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Installing wind turbines, already tricky due to a law that has been in force since 2016, will be made even harder if an amendment the ruling PiS party is currently working on to trigger the release of frozen EU recovery funds is approved.

Two pandas China loaned to Finland five years ago could heavily impact trade relations between both countries if Helsinki does not find money to keep them, as the pandemic has dashed all hopes of the expensive animals becoming lucrative tourist...

Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer/Biotech and Moderna imposed significantly higher vaccine prices on Germany in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, documents obtained by German media show. Germany spent €13.1 billion on vaccines, according to public broadcasters NDR and WDR and daily...

The French Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Luc Hallade, was recalled to Paris on Thursday (26 January) after a series of French diplomatic faux-pas that took place amid Russia's growing influence in the African region.

The EU lawmakers spearheading the work on the AI Act have circulated new compromise amendments to finalise the classification of AI systems that pose significant risks and the measures to promote innovation.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) predicts a 5% increase in detected Ukrainian human trafficking victims in 2023 and 5.6 million Ukrainian asylum applications in Europe, according to a new report.

For an official permit to hold a demonstration in Stockholm near the Turkish embassy, a former Russian propaganda TV channel contributor paid 320 Swedish kronor - equal to €28.70. At the demonstration, he made sure somebody burned a Quran.

India is one of the 51 original founders of the United Nations (UN). India, following its independence from Britain on 15 August 1947, “continued” as an original member of the UN. Ambassador (Retd.) Asoke Mukerji retired as India’s Permanent Representative...

Russian authorities designated the independent news outlet Meduza an "undesirable organisation" on Thursday (26 January), effectively outlawing the site from operating in Russia and banning any Russian from cooperating with Meduza or its journalists.

Dear readers, Welcome to EU Politics Decoded where Benjamin Fox and Eleonora Vasques will bring you a round-up of the latest political news in Europe and beyond every Thursday. In this edition, we look at how EU leaders are now...

United Nations' cultural agency, UNESCO, said on Wednesday (25 January) that it had designated the historic centre of Odesa, a strategic port city on Ukraine's Black Sea coast, a World Heritage in Danger site.

More and more European municipalities are turning to a co-decision tool allowing citizens to decide how to spend local resources, but its impact remains uncertain as low participation levels and limited investment in the process hinder the participatory exercise. The...

Welcome to EURACTIV’s weekly Economy Brief. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. While the public pension reform dominates French political debate, demographic changes will eventually push all EU countries to consider how they finance their pensions systems. One solution?...

Russia sent Ukrainians racing for cover with a rush-hour missile barrage, killing at least one person, the day after Kyiv secured Western pledges of dozens of modern battlefield tanks to try to push back the Russian invasion.

Coal demand in Europe went up for the second consecutive year in 2022, led by “strong growth” in electricity generation, where it has partly replaced gas as a backup power source, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Can the EU Mission in Armenia (EUMA), agreed on by the EU Council this week, contribute to stabilising a conflict that the International Crisis Group considers one of the 10 most risky conflicts for 2023, ask Mail Negi and Tobias Pietz.

District heating is one of the main sources of heat for the Poles, and the Polish district heating sector is one of the largest in the European Union. With such a scale of district heating usage, every aspect of regulation is of great importance in the context of the need to ensure adequate supplies and conduct a capital-consuming investments to complete the transformation of this sector.

The power struggle between authoritarian powers reached a new level of intensity with the invasion of Ukraine. But it is important to remember that this fight plays out across the entire globe and sometimes in unexpected places, Juan Carlos Ondo Angue writes.

The aviation industry is in a period of transformation as passengers and Brussels regulators increasingly demand more sustainable air travel. A mixture of measures are on the table to cut emissions, from ramping up sustainable aviation fuels to greening airports and plotting more efficient routes.

This article was updated with a correction on the role of the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications. The United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is considering opening up a new office in Brussels amid calls from EU countries to...