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The European Commission has contacted Slovakia regarding the late introduction of EU directives, including ornamental and fruit plant health, organic varieties of agricultural plants, and the adjustment of the conditions of defence industry transfers within the EU. Slovakia, as well...

French energy company Engie and the Belgian government are set to sign contractual documents Friday, setting out the terms and conditions for restarting reactors Doel 4 and Tihange 3 in the winter of 2025.

Austrian schools may not be able to service all lessons in the coming year, teacher representatives warn amid continued staffing issues and serious disgruntlement among trade unions. While discussions about how to avert a looming shortage in teaching staff have...

Germany received the green light to support the production of so-called green steel with €2 billion, the European Commission announced on Thursday, providing much-needed relief to the country’s ailing steel sector.

Google is exploring using artificial intelligence tools to write news articles and is in talks with news organizations to use the tools to assist journalists, a company spokesperson said late on Wednesday (19 July).

Diplomatic ties between Iraq and Sweden are at an all-time low as Baghdad threatens to sever ties with Stockholm over another Quran-burning incident, while Sweden accuses Iraq of failing to abide by the Geneva Conventions and protect its diplomatic envoys....

The citizens who live far from their municipality of residence are asking to be allowed to vote in the municipality where they live, but the law that could allow them to do so might not be approved in time for...

Altice France has taken “preventive measures” like launching an internal investigation and assessing how the company is being impacted after police searches occurred on its local unit as part of an ongoing criminal investigation in Portugal, it announced. In a...

A defence cooperation agreement between the Czech Republic and the US – seen as another security guarantee for Czechia – was approved by the Czech Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday, despite the absence of votes from the far-right Freedom and...

Warsaw’s increasingly hostile attitude requires more attention to ensure the security of Russia and Belarus, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said after Poland decided to deploy its military troops on the Eastern border on Tuesday. The presence of Wagner Group mercenaries...

One cannot call marriage a union of two people of the same sex, it would be more appropriate to define it as a union between a person and an animal, Mariano Latorre, candidate of the far-right VOX – party in...

The European Parliament edges closer to having a new seat allocation as all EU countries but Estonia agreed on a compromise giving France, Belgium, and Poland extra seats while also certifying the death of transnational lists and urging Parliament to...

With Sunday’s snap general election in Spain marking the last European election before the summer recess, EURACTIV and EuropeElects will take a deep dive into how elections could shape countries across Europe for the rest of the year. Spanish voters...

EU climate Chief Frans Timmermans’ potential candidacy for the joint list of the Labour Party (PvdA/S&D) and GroenLinks (GL/Greens) caused a stir among right-wingers, including from the Netherlands, on Thursday.

Russia jolted world grain markets with an escalation in the Black Sea, mounting a third straight night of air strikes on Ukrainian ports and issuing a threat against Ukraine-bound vessels to which Kyiv responded in kind.

July 2023 will probably be the world's hottest month in "hundreds, if not thousands, of years," top NASA climatologist Gavin Schmidt said Thursday (20 July).

The French government underwent its second reshuffle since June 2022 on Thursday (July 20), with seven ministers being pushed out, including those in charge of health and education.

Spanish voters will hit the polls on Sunday for a snap general election — with a huge fork in the road ahead, between a centre-right plus far-right Vox coalition, or a centre-left plus Sumar one.

Lawmakers in the European Parliament have hashed out agreements on some less controversial parts of the proposal to regulate travel tech platforms, but differences remain around critical aspects such as the administrative procedures and the 'compliance by design' concept.

The EU agreement with Tunisia on 16 July follows similar past efforts, dating back to 2014, to stem migration, shore up borders, and ease Tunisians into more lucrative jobs in Europe.