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Sweden's parliament on Tuesday (20 June) adopted a new energy target, giving the right-wing government the green light to push forward with plans to build new nuclear plants in a country that voted 40 years ago to phase out atomic power.

A 50-billion euro plant to produce green hydrogen is among the many investments announced on the occasion of the visit of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to Kazakhstan on 19-21 June.

Anaphylaxis, a severe and life-threatening reaction triggered by allergies, is a major health risk due to its rapid onset while immediate access to adrenaline auto-injectors (AAIs) is not equal in the EU. It results namely in a drop in blood...

How to prevent anaphylaxis and inequalities caused by divergent access to first-line emergency treatments across Europe?

On 27 June, the Members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and national parliaments of the EU Member States will meet in an Interparliamentary Committee Meeting (ICM).
Members of the European Parliament will debate with their counterparts from the Member States 'The cost of non-enlargement' and 'Strengthening security and democratic resilience through the enlargement process'. Gert-Jan Koopman, Director-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations from the European Commission and Aude Maio-Coliche, Director for Strategic Communication and Foresight from the European External Action Service will participate in the sessions.
Participants are also invited to a special address by H.E. Ms Aïssata Tall Sall, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Senegal, followed by an exchange of views.
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Read this article in Romanian. The newly appointed Minister for Digitisation, Bogdan Gruia Ivan laid out his priorities to speed up Romania’s digital transition as the country lags behind European peers. Social democrat Ivan recently took over Bucharest’s Innovation, Research...

Poland’s climate minister, Anna Moskwa, caused shockwaves in Brussels last week when she announced that Poland would file a lawsuit against a recently-adopted EU regulation requiring all new cars in Europe to be zero-emission as of 2035.

EU member states gave their initial thoughts on the European Commission’s proposal to slash CO2 emissions from trucks and buses on Tuesday (20 June), with familiar fault lines opening between countries pushing for greater ambition and those who want the proposal to be "more realistic".

Leaders and representatives from more than 60 countries are expected in London from Wednesday for a two-day conference to secure funding to help Ukraine recover from the ravages of war.

To ensure circularity, it is critical that secondary raw materials find their way into new products with the least environmental impact.  Paper recycling is already high-quality recycling, as it is recycled back into paper products. A material recycling loop is...

Romanian prosecutors on Tuesday (20 June) charged US-British social media influencer Andrew Tate, who has gained millions of fans by promoting an ultra-masculine lifestyle, with human trafficking, rape and forming a gang to sexually exploit women.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Austria wanting neutral states to have more of a voice in security talks, Slovakia's president confirming she will not seek re-election, and so much more.

This week EURACTIV’S health team explores why fertility is decreasing across the globe, what challenges people face when they want children and the situation of fertility treatments in Europe. For that, Health Reporter Marta Iraola talks with Dr Carlos Calhaz-Jorge,...

Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic promised the highest safety standards will be applied during the construction of Croatia’s first radioactive waste disposal site near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina after a joint session of Croatian and Bosnian governments in Zagreb, though Bosnia’s Foreign Trade Minister, Stasa Kosarac was reportedly less convinced.

US President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden has agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes and to enter into an agreement that could avert a conviction on a gun-related charge.

Providing support to Moldova in advancing towards EU accession talks remains a key priority of Romania’s foreign policy, Romania’s new Foreign Minister Luminita Odobescu said on her first trip to Moldova on Tuesday, ahead of the European Commission’s presentation on...

The European Commission has proposed on Tuesday (20 June) to add an extra €1,5 billion to the European Defence Fund programme through the new European sovereignty fund.

Ukraine and Moldova have made good reform progress and are expected to wrap them up in the next months, while bigger efforts are required from Georgia, an internal European Commission update is expected to say this week, indicating how fast the countries could progress on their path toward future EU membership.

At the Strategic Council for Cooperation between Serbia and Hungary in Palić, an agreement was signed on the establishment of a joint venture for gas SERBHUNGAS d.o.o. between Srbijagas and the Hungarian electricity company.

The resignation of top judge Michel Claise due to a conflict of interest puts the entire judicial investigation into the Qatargate corruption scandal into question, a Brussels-based lawyer told EURACTIV.com. “The news of Michel Claise’s resignation is disruptive because the...