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Due to continuing divisions between the Agriculture and Environmental Ministries, the German government was unable to reach an agreement on the draft of a Insect Protection Act (ISG) on Wednesday (16 December). EURACTIV Germany reports.

Council President Charles Michel and Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez entered self-isolation after the announcement on Thursday (17 December) that French President Emmanuel Macron had tested positive for the Covid-19 virus.

The enormous tradition and diversity in African agricultural products may benefit from the use of the intellectual property tool for food protection that Europeans have been held most dear.

EU countries have the right to enforce mandatory stunning on animals prior to slaughter because it does not infringe on religious rights, the bloc's highest court has ruled, drawing angry protests from the European Jewish Congress.

The arrival of US President Donald Trump in 2016 has "awakened" the EU and made it realise it was too dependent on Washington, prompting a trend of boosting Europe's autonomy, the EU's chief diplomat, Josep Borrell, told EURACTIV's media partner EFE in an interview.

For the past 36 months, the Astropreneurs project has been helping Europe’s space-based start-ups turn innovative ideas into viable businesses. That work was showcased this week during two virtual events.

In the latest legal setback for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the top EU court in Luxembourg ruled that Budapest had broken Union law by restricting access to the international protection procedure for asylum applicants in transit zones and unlawfully detaining them.

Climate science and technology are complex topics with a high potential for controversy. But ensuring people adequately understand the climate challenges is an essential element of the global response to the climate crisis. More than ever before, the European Commission...

When the coronavirus pandemic surged across Europe in April and hospitals were desperate for ventilators, Poland’s government turned to an unlikely supplier: an arms dealer.

The European Union's flagship fund to wean regions off fossil fuels will not finance natural gas projects, EU governments said on Wednesday (16 December), ending a debate over whether to make the fuel eligible for support.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday (16 December) US sanctions imposed on Turkey over its purchase of Russian defence systems were a "hostile attack" on its sovereign rights and defence industry, and the move was bound to fail.

Planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions from buildings and construction are jeopardising global goals to keep devastating climate change at bay, a UN-backed coalition warned on Wednesday (16 December), after data showed they hit an all-time high in 2019.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Germany, France, Austria, Italy announcing their vaccination strategy, Bulgaria paying for a media in North Macedonia, and so much more.

PCR tests costs between €40 and €120 across Balkan countries, with the cheapest – on average – being in North Macedonia and the most expensive in Slovenia. In the majority of countries, the prices vary depending on whether the test...

Ludovic Orban, prime minister again? The centre-right parties are yet to form a coalition as they have not settled on the name of the prime minister. PNL (EPP) has proposed Florin Citu, the current finance minister, as prime minister, but...

With 133 votes in favour, six against and three abstentions, the European People’s Party Group withdrew all rights to speaking time in plenary on behalf of the group, to be nominated to lead political files on behalf of the group...

Poland’s parliament adopted by a large majority a law amending the scope of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence known as the Istanbul Convention. The new law allows the president to...

5G broadband frequency networks auction concluded on Wednesday and all three main mobile companies – German-owned Cosmote, multinational Vodafone and fund owned WIND – were awarded some spectrum for the new generation networks. The government got a total price of...

Portugal’s Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva is hoping the first tranche of EU recovery fund will reach member states “in the first half of 2021”, saying Portugal aims to reach the end of its EU Council presidency with “all national...

Lithuania has become the first European country to launch an investigation into crimes against humanity potentially committed by the Belarusian security forces. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the main leader of the Belarusian opposition who was forced to flee to Lithuania, called on...