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All countries of the WHO European Region currently face severe challenges related to the health and care workforce (‎HCWF)‎, with mental health issues and ageing causing most concern.

The European Commission on Wednesday (14 September) put forward a proposal to ban all products made with forced labour from entering the bloc’s market or being exported to third countries.

The European Parliament has voted to extend the agricultural goods covered by the bloc’s new law against imports linked to deforestation to include maize, poultry and pig meat in a move hailed by campaigners, but criticised by industry representatives.

Italy supports a full ban on targeted advertising based on the tracking of users, but France seems to be on the fence with regard to a number of key elements of the proposed regulation on political advertising.   

Europe's response to Russia's war in Ukraine dominated European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's annual speech on Wednesday (14 September), but she provided little substance when it came to several important files and pressing issues facing the bloc.

The European Commission scored a major victory in court on Wednesday (14 September) as Europe’s largest ever competition sanction was upheld against Google with only a slight reduction.

Five civil society organisations decided to leave a European Commission-led expert group on sustainable finance, saying the EU executive has interfered politically in decisions such as the controversial inclusion of nuclear power in the EU’s green finance taxonomy.

Waste shipments are vital to preserve the competitiveness of the European recycling industry. While strict rules must be put in place and more importantly enforced to combat illegal waste shipments which harm the environment and human health and the recycling industry, export restrictions applicable to recycled material

The European Commission has stepped back from earlier plans to cap the price of Russian gas, proposing instead to set up a new task force with EU member state representatives that will attempt to negotiate deals with key suppliers such as Norway.

Digital technology is changing the way Europe approaches infrastructure challenges such as the massive roll-out of power grids and renewable generation capacity that underpin the green transition.

For years, EU countries have been dragging their heels on energy savings, aided by voluntary targets that were never taken seriously. This could be about to change this week.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers her annual State of the European Union address on Wednesday (14 September), outlining policy priorities for the next 12 months at a time of increasingly serious challenges for her 'geopolitical Commission'.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Poland planning to promote saving energy with a new price scheme, Mitsotakis and Kovacevski agreeing on an uninterrupted supply of coal and fuel oil from Greece, and so much more.

The government plans to put forward a plan that would benefit energy saving by combining the energy price rates with the amount of consumed energy, the Polish Press Agency (PAP) reported. As more and more countries are approving their energy...

Ensuring energy sufficiency in fossil fuels for North Macedonia was agreed by Macedonian Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski during a meeting with his Greek counterpart in Athens. The supply of lignite and coal, coming from mines in Greece in recent years,...

New Economy Minister Karel Hirman claims Slovakia may take inspiration for a cap on electricity prices from the Czech Republic

A package of three laws designed to ensure a stable supply of electricity and gas this winter, the latest in a long series of measures to address the energy crisis, was passed by the Slovenian parliament on Tuesday. The linchpin...

In an attempt to save energy, counties and cities are making plans to switch off street lights during the winter months, and major supermarket chains are considering ways to reduce electricity bill. Turning off street lights is a hard choice...

The Serbian interior ministry has banned holding the EuroPride Parade in Belgrade on Saturday, the organisers of the LGBTI+ event announced on Tuesday, adding that they would use “all of the available legal mechanisms” at their disposal to overturn this...

The Single Market Emergency Instrument (SMEI) – a new regulation that the EU Commission is expected to propose on Monday (19 September) – is under fire from stakeholders before the Commission has even formally proposed the text.