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The COVID-19 health crisis makes it even more difficult for disadvantaged people, who already have a hard time in normal times, to be integrated into the labour market. Could a paradigm shift be the solution? EURACTIV France reports.

The Battle of Vienna took place in 1683, when the Holy Roman Empire led by the Habsburg Monarchy and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, both under the command of King Jan III Sobieski, defeated the Ottomans at the gates of Vienna.

After five rounds of trilogues since the beginning of the year, European institutions are still locked in negotiations over the instrument that will channel the biggest share of external action funds but also suffered one of the biggest cuts during...

The EU's Orphan Regulation was introduced in 2000 and its main objective was to address the challenge of regulating medicines which treat an estimated 30 million patients with rare diseases across the EU.

In the absence of the EU orphan drugs regulation, which focuses on rare diseases, approximately two million patients would not get access to therapies, a new industry-funded report has found.

The EU issued a declaration on the elections in Tanzania noting with regret some irregularities and encouraging an open, constructive and inclusive in the country.

A report from the EU financial watchdog says German authorities are partly to blame for the Wirecard scandal that rocked the country this year. Nonetheless, it shields one German agency (BaFin) from much of the blame. EURACTIV Germany reports.

The US is nervously anticipating the outcome of the presidential election. It is already clear that turnout will be high. A close result, a challenge by Trump, outbreaks of violence: observers believe a period of uncertainty and chaos could be looming, and voice doubts about the effectiveness of the US electoral system.

At least four people were killed and more than a dozen injured, some of them seriously, in an attack in central Vienna on Monday evening. According to the interior minister, the perpetrators shot at people indiscriminately. One of the attackers was shot dead by the police; he was allegedly a supporter of the IS militia. Europe's press warns of an increase in violence motivated by Islamism.

The pro-European former prime minister Maia Sandu has won the first round of the presidential election in the Republic of Moldova. Sandu secured 36.16 percent of the votes, while the pro-Russian socialist and incumbent Igor Dodon received 32.61 percent. There will be a run-off vote with the two candidates two weeks from now. Observers analyse the reasons for this surprising result and the potential consequences.