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The EU should move on from ‘outdated’ debates over front-of-pack labelling and instead focus on tailor-made technological solutions for the future of nutrition, experts told a recent panel – but critics say this privileges only the richest in society. The...

French President Emmanuel Macron addressed US lawmakers from both political parties on Wednesday (30 November) and pushed back over new American subsidies that are riling European leaders, according to a participant in a closed-door meeting.

Global heat pump sales surged by nearly 15% last year, led by the European Union where energy security concerns caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine are driving demand even further this year, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Women’s leadership has been shown to result in greater responsiveness to citizens’ needs, as well as increased cooperation in delivering sustainable peace and improved outcomes of climate-related projects and policies, writes Ebru Özdemir.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Portugal freezing €18 million in assets in compliance with EU Russian sanctions, Austria losing an EU court case against a Hungarian nuclear power plant, and so much more.

France's EDF, South Korea's KHNP, and US-Canadian group Westinghouse Electric have made initial bids to build a new unit at the Czech Republic's Dukovany nuclear power plant, Czech utility ČEZ said on Wednesday (30 November).

EU member state ambassadors agreed on Wednesday to greenlight the European Council Presidency talks with Parliament on Kosovo’s visa liberalisation with a completion date of no later than 1 January 2024. Kosovo is the only country in the Western Balkans...

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The annual inflation rate rose to 10% in November after having briefly dropped below double digits for the first time in months. Prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages, which were up by 19%, were the single biggest contributors, accounting for...

Dozens of Bulgarian Foreign Ministry employees went on a one-hour effective strike on Wednesday to demand higher salaries. The employees tossed yellow pennies at the ministry’s headquarters to express their disapproval of their low wages. Employees at the ministry are...

EU lawmakers on Wednesday (30 November) finalised a law that will allow the bloc to take retaliatory measures including sanctions against the UK if it refuses to implement the terms of the Brexit agreement.  

Investors managing $8 trillion in assets have written to the world's biggest chemicals companies urging them to phase out the use of so-called forever chemicals that can accumulate in the environment and remain hazardous for generations.

Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party voted to raise Poland’s public broadcaster TVP to over PLN 2 billion (€428 million) in the parliamentary public finance committee, which opposition representatives see as hidden financing of the election campaign. PiS wants...

Portugal has frozen about €18 million in assets of people on the EU’s Russian sanctions list, Portuguese Foreign Affairs Minister João Gomes Cravinho said on Wednesday. “We in Portugal have assets seized, frozen, assets of people who are on the...

After eight people lost their lives in a landslide that destroyed a village on the island of Ischia, the government is announcing major measures to remedy hydrogeological instability.

The Netherlands is confident that it can reach national gas storage targets set by the European Commission to ensure the security of supply next winter.

French MEP Pascal Durand left the Parliament’s Renew Europe group over strong personal disagreements, he said on Wednesday, adding that he stands opposed to the Swedish Liberals’ presence in the group despite their agreement with the far-right at a national...

China provides EU scientists with money in return for the outcomes of their research, experts focusing on Chinese influence in Europe warn, highlighting the risks associated with handing over dual civil-military technologies that could be used to modernise Beijing’s military...

The trial of a Vietnamese man who was allegedly abducted in 2017 was reopened by the Slovak National Criminal Agency, which launched an investigation into corruption connected to the abduction after a second suspect went on trial in Germany. Vietnamese...

No lives were lost on Spanish soil, said Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska, who rejected accusations against the country’s security forces that insist they failed to prevent dozens of migrant deaths including one on Spanish soil during the Melilla tragedy....