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The cabinet needs to be more transparent about how billions of euros in funds greenlighted for the climate change fight will be used, the Court of Audit wrote in a letter to parliament on Wednesday.

Belgium will send new “substantial aid” to Ukraine that will not include tanks as the country’s own defence stock are limited, according to a proposal Defence Minister Ludivine Dedonder said she would present to the Council of Ministers on Friday....

Parliament approved the government’s amendment to the electricity cap with a majority on Wednesday to include households with more than three people from 1 June to 30 June next year, despite criticism from the opposition and experts.

The German economy, which grew 1.9% in 2022, is expected to only grow 0.2% this year, according to a government forecast presented by Economy Minister Robert Habeck. Reflecting on the economy last year, Habeck said “the country managed to avoid...

Former leader of Albania’s opposition Democratic Party Lulzim Basha called on the five EU countries that do not recognise Kosovo to do so at a session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (CoE) where the UK and...

Lukoil does not supply any of its fuel from Burgas, its plant in Bulgaria, to Ukraine, the company told a Russian news agency on Wednesday.

Czechia’s State Institute for Drug Control has detected illegal exports of medicines worth €2.3 million, with Deputy Health Minister Jakub Dvořáček announcing Czechia will double down on so-called “pharmacy crime”, which he said concerns the rest of Europe. The institute’s...

The West is using “colonialist methods”  as it is exerting “unprecedented” pressure on developing countries to support Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in Angola on Wednesday. In a short statement to journalists at the end of an audience with...

Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne did not rule out sending its Leclerc tanks to Ukraine but did not make an official announcement to that effect in an address to Senators on Wednesday. While Germany decided to greenlight sending heavy Leopard 2...

Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić hinted for the first time on Wednesday that Belgrade might change course and impose sanctions on Russia, one of the key EU demands for Serbia to progress in its EU membership talks. In an exclusive interview with...

The number of job-seekers in France dropped by 3.6% in the last quarter of 2022 to 3.05 million, the lowest figure since 2011. However, the French Central Bank warned that the unemployment rate might go up again in 2023.

With reports of racist incidents on the rise in France and elsewhere in Europe since 2018, a French ministerial delegation is set to publish a new National Plan against Racism and Anti-Semitism.

German economic thinking has gone through a shift. Once a fierce advocate of restraint regarding subsidies and industrial policy, Berlin is looking at how to adapt to new market realities following the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

Freelance interpreters in Belgium are organising to demand fair pay and improved working conditions against language service providers, building on the new European Commission’s guidelines, which allow individual self-employed workers to organise and negotiate collectively. 

Data that flows between Europe and the United States underpins the countries’ $7.1 trillion economic relationship and helps solidify the broader transatlantic alliance. Protecting the fundamental rights of EU citizens with strong privacy protections is foundational to individuals' confidence and trust, and a reliable data transfer mechanism is crucial for transatlantic businesses across all sectors of the economy. As the EU and U.S. implement the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework, join global technology association ITI, EU policymakers, and other experts at this Hybrid Conference explored how the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework can support Europe's economy and safeguard the privacy and civil liberties of Europeans. Organised by: ITI (The Information Technology Industry Council) Media Partner: EURACTIV

A petition led by citizens and NGOs calling for a ban on synthetic pesticides left a bittersweet taste after being delivered to the European Parliament in a ‘lively panel’ joined by the Commission, agriculture and environment lawmakers.

The US has banned the import of fresh bell peppers for consumption from Spain due to detection of the Mediterranean fruit fly, or 'Medfly', the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (Aphis) of the US Department of Agriculture has reported.

The spillover effects from Russia's war in Ukraine will continue to dominate EU-Africa ties over the coming months, amid hints of a lower ambition on the EU side.

The Flemish region of Belgium, Flanders, will no longer force-feed animals to produce foie gras as the region after its last foie gras production plant closed at the start of 2023.

A unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin was due to come into force on 6 January but the hours leading up to the temporary truce saw renewed fighting, with Kyiv rejecting the move as a trick.