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The European Parliament voted Tuesday (13 September) in favour of a regulation requiring companies to ensure products sold in the EU do not come from deforested or degraded land, a move hailed as a "ray of hope" by green campaigners.

Prime Minister Edi Rama said he would start lobbying the EU to include and recognise the Albanian university system as Albanian children returned to school this week. During his speech at the National Congress of Education, Rama said lobbying will...

French President Emmanuel Macron presented on Tuesday (13 September) a plan for a six-month citizen consultation on euthanasia, with stakeholders confident he is ready to move forward on the issue.

Engie Romania, a natural gas company, refused to supply a non-household consumer at a fixed price over the next 12 months, saying it cannot guarantee such contract conditions in the current market context. Read more. A hotel company in Predeal...

The implementation of a temporary rate ceiling to contain the quick rise of rate mortgages directly linked to soaring inflation was presented by the left-wing Unidas Podemos (United We Can/GUE-GNL), a government coalition partner, on Tuesday. The leftist formation proposed...

Promoting and adopting cutting-edge technologies in infrastructure is crucial to overcome the EU’s current energy crisis and achieve the bloc’s green and digital goals.

For years, some of us have been saying that the safest, cleanest and cheapest energy is that which we don’t use. With the Ukraine war and rapidly falling gas supplies coming from Russia, this is truer than ever, writes Niels Fuglsang MEP, who defends a 14.5% energy efficiency target for 2030.

On top of rising costs, Europe’s companies are facing another worry – the lack of skilled workers – which is becoming more prominent than ever before. Companies all over the continent lament their increasing inability to find workers in a...

The motion for legal assessment on the family reunion directive, which would mean that between 6,000 and 8,000 family members could see an extension on application time limits, was rejected by the Council of State on Tuesday. According to the...

Coalition partners have agreed that creeping tax increases on low-wage earners will be removed from the start of 2023 ‘Bracket creep’, or ‘cold progression’ as it is known in German, occurs when inflation pushes taxpayers into higher income tax brackets...

The Serbian police officially banned Belgrade EuroPride late on Tuesday, following a call to ban by President Aleksandr Vucic, but supporters, including MEPs are adamant a compromise can be found, and the event will go on.

If Bulgaria allows two more breaches of air pollution standards this year, the country may have to close its coal-fired power plants, warned Minister of Energy Rosen Hristov on Tuesday. This is a considerable risk for the entire region as...

The European Commission wants to connect the dots on the digitalisation of the energy sector with new flagship initiatives such as the creation of an energy data space and a digital twin of the energy grid, according to draft proposals seen by EURACTIV.

The European Commission should establish a strategic reserve system with key raw materials, Czech Industry and Trade Minister Jozef Síkela said.

Portugal’s public prosecutor’s office is investigating a cyberattack against the Armed Forces General Staff in which classified NATO documents were extracted and put up for sale on the ‘dark web’, the Attorney General’s Office said on Tuesday. “The establishment of...

Paschal Donohoe’s position as chair of the Eurogroup could be at risk, according to some, as a planned shift in government organisation approaches. The country’s tripartite coalition government is due a reformulation on 15 December, with the position of Taoiseach passing...

Two prominent members of the German Left Party have quit after a parliamentary speech slamming the West’s “economic war” against Russia sparked controversy. Former MEP and MP Fabio de Masi announced his exit from the party on Tuesday, after Ulrich...

Diplomatic activity is high in the capital of Kazakhstan where Pope Francis arrived on Tuesday (13 September) with messages about the need to ease Cold War-style confrontations and rhetoric. The vist takes place back to back with the official visit of the President of China Xi Jinping, his first trip abroad since the pandemic.

On a visit to the capital of Kazakhstan on Tuesday (13 September) which he called “pilgrimage of dialogue and peace”, Pope Francis spoke of the need to ease Cold War-style confrontations and rhetoric.

The United States is considering options for a sanctions package against China to deter it from invading Taiwan, with the European Union coming under diplomatic pressure from Taipei to do the same, according to sources familiar with the discussions.