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President Emmanuel Macron defended his efforts to fight climate change to Internet users on Sunday following a Twitter invitation for users to ask questions last week.

Political newcomer Nataša Pirc Musar, a left-liberal lawyer and former data protection commissioner, has been elected president, making her the first woman to hold the position in Slovenia. Pirc Musar defeated conservative MP Anže Logar with nearly 54% of the...

While the number of people willing to accept refugees rose between May to October, willingness to send military aid to Ukraine has slightly decreased, an opinion poll by Kantar CZ agency for Czech Television showed. The willingness to accept Ukrainian...

Finland’s five-party government risks falling into disarray due to mistrust between the two main parties, the social democrats and the Centre Party and a disagreement over indigenous rights. After surviving a row over the EU nature restoration regulation, the latest...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russian soldiers of committing war crimes and killing civilians in Kherson, parts of which were retaken by Ukraine's army last week after Russia pulled out.

The Iranian regime has accused German Chancellor Olaf Scholz of undiplomatic behaviour after he criticised the regime’s violence against protesters and expressed support for fresh sanctions. Scholz condemned the “outbursts of violence” on the part of the regime in Teheran....

After a late Friday deal, the German government has announced its intention to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), following similar decisions in other large EU countries, which left activists jubilant.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping will arrive on the Indonesian island of Bali on 14 November for a long-awaited meeting with US President Joe Biden, ahead of a G20 summit set to be fraught with tension over Russia's war in Ukraine.

Sweden will take over the presidency of the European Council in January 2023, and it should take advantage of its mandate to increase the level of sustainability ambition of the European Union, argue members of the Stockholm Environment Institute.

Six people were killed and 81 others wounded on Sunday (13 November) when an explosion rocked a busy pedestrian street in central Istanbul in what Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called a bomb attack that "smells like terrorism".

Welcome to EURACTIV’s Global Europe Brief, your weekly update on the EU from a global perspective. You can subscribe to receive our newsletter here. In this week’s edition: FAC preview, European defence moves and Belgrade-Pristina dialogue mediation attempts. Russia’s invasion of...

Democrats will hold onto control of the US Senate after Senator Catherine Cortez Masto won re-election in Nevada, Edison Research projected on Saturday (12 November), handing a major victory to President Joe Biden.

Hundreds of protesters angry about the climate crisis took to the streets of Lisbon on Saturday (12 November), with dozens storming a building where Portugal's Economy Minister Antonio Costa e Silva was speaking, demanding that the former oil executive resign.

US President Joe Biden told the COP27 climate conference in Egypt on Friday (11 November) that global warming posed an existential threat to the planet and promised the United States would meet its targets for fighting it.

Jubilant residents welcomed Ukrainian troops arriving in the centre of Kherson on Friday (11 November) after Russia abandoned the only regional capital it had captured since its invasion began in February.

Europeans have reacted with relief at the US midterm election results, which produced a weaker-than-expected 'red wave' for the Republicans and no major domestic clashes. However, let's not forget this is only the prelude to what is to come in 2024.

Ongoing talks to reform the EU’s flagship climate policy tool, the emissions trading scheme (EU ETS), appear stuck as Parliament accuses EU member states of refusing to give ground.

Welcome to EURACTIV’s Tech Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here.    “The co-rapporteurs know that with the current Council position, it’s important to have a solid majority behind you and...

A rescue ship carrying 230 migrants docked at the French port of Toulon on Friday (11 November) amid a blazing row between France and Italy over which country is responsible for them.

It's not in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) subsidies or any other EU budget outlays but struggling farmers can find a real treasure in the increased ceiling for agriculture state aid.