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There will be "no quick fix" on a revised data transfer deal between the EU and the US following a July ruling by EU judges to strike down the Privacy Shield agreement, the EU's Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders has told MEPs.

Big oil producers are pinning their future growth on the world's insatiable appetite for plastic, researchers said Friday (4 September), in a "bet" on society's failure to tackle disposable consumption that risks stranding billions of dollars in petrochemical investments.

The European Commission hopes for the first COVID-19 vaccine to have market authorisation in November, an EU official said yesterday (3 September). However, a timeline for its distribution is still unknown.

Romania is to hold parliamentary elections on 6 December, Prime Minister Ludovic Orban announced Thursday (3 September), with the vote set to determine whether the country turns the page on recent political instability.

New forms of ocean energy are gaining interest globally, and because European companies are leaders on tidal and wave technologies, that is good news for the environment and for the European economy, argues Francesco la Camera.

Welcome to EURACTIV’s AgriFood Brief, your weekly update on all things Agriculture & Food in the EU. You can subscribe here if you haven’t done so yet.   EU policymakers are getting ready for a Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) showdown,...

A number of countries, including Botswana, are putting pressure on the European Commission to remove them from the controversial ‘blacklists’ of tax havens and countries deemed not to be cooperating in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing.

Bulgaria's ruling conservative party on Thursday (3 September) resisted calls for Prime Minister Boyko Borissov's government to resign, after two months of protests against his perceived tolerance of corruption erupted into the most violent day yet.

Happy September it’s good to be back, except for Big Phil, ‘cause he got the sack, and Angela Merkel condemns novichok attack.

Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that Greece and Turkey had agreed to start "technical talks" to help reduce the risks of military accidents in the eastern Mediterranean, Greek news agency Ekathimerini writes. However, an official in Athens quickly denied such an agreement, saying Turkey must first withdraw its ships from the disputed area where it was carrying out oil-drilling research. There was no immediate reaction from Ankara.

The EU has indicated it might adopt targeted sanctions against Russians guilty of poisoning opposition activist Alexei Navalny with novichok, a "chemical weapon", it said Thursday. "The European Union calls for a joint international response and reserves the right to take appropriate actions, including through restrictive measures," the EU foreign service said. The EU recently adopted sanctions against four Russians over another novichok assassination attempt in the UK in 2018.

A court in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, ruled Thursday "no more people will be handed over to Poland for the time being" under the European Arrest Warrant due to political pressure on the Polish judiciary. The Dutch court submitted extra questions on Polish judicial independence to the EU tribunal in Luxembourg, it said. The European Commission has also triggered a sanctions procedure and court injunctions against Poland on the issue.

The Slovak Supreme Court is to decide who killed journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée in 2018 after a lower court let the prime suspect off the hook.

Athens denied on Thursday (3 September) a statement by NATO’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg that Greece and Turkey had agreed to technical talks to defuse tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean. Greek diplomatic sources said the only way to de-escalate was for...

The case of a murdered investigative journalist delivered a new shock in Slovakia Thursday, as a high-profile businessman was acquitted of ordering the killing that ultimately exposed high-level political corruption and toppled the governing party.

Currently, only 20 percent of MEPs show tendencies to support authoritarian powers - but that could change after the pandemic, a new study warns. It also calls for an improved vetting of MEPs, tougher lobbying rules, and better cybersecurity.

Currently, only 20 percent of MEPs show tendencies to support authoritarian powers - but that could change after the pandemic, a new study warns. It also calls for an improved vetting of MEPs, tougher lobbying rules, and better cybersecurity.

Facebook and other big US firms have no intention of respecting the landmark ruling by the EU's highest court on data transfers to the US. The court in July dramatically scrapped Privacy Shield, citing US surveillance concerns.

The European Commission hopes to have 30m doses of AstraZeneca's potential coronavirus vaccine before the end of this year, to be distributed on a population-based pro-rata basis among the 27 EU countries - until the 300m doses negotiated arrive.

Implementing new voting technologies and procedures for processing ballots, especially right before an election, can introduce new security risks.