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Members of the European Parliament’s environment committee voted on Thursday (9 February) to strengthen requirements on climate protection in the proposed EU rules on corporate accountability.

Austria has decided to mobilise satellite technology to check in detail whether farms are meeting the conditions for receiving billions in EU agriculture subsidies, a task which is often very complex and costly for national authorities.

The European Parliament has adopted its position on the revision of the EU buildings directive, putting it on collision course with the 27 EU countries as EU lawmakers seek to boost renovation rates in the bloc.

The visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to London, Paris, and Brussels is yet another example that he and his advisers in Kyiv are excellent communicators, capable of advancing the interests of their country to a maximum.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received a hero's welcome in Brussels on Thursday (9 February) as he lobbied EU leaders to expedite the delivery of modern weapons to halt Russia's upcoming spring offensive.

As major platforms submitted their first progress reports on compliance with the updated Code of Practice on Disinformation, EU officials criticised Twitter for its scant efforts, which gave the impression it "didn’t take it seriously enough".

Set to be adopted in June 2023, the new rules adopted under the EU's groundbreaking Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive are raising the bar for corporate transparency globally; as such, it is important that they are upheld, writes Mirjam Wolfrum.

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In a vote on Thursday (9 February), the European Parliament's industry committee set out its position on future rules governing hydrogen networks in a bid to transition away from fossil gas.

After a recent EU court decision to block the emergency use of bee-toxic neonicotinoid pesticides, the European Commission is still unclear on what exactly this ruling means in practice.

The European Union’s initial response to the US subsidy programme is no substitute for a strategy to improve competitiveness, writes Stefano Mallia. Stefano Mallia is the president of the Employers’ Group in the European Economic and Social Committee. Last week,...

Chipmaker Intel wants more than the €6.8 billion promised by Berlin to build two mega fabs- state-of-the-art microchip factories- in Germany, according to media reports.

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev made comments contradicting most of his peers at an EU summit on Thursday (9 February), as he called for peace in Ukraine at a time when President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was due in Brussels to ask for more weapons to free the territories occupied by Russia.

Rail operators are backing a shift to digital technology to remove barriers to cross-border journeys, a move in line with EU goals to double the share of rail freight and high-speed rail traffic by 2030.

Today, home renovation loans often come at high costs for uncertain results, despite the enormous gains they can offer in terms of energy savings; the time has come to change this and de-risk renovations for homeowners, writes Peter Sweatman.

Ukraine is fighting Russia's invasion to preserve the 'European way of life', President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the European Parliament in his first in-person address to the chamber on Thursday morning (9 February).

President Bashar al-Assad is seeking political advantage from an earthquake that has devastated large parts of Syria and Turkey, pressing for foreign aid to be delivered through his territory as he aims to chip away at his international isolation.

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday (8 February) encouraged the idea of green subsidies by the European Union to offset feared harm from a vast US climate plan – arguing there is enough business for all to benefit from the clean energy transition.

Poland's parliament on Wednesday (8 February) passed two pieces of legislation the government hopes will unblock billions in European Union funds, but doubts remained over whether the president would sign the judicial reform bill into law.