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**This article is continuously updated with the latest developments. Serbian Minister of Education Mladen Sarcevic said on Monday (August 31) that the country was completely ready for the beginning of a new school year, and that 97 percent of parents wanted...

**This article is continuously updated with the latest developments.           → Read more on the measures taken before summer break here: Bulgaria extends 'epidemic emergency' and mulls tightening COVID-19 restrictions The EURACTIV Network provides you with the latest...

**This article is continuously updated with the latest developments.           → Read more on the measures taken before summer break here: Entire Croatian health ministry tests positive for COVID-19 The EURACTIV Network provides you with the latest news...

**This article is continuously updated with the latest developments. As of 1 September anyone returning from holidays from so-called “red countries” such as Croatia, France, Spain, Netherlands and Malta must undergo a 10 day quarantine or get tested after self...

**This article is continuously updated with the latest developments.           → Read more on the measures taken before summer break here: Czech Republic records highest number of active COVID-19 cases since start of pandemic The EURACTIV Network provides...

**This article is continuously updated with the latest developments. Hungary closed its borders to non-citizens and non-residents from Tuesday (1 September), amid a significant increase in new infections. The country registered the historically highest number of cases on 30 August, with...

Parliament has joined the global Gold September campaign to raise awareness about childhood cancer by lighting up its Brussels building in gold on 1-6 September.

Source : © European Union, 2020 - EP

Parliament has joined the global Gold September campaign to raise awareness about childhood cancer by lighting up its Brussels building in gold on 1-6 September.

Source : © European Union, 2020 - EP

A recent report by the government think tank France Stratégie demonstrates the profitability of more environmentally friendly farms and proposes a review of the methods of allocating CAP subsidies to encourage a green transition in farming. EURACTIV France reports.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) says it will make additional efforts to prevent people in its senior management from getting jobs in private firms they oversee, following pressure from the administrative watchdog, the EU Ombudsman. The announcement follows the controversial move of the EBA's former executive director Adam Farkas, who was hired by the Brussels-based Association for Financial Markets in Europe.

Telecom Italia (TIM) and Italian State lender CDP approved a preliminary agreement on Monday to create a national ultrafast grid operator combining the former phone monopoly's network assets with those of smaller rival Open Fiber.

Sweden attracted worldwide attention earlier this year when it famously stayed open throughout the first months of the coronavirus pandemic, and now it is holding out again, this time refusing to recommend the use of masks.

Germany wants to put an end to the chaotic approaches by EU member states to travel restrictions within Europe as a new wave of coronavirus cases gains momentum across the continent.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Finland's new COVID-19 app, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán telling the Bled Strategic Forum that Hungary's democracy is at the same level as the ones in Germany and Italy, and so much more.

Vučić said that he expected a “decent and normally good cooperation” with Pogdorica the day after Montenegro’s general election. “As soon as the results are final, I will congratulate the winners, and those who say they have created a majority...

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said yesterday that Serbia belonged in the European Union, that Serbia needed the EU, but also that the EU should show the Serbian people respect. “Yes, we would like to belong and join the club, and...

The most important foreign policy event in Slovenia hosted a panel discussion on the topic “Europe after Brexit and COVID-19” and welcomed the prime ministers of Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic, who participated in person, as well...

The country is to mark the 81st anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, which started with Nazi Germany’s invasion of its eastern neighbour. The main commemorations will start before dawn on Tuesday in Gdansk, where a Polish military...

The University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest saw its rector, László Upor, his deputy, as well as the heads of two of the university’s three institutes, resign on Monday (31 August) after the third institute chief had already...

Due to a double crisis in health and economy, Greece will face a winter of “social hell”, main opposition leftist leader Alexis Tsipras said in an interview with Kontra channel. Tsipras lashed out against the conservative New Democracy government, saying it...