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The European Union is gearing up to revise its chemicals legislation to ban harmful substances and drive sustainability in the industry amid debates over the concept of “essential use”, which should help identify irreplaceable functions for such substances.

India announced a new multi-billion-dollar deal for French fighter jets on Thursday (13 July) as Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Paris for a two-day trip in a sign of deepening trade and diplomatic ties to counter a rising China.

The European Court of Justice recently ruled on a high-profile case with far-reaching consequences for enforcement in the fields of competition and data protection. We have discussed the verdict’s implications with Cristina Caffarra, renowned competition expert, and Johnny Ryan, senior...

A group of gas grid operators on Wednesday (12J uly) presented their plan for Germany’s main hydrogen transport network that ought to be constructed by 2032, although the government has shown little interest in funding it.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the German far-right campaigning to disband the EU, Italy wanting to reopen mines by years’ end, and so much more.

The establishment of the Forum for the Protection of Men, which socialist politician Ana Grozdanović announced on Thursday, caused a lot of controversy in Serbia, as the country faced its 22nd femicide case this year. Grozdanović announced on her Instagram page...

The largest one-time military aid package –  which includes 100 armoured vehicles from the Bulgarian police stockpile, mostly infantry carrier vehicles – was sent to Ukraine in what was Sofia’s first official decision to help Kyiv with heavy equipment, Bulgarian...

Evidence is mounting about what may be a wealth of organic molecules - a potential indicator of life - on Mars, with new findings from NASA's Perseverance rover suggesting the presence of a diversity of them at a locale where a lake existed long ago.

The Nature Restoration Law adopted by European Parliament on Wednesday, faced criticism by ruling camp and opposition Polish politicians, over the potential consequences it could have for agriculture and forestry. Critics argue that it would hit farmers and lead to...

The EU’s enlargement process has finally gained dynamics, and North Macedonia should use this momentum and take a step forward, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský (Pirates, Greens affiliated) said in Skopje on Thursday. Lipavský visited Skopje with his counterparts from...

The centre-right Partido Popular (PP, EPP) is trying to poison the political campaign in Spain by questioning the democratic transparency of the public postal voting system, Spain’s acting Prime Minister and Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez said on Thursday. At an...

Warsaw decided to drop its energy policy update ahead of the upcoming Autumn elections in order to avoid upsetting the nation's coal lobby. However, in its unofficial scenario, the government quietly admits that the decarbonisation of the Polish electricity system should accelerate, writes Michał Smoleń.

Re-launching sleeper trains in Europe might help save the environment — but it won't be easy. EUobserver embarked on a journey aboard the new night train from Berlin to Brussels, and sheds light on the attractions and obstacles.

Albanian parliament will vote on lifting the parliamentary immunity of former deputy prime minister Arben Ahmetaj on Friday, paving the way for his arrest, however, he is believed to have left the country. On Wednesday, the Council of Mandates agreed...

A separatist official in Armenian-populated Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan on Thursday (13 July) called on Russia to ensure free movement on the only road linking the breakaway region to Armenia, warning of dire humanitarian consequences.

Sweden will bring great benefits to the North Atlantic Alliance and the Nordic countries when it joins the NATO alliance, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday. In an interview with Swedish national broadcaster SVT on Thursday, Stoltenberg expressed...

The Swedish government and the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats will push ahead with a proposal to tighten the requirements for family immigration aimed at reducing the number of crossings to Sweden, the government and the party that supports the government...

The US and Nordic countries pledge to cooperate on military, climate and technology issues, Nordic leaders and US President Joe Biden said at a meeting in Helsinki as they pledged continued support for Ukraine and underlined transatlantic security. Following the...

The EU and US are urging Beijing to pledge to non-aggression in the South China Sea, amid heightened tension on Taiwan.

The scope of the 2021 corporate tax transparency directive is a major point of contention between the EU Commission, which wants to maintain what has already been agreed, and MEPs, who are calling for member states to go further.