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The scope of legislation that can be challenged in court for breaching environmental rights has been widened following a deal struck by lawmakers in the European Parliament and representatives from EU capitals.

Slovenian President Borut Pahor has said the EU is not complete without enlargement to include the whole of the Western Balkans and it should speed up the accession process. Pahor’s comments came as he attended a European Summit on Tuesday...

A test of a sample of 60-year-olds vaccinated with the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine showed a quarter had no antibodies against the coronavirus, according to results from the municipality of Budapest released on Tuesday. The sample of 1,760 sample could not...

Sustainable forest management is key to keeping Europe's forests healthy and must be supported by EU legislation in order to help meet the bloc's 2030 climate goals, according to Finnish MEP, Petri Sarvamaa.

The Greek government has decided to toughen up its stance against unvaccinated citizens, introducing compulsory vaccination in nursing homes and health facilities as well as allowing only vaccinated people indoors when it comes to bars and restaurants. In case of...

The EU’s General Court in Luxembourg has rejected the request submitted by attorney Ana Carla Almeida to annul the appointment of José Guerra as Portugal’s pick for the delegated prosecutor position at the new European Public Prosecutor Office (EPPO), but...

The Irish parliament committee on health has voted to waive pre-legislative scrutiny of a new bill to permit indoor hospitality, which will speed up its passage through parliament, news RTE News has reported. The opposition voted against the measure, but other...

The European Parliament’s Committee on Transport has green-lighted revised rules on road charging – the so-called Eurovignette – on Tuesday, much to the dissatisfaction of Austria. The directive aims at switching from a time-based to a distance-based toll system, which critics say could worsen...

Germany’s first space command centre with defence operations including military reconnaissance, the overseeing of satellites and tracking of dangerous space junk was officially inaugurated by Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer at the site for the Centre for Air Operations in Uedem...

French President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement of stricter rules for unvaccinated people has boosted the number of new vaccination candidates but also aroused strong criticism, with critics hailing the arrival of “vaccination apartheid.” In his speech on Monday, Macron has announced...

Havana must free Cuban journalist Camila Acosta, who writes for Spanish newspaper ABC, and who was detained with some 100 others in recent anti-regime protests, Spanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares said. Cuban authorities also confirmed one protester, Diubis Laurencio Tejeda, was killed Monday, amid social media reports of police violence. It said he had attacked a government facility, but eyewitnesses told the BBC the police had attacked a crowd.

The Stabilisation and Association Council between the European Union and Bosnia and Herzegovina held its fourth meeting on 13 July 2021 in Brussels.

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with the Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/1031 of 24 June 2021 amending Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus.

On 13 July 2021, the Council approved conclusions on the 2021 in-depth reviews under the macroeconomic imbalance procedure.

The Council today adopted the first batch of Council implementing decisions on the approval of national recovery and resilience plans.

The Council today adopted an amendment to the VAT directive introducing a temporary VAT exemption on importations and certain supplies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Council regulation that paves the way for the development of the next generation of supercomputers in Europe.

Britain's top domestic spymaster will caution the population on Wednesday (14 July) to treat the threat of spying from Russia and China as vigilantly as terrorism, warning that foreign spies were seeking to pilfer technology, sow discord and attack infrastructure.

The main priorities of Slovenia's EU presidency in transport are e-mobility and alternative fuels, Infrastructure Minister Jernej Vrtovec said as he presented the presidency agenda to the European Parliament's Transport Committee on Tuesday.

Russia has failed to provide the European Medicines Agency (EMA) with clinical data on adverse effects of its Sputnik V anti-corona vaccine and on its drug's "master cell bank", its biological core, in what amounts to a "major" problem for EU approval, according to EMA sources speaking to Reuters. Russia said there were "no reported serious adverse events", while blaming the "Western pharmaceutical lobby" for sowing anti-Sputnik V "disinformation".