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The European Commission has concerns that certain aspects of the UK's data protection regime may change in the future and negatively impact the safety of EU personal data when transferred to the country, Commission sources have informed EURACTIV.

European Union governments may be allowed to grant more state aid to projects that help the bloc achieve its climate goals, Europe’s antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said on Tuesday (22 September), calling such an incentive a “green bonus”.

Huawei Technologies will do everything it can to strengthen its supply chain which has been “attacked”, its rotating Chairman Guo Ping said on Wednesday (23 September).

Maltese police arrested former prime minister Joseph Muscat's chief of staff Keith Schembri Tuesday (22 September), as part of a probe into alleged kickbacks connected to the sale of so-called golden passports.

Investors slashed $50 billion from Tesla Inc's market value on Tuesday (22 September) despite CEO Elon Musk's promise to cut electric vehicle costs so radically that a $25,000 car that drives itself will be possible, but not for at least three years.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about eastern Austria refusing to shut restaurants and clubs at 10 am as COVID-19 cases increase, the Romanian parliament voting to increase pensions by 40%, and so much more.

Richard Grenell, the US president’s special envoy for the Belgrade-Priština dialogue, said in Belgrade yesterday (22 September) that the US is serious about keeping its promises to Belgrade and Priština. “We want to meet the promises that we gave earlier...

Romania’s parliament voted to increase pensions by 40%, a move which will put terrible pressure on an already strained budget. However, the country’s centre-right government led by Prime Minister Ludovic Orban vowed to fight the measure adopted by the socialist-controlled...

Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa (PSOE), and Madrid mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida (Popular Party), recommended on Tuesday to limit mobility in the county’s capital “to a minimum”, as extra preventive measures to help contain the fast spread of the second...

“New cases will continue to arise, but the increase in infections will be manageable,” said Italy’s vice-minister for health Pierpaolo Sileri in an interview on Tuesday (22 September). “When the term ‘second wave’ is used, panic arises. However, it will...

The European Commission has given its clearest indication yet that obligations on digital platforms to remove content are unlikely to feature in far-reaching EU efforts to regulate the web, due to be presented before the end of the year.

Global airlines called on Tuesday (22 September) for airport COVID-19 tests for all departing international passengers to replace the quarantines they blame for exacerbating the travel slump.

Pubs and restaurants will have to close at 10pm as part of a swathe of new coronavirus restrictions as the UK faces a second wave. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that the new restrictions were likely to be in...

Neo-Nazi group Nordic Resistance Movement (PVL) was ordered to shut down to preserve the general good of society, the Finnish Supreme Court said on Tuesday (22 September). The Court found – after a series of appeals in the lower court...

Belgium’s National Security Council meets this Wednesday (23 September) to evaluate the current COVID-19 situation and discuss adjustment of measures. Potentially on the table: a long-term colour code plan and the adjustment of the “social bubbles”. Experts advising the National...

US President Donald Trump told the United Nations General Assembly that China must be held accountable for having “unleashed” COVID-19 on the world, prompting Beijing to accuse him of “lies” and abusing the UN platform to provoke confrontation.

China has promised to end its contribution to global heating and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, in a huge move for global climate action. EURACTIV's media partner, Climate Home News, reports.

While recognising the positive role of forests in mitigating global warming, the European Commission has riled the agroforestry and biomass industries by stating its intention of limiting growth in the sector.

At the next European summit, Austria wants to speak openly about sanctions against Ankara, including the possibility to break off accession talks with Turkey, the country's EU Minister Karoline Edtstadler told EURACTIV Germany.

The term “chemical recycling” should only be used for plastic waste reconverted into new plastics. If those plastics are transformed into fuels or petrochemical products, the process should be called “recovery” instead, write Shanar Tabrizi and Fanny Rateau.