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Slovakia will merge two of its lockdown-lifting stages, which were initially supposed to be two weeks apart, because of good health results, Prime Minister Igor Matovič announced on Monday. Starting on Wednesday (6 May), shops and services will open, while...

Every year on Remembrance Day (4 May) at 8pm, the Netherlands commemorates fallen citizens and soldiers who lost their lives since the beginning of World War II in war and during peacekeeping missions. Although citizens were to stay at home,...

The National Security Council will meet again on Wednesday morning to discuss the next phase of the exit strategy from the corona crisis, in which all shops should reopen from Monday (11 May). Meanwhile, microbiologist Emmanuel André, one of the...

More than 50 CEOs from the banking and insurance sector – including household names such as BNP Paribas, AXA, Allianz, and Santander – have joined the “green recovery alliance” in the European Parliament.

The French government has rejected a request for partial unemployment ‘aid’ from US giant Amazon after the online retailer had been asked by a French court to reduce its activities after workers unions claimed employees safety had not been guaranteed...

According to a much-awaited study published yesterday, Germany has 1.8 million COVID-19 cases, which is ten times more cases than official numbers suggest. The study was conducted in Gangelt’s 255,000-person western district of Heinsberg, which, at one point, was Germany’s...

Bulgaria is likely to veto the start of Skopje’s accession talks with the EU due to a lack of progress in the work of a bilateral committee made up of historians, who are in charge of determining the common history...

The EU's relationship with the Western Balkans appears to have turned a positive corner in recent months, with the decision to start the much-delayed accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia, and the provision of substantial COVID-19 related medical and financial support. Nonetheless, fundamental issues remain, warns Vladimir Krulj.

Most EU countries are seeing a “substantial decrease” in cases of COVID-19, and Bulgaria is the only EU country where coronavirus cases are increasing, the director of the EU’s disease control agency said on Monday (4 May).

The European Commission is mulling over plans to introduce 'new and innovative financial solutions' to support the sustainability of the EU's media sector amid the current health crisis.

Even if Russia has said that it is up to Finland to decide on its possible NATO membership, such a decision would still have negative implications for the bilateral relations, according to a study commissioned by the previous Finnish government and published on Monday (4 May).

Hopes rose in the fight against the coronavirus on Monday (4 May) as world leaders pledged billions of euros for a vaccine in a special telethon and European countries edged out of lockdown.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sent a letter to the party leaders of the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP), accusing both political opponents and allies of spreading fake news about the Hungarian coronavirus law that enabled his government to rule by decree without set time limits.

The ongoing armed conflict in Libya is going to push thousands of people, now asylum-seekers in Libyan camps, to escape towards the Southern border regions of Tunisia, Medenine and Tataouine, writes Mourad Teyeb. Mourad Teyeb is a journalist and consultant...

The European Commission is considering three options for future investments in gas infrastructure as Europe moves towards "climate neutrality" by 2050, according to a leaked memo seen by EURACTIV.

The EU's bid to regulate online platforms, the Digital Services Act, is likely to address a number of competition issues related to the digital economy, possibly through a new competition tool, the European Commission's Vice-President for Digital, Margrethe Vestager has said.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published the results of its two pilot assessments on the risks posed to humans by residues of multiple pesticides in food, but a leading European association of health/consumer groups has deemed them “unfit for purpose.”

Social dialogue and collective bargaining have delivered concrete and positive results in the handling of the COVID-19 crisis, creating tailor-made solutions. This joint approach needs to continue. We must avoid the mistakes of the 2008-09 crisis where collective bargaining and workers’ rights were sacrificed.

The EU bears a huge responsibility for what the future will look like, and has a key choice to make: work for sustainable peace by seriously tackling the root causes of conflicts, or continue the path to militarism and prepare for war, writes Laëtitia Sédou

Carnival Cruise Line has announced plans to resume operations at the beginning of August despite dozens of deaths on cruise ships during the virus pandemic and investigations into the industry’s possible role in spreading the disease around the planet. EURACTIV's partner The Guardian reports.