EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has given UK prime minister Boris Johnson a deadline of midnight on Tuesday to table concessions on the Irish border - namely, that the UK accepts a customs border in the Irish Sea and Northern Ireland remains part of the internal market for goods. Without these concessions, there will be no deal, which will give Johnson the choice of a no-deal Brexit or another postponement.
The former president of the government of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, is banned from entering any of the buildings of the European Parliament, after the Spanish justice issued a new European arrest warrant (EAW) for him on Monday. According to Spanish media EFE, this is part of the "cooperation between member states and European institutions". The parliament did the same in October 2017 - when the first EAW was issued.
No amnesties and no pardons, Spain insists, on the jailed Catalan leaders, whilst figures from the Spanish region in Brussels called on the EU to intervene in the escalating crisis.
The village of Radyuvene is a far cry from the hustle and bustle of UK urban life. But it is home to Beynon and Sue Darley, who swapped Guildford, a town 40 km south of London, for a rambling cottage in rural central Bulgaria.
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the world's biggest multi-lateral lender, on Tuesday failed to agree a new energy lending policy that would end financing fossil fuel projects from next year. Despite the requests of NGOs, governments and the public, some EU member states - Germany, Italy, Poland, Latvia and Spain - wanted the EIB to continue to finance certain gas projects, according to Reuters.
Volkswagen has postponed the decision on opening a new car factory in Turkey against the background of the Turkish military offensive in Syria. "The final decision for the new plant was postponed by the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG," a company spokesman said on Tuesday (15 October), confirming media reports.
The EU will be better off without the UK, and the UK will be better off without the EU. This is according to IMF's former chief and Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who has been involved in several financial and sexual scandals. EURACTIV's partner Ouest-France reports.
The euro is the most tangible symbol of European unification, and it is here to stay and prosper, writes Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the European Central Bank.
The EU should allow North Macedonia and Albania to sit at the EU accession negotiations table this week - anything else would be a grave political mistake, argues Sergei Stanishev.
Three people died because bacteria-contaminated food from a meat producer was sold on the European market. Although the authorities knew about the bacterial discovery, the company was only closed after two weeks. EURACTIV Germany reports.
The short reportage follows the life of an appliance that has been loyal to consumers, and has been left disappointed with the way some products are treated at their end of life.
The dominance of US firms and Chinese companies in the digital world has sounded the alarm bells in Europe. EU and national officials have agreed that the competitiveness of European firms requires a comprehensive strategy that goes beyond easing the bloc's competition rules.
Spain's Supreme Court has sentenced nine leaders of the Catalan independence movement to prison terms ranging between nine and thirteen years after they were convicted of "sedition". The separatists had violated the country's constitution with their referendum on independence, the court ruled. Europe's press disagree over whether the judgement strengthens or weakens the rule of law.
With the help of a broad alliance Hungary's opposition won the mayorship of Budapest and other large cities in municipal elections on Sunday. What do the results mean for Prime Minister Orbán's Fidesz party?
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