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With the European Green Deal, the EU is increasing its climate ambition and aims to lower energy use by 9% below 2020 levels before the end of the decade. In this special report, EURACTIV looks at European Commission plans to ramp up energy savings.

The revised Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) must ensure that EU member states take action in the short term and do not delay their efforts until the end of the decade, says the EU lawmaker responsible for drafting the European Parliament’s position on the draft legislation.

Europe is set for a record $100 billion investment in the tech sector by the end of the year, according to a new report.

The EU institutions adopted a recast version of the roaming regulation on Wednesday evening (8 December), extending for ten years the legislation that allows Europeans to use their phones inside the bloc without extra charges.

Existing cross-border collaborations have shown that pooling resources can facilitate access to new medicines for patients at a fairer price. At the same time, the potential of the EU Joint Procurement Agreement reaches beyond vaccines and treatments for communicable cross-border health threats.

Twenty-four journalists were killed in 2021 and 293 have been jailed concerning their work, making this year the most dangerous on record for media workers, according to data from the Committee to Protect Journalists

Rewatch this EURACTIV Virtual Conference to find out about the Commission's Impact Assessment for the transport sector in the latest climate package. If modelling data is seen to contradict real world data, what are the consequences? And who is responsible for ensuring that modelling assumptions evolve with real-world data, technology advances and the actual provisions of EU laws?

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and European Council chief Charles Michel congratulated Germany's new chancellor Olaf Scholz Wednesday (8 December) and vowed to work with him for a stronger EU.

The European Commission should keep its promises and uphold corporate human rights obligations according to an open letter sent to President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday (8 December) signed by 47 civil society and trade union organisations.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised on Wednesday (8 December) after a video surfaced showing his staff laughing and joking about a party in Downing Street during a Christmas COVID-19 lockdown last year when such festivities were banned.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania being in discussions about possibly importing more electricity from Belarus and Russia, Romania adopting a series of more relaxed measures but worrying about the next wave, and so much more.

As Olaf Scholz was confirmed as Germany's new Chancellor on Wednesday (8 December), his second in command Robert Habeck faces a massive challenge: kickstarting a rapid expansion of renewables that touches on the limits of the possible.

Former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has awarded Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama with a “Global Innovator” award for his decision to accept Afghan refugees. The award was bestowed upon Rama on Tuesday (7 December) at a ceremony in New York City....

Slovenia hosted consultations between the trio of Germany, Portugal and Slovenia in light of their joint 18-month presidency of the Council of the EU on Tuesday (7 December), with the importance of economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic being emphasised....

Josep Borrell, the EU’s top diplomat, has pressured Kosovo to establish a Serb-only association of municipalities as was formerly agreed between Kosovo and Serbia in 2013. During a press conference on Tuesday, Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti said the agreement serves Serbia...

At the national assembly session that starts on Monday (13 December), deputies will first consider the opposition’s initiative of no confidence in the government, the Collegium of the President of Skupština (Assembly) decided. Milo Đukanović, Montenegrin president and leader of...

The Russian Embassy did not take part in a two-day session of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Peace Implementation Council Steering Board (PIC SB) because it does not recognise German diplomat Christian Schmidt as the international High Representative in BiH, given that his appointment...

A new report has found that following years of investments, crop-based bioethanol should now be considered a “cost-effective” measure to reduce road transport CO2 emissions by 2030.

The EU will propose a set of criteria on Thursday (9 December) to determine whether a gig worker in Europe using platforms like Uber, Bolt or Deliveroo should be considered an employee.

During Prime Minister Andrej Plenković’s visit to Kyiv, Croatia became the sixth country to sign the Declaration on the European Perspective of Ukraine. As Croatian national agency Hina reported, this act demonstrates Zagreb’s support to a country under constant pressure...