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Google has struck a five-year deal with Agence France-Presse that will see the tech giant pay to reuse journalistic content in what is reportedly one of the largest deals of its kind. EURACTIV France reports.

Winter is coming and we will soon hear more alarming stories about smog. Air pollution continues to have a significant impact on the health of European citizens, particularly in urban areas.

As homeowners across Europe worry about the fate of their ageing gas boilers, some have pinned their hopes on switching them to hydrogen – but this may not be the way forward, a new study suggests.

For years, life in Bosnia's Breza revolved around its coal mine, but the global shift from fossil fuels to renewables threatens the industry that was once the pride of communist Yugoslavia.

Certification of energy carriers, especially hydrogen, is crucial to their marketing and for EU states to prove that they have achieved their climate goals. Now the Commission is pushing for an EU database to harmonise certification.

With its low carbon strategy, the French government aims to green agriculture through the development of carbon sequestration in soils. French farmers salute the strategy but call for stronger aids for the transition to be financially sustainable.

Austria’s energy and climate minister Leonore Gewessler told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview that her country was ready to go to court if the EU decides to include nuclear power into the bloc's taxonomy on sustainable finance.

In a shift away from European Central Bank orthodoxy, a senior bank executive  has argued that even though the ECB’s monetary policy led to a decrease in labour income inequality, its asset purchase programs would lead to wealth inequality.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about caretaker chancellor Angela Merkel calling Belarus strongman Lukashenko for the second time this week, Romania's interim energy minister blaming Russia for the natural gas crisis, and so much more.

The European Commission has proposed a progressive roll-out of the regulation on in vitro diagnostic medical devices in a bid to fight shortcomings. However, MEPs criticised the lack of notified bodies to assess their conformity and the delays of more than a decade in their application. 

The European Parliament’s Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR) have called on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to approve the country’s currently blocked recovery funding despite the rule of law standoff with Brussels in light of the pandemic and...

Albania’s Constitutional Court has announced it will review the first ever dismissal of a president, on 18 January 2022. If five of the seven members of the court approve the decision, President Ilir Meta will leave office six months prior...

A 19-year-old Italian woman of Kosovo origin, suspected of associating for terrorist purposes, was detained in Milan. Thousands of pieces of “Islamic State” propaganda footage, including beheadings, were found on her cell phone, Italian correspondent for Jutarnji list, EURACTIV’s partner,...

Nearly half of the youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina (47%) are planning to leave the country temporarily or permanently, according to a recent study by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). It is estimated that around 23,000 young people have already taken concrete...

Miroslav Lajčak, the EU’s special representative for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, said he has spoken with each side’s main negotiator and made it known that EU member countries expect the talks to finally yield concrete results. “I hosted the two Chief...

A police trade union has come forward with accusations of a “purge” after the terms of all commanders and directors ended following the passing of new legislation. The situation developed amid warnings over increased political influence on the police, an...

The head of the USKOK anti-corruption office admitted that it made an oversight by failing to notify the European Public Prosecutor’s Office about inquiries in the ‘Software’ case, saying the inquiries were no longer active and dismissing claims of a...

The European Parliament’s civil liberties committee will urge the European Commission to strengthen the monitoring and audit of EU funds for Bulgaria, including the Recovery and Resilience Facility. This is expected to happen at the committee’s next meeting on Thursday...

Germany may at first have been naive in some areas of cooperation with China, but should not sever all connections in reaction to growing tensions, Chancellor Angela Merkel has told Reuters.

On Wednesday (17 November) data from the Polish health ministry confirmed a sharp rise with 24,000 new COVID-19 cases and over 460 deaths. The new COVID-19 cases come as the Polish government faces criticism for its response to the pandemic....