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Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić said that the recent Commission report on her country was “the best report of European Commission in the last few years". However, a more in-depth view actually shows that the report is very critical.

Where do the EU and its member states stand in terms of animal welfare and what is being done in terms of policy? In this infographic, EURACTIV takes a look at some of the key facts and figures.

European farmers’ leeway for planning the changes needed to implement Common Agricultural Policy's new green architecture is shrinking, as it remains uncertain whether all member states will submit the national strategic plans on time.

The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted gender equality, mental and reproductive health across Europe, with little to no progress being made over the last 12 months, according to a report presented on Thursday (28 October) by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). 

Heating represents nearly half of the EU final energy consumption and is structurally one of the most difficult sector to decarbonise. Europe faces an urgent need to roll out a cost-effective plan that can match environmental and energy objectives.

The spread of disinformation from inside and outside the EU poses a growing threat to Europe and beyond, but there is no quick fix, according to stakeholders.

As pressure is growing on Huawei traditional business lines, the Chinese company is attempting to diversify its business portfolio by focusing more on the development of digital ecosystems and software applications.

Over 100 countries worldwide, including the United States, Japan and the UK, have pledged to hit net zero emissions by 2050 - a goal which also became law across the European Union this year. But what is a net target and how does the EU plan to get there?

For the COP26 climate conference to be a success, world leaders must be willing to deliver concrete action, including honouring their financial commitments to a fair and just climate transition, writes Nicola Sturgeon.

President Joe Biden told Southeast Asian nations on Wednesday (27 October) the United States would stand with them in defending freedom of the seas and democracy and called China's actions towards Taiwan "coercive" and a threat to peace and stability.

The pushback from EU countries against the European Commission's new forest strategy, which seeks to protect biodiversity and enhance the role of trees in capturing CO2, has been "hyperbolic", according to the forestry NGO Fern.

The world's economy is currently a free rider on the vital services forests provide. This system needs to be replaced by investment into forest protection which sees trees as what they are - the natural infrastructure our economy is dependent on, argues Daniel J. Zarin.

The top US military officer, General Mark Milley, has provided the first official US confirmation of a Chinese hypersonic weapons test that military experts say appears to show Beijing's pursuit of an Earth-orbiting system designed to evade American missile defenses.

The director of CINEA, a recently-established EU agency managing €55 billion in EU funding for clean energy and transport, told EURACTIV about the challenge of ending fossil fuel projects entirely, saying coal and natural gas assets “are not simply going to go away” and need to be managed during the transition.

Over the past few months, corridor gossip has spread about an alleged Commission proposal for a 5,000 unit-strong EU “initial entry force”. Political will is both the main trigger and obstacle in the process, write Francesca Romana D'Antuono, Reinier van Lanschot, and Emile Fabre.

In today's news from the Capitals, find out more about one in five hospital beds in France having to close due to labour shortages, Czechia not making the vaccine mandatory for workers, and so much more.

The criteria for designing e-commerce platforms as gatekeepers do not reflect their business model, according to a letter signed by eight European technology companies including Booking, Allegro and Zalando.

Iran said Wednesday (27 October) it will resume talks with world powers in November on reviving a nuclear deal after a five-month gap in the face of mounting warnings that international patience was wearing thin.

The COVID-19 pandemic was much more than a health crisis for Europe, which means it needs to transform from rule-political machinery to a political body able to deal with unexpected events, political philosopher and historian Luuk van Middelaar told EURACTIV.

The ruling Socialist Party boycotted, for the third time, on Wednesday (27 October), a meeting with a committee set up to investigate possible abuse of central and local public administration in the run-up to the April general elections. Opposition parties...