game-changer, it must have sufficient financial resources and enough full-time European delegated prosecutors to conduct independent investigations in the member states, chief prosecutor Laura Codruța Kövesi said in her first exclusive interview in the new position.

German court ruling gives ECB a fright, global leaders pull together with all of their might, and in some places it seems a lockdown end is in sight.

From Sunday (10 May), Belgian citizens will be allowed to receive up to four other people at home, always the same ones. Upon announcing the new relaxed measure, experts and politicians said the government is counting on people’s common sense...

Four in 10 British pubs face going out of business by September unless they get further financial support from the government to compensate them for lost business from the coronavirus pandemic.

The final report for Finland's two-year basic income experiment carried over the course of 2017 and 2018 was published on Wednesday (6 May).

Yesterday, the French government unveiled a deconfinement plan that would kick off on Monday (11 May), which will have the country divided into two zones. EURACTIV France looks into what this partial deconfinement plan will look like.

Watch how wind energy is helping Europeans during the Covid-19 crisis – and how it will help them recover from it too.