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The ministry of culture in Moscow has banned the US action film Hunter Killer from Russian cinemas. In the film an American submarine saves the Russian president from a military coup and a conspiracy threatening world order. Russia's regime-critical press acknowledges the censorship with an amused shaking of its head.

After Merkel's announcement that she will not stand for election as leader of the CDU at the next party conference, three contenders have emerged to replace her: the former chairman of the CDU parliamentary group Friedrich Merz, CDU general secretary Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Health Minister Jens Spahn. Commentators speculate on the changes ahead for Germany's EU policy and party landscape.

Printing inks, car tyres, lip balm, baby oil… do you know what they have in common? They are all made using mineral oils.

The death of an anti-corruption activist in Ukraine has highlighted the dangerous climate for reformers in the EU neighbour.

Committee and political group meetings, Brussels

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US president Donald Trump will hold bilateral meetings with Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan while in Paris to mark 100 years since the end of the first world war. A ceremony attended by French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Angela Merkel will mark the armistice on 10 November, then more than 120 foreign dignitaries representing states that fought in WWI will meet on 11 November.

Two-thirds of Europeans believe that the world used to be a better place, according to an Eupinions survey from the Bertelsmann Stiftung. Italians were particularly nostalgic, with 77 percent finding the past better. 'Nostalgic' Europeans often appear more rightwing and are generally more critical of immigration, the survey found. Support for EU membership was higher, at 82 percent, among non-nostalgics than among nostalgics (67 percent).

Ahead of the eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday, 10 smaller northern EU countries, including non-euro members, branding themselves as 'Hanseatic' states, have presented a joint paper on how to reform the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). They suggest that more power be given to the ESM managing director, who should be "tasked to verify the adequacy of the borrower's repayment capacity" before financial assistance is granted.

"Europe wastes 30 percent of food; it is an ethical scandal," Bernhard Url, executive director of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), has said in an interview to El Pais. A lot of agricultural production gets lost through lack of infrastructure, logistics and knowledge, he said. Imports from as far afield as New Zealand, Chile, Canada make absolute control impossible, he added.

France's far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party has overtaken President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist LREM in the latest poll of voting intentions ahead of the 2019 European Elections.

Floods killed 12 people on the island of Sicily, including nine members of a single family, pushing Italy’s week-long storm toll beyond 30, rescuers said Sunday (4 November). After a river burst its banks, the bodies of the family including...

By authorising the steel industry to burn blast furnace gases until 2026, the European Commission has backtracked on its earlier position. EURACTIV France reports.

Chinese president Xi Jinping promised on Monday (5 November) to continue opening up his nation's economy and to increase imports by fuelling citizens’ spending power, as a response to growing protectionism and unilateralism.

EU legislators are fast-tracking legislation that should make the certification systems for cars, motorbikes, tractors, and industrial vehicles, such as bulldozers, 'Brexit-proof'.

Listed real estate plays a key role in all aspects of our everyday lives and should be strongly represented in EU policymaking. From spearheading transparency to creating jobs across Europe, the unique contributions of listed real estate is more vital than ever to the EU economy, writes Tobias Steinmann.

EU institutions must continue to seek justice for the killers of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruna Galizia in order to protect press freedom in Europe.