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Mayotte, one of the EU’s least developed regions, lies in the middle of the Indian Ocean. EU cohesion policy supports the French department by encouraging local production and trade. EURACTIV France reports.

Protesters blocked roads and railways in Spain's prosperous northeastern region of Catalonia on Monday (1 October) to mark the first anniversary of an illegal independence referendum that prompted the Spanish government to take constitutional measures that restricted Catalan autonomy. EURACTIV’s partner efe-epa reports.

From Calarasi to Ruse, from Costanza to Veliko Tarnovo, EU Cohesion Policy has supported hundreds of actions and infrastructure investment in the fields of transport, science, education, youth employment, environment and support for small and medium-sized enterprises in Romania and Bulgaria.

The political climate for the European elections is looking particularly challenging for politicians across Europe. European leaders will need to show how the EU can make a real difference in citizens’ lives.

Snap elections are likely to decide Macedonia's EU future - after most people did not vote in a referendum on changing the country's name.

A court in Slovakia on Sunday ordered four people charged with the murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee, Martina Kusnirova, to be held in jail until their trial. The couple were shot dead in their home near the capital, Bratislava, in February, when Kuciak was investigating political corruption. The murder sparked massive protests and forced prime minister Robert Fico to resign.

Neither the British parliament nor the European Union will accept UK prime minister Theresa May's Brexit plan, 'hard-Brexit' supporting MP Jacob Rees-Mogg told supporters at the British Conservative party's annual conference in Birmingham on Sunday. A second referendum will also not happen, he predicted - adding that a 'people's vote' was a call by "the elite" to make the electorate "change our minds" after the 2016 Brexit result.

Canada and the US agreed on Sunday a trade deal that will replace the previous Nafta deal. The new deal, called USMCA, also includes Mexico and will be signed by leaders of the three north American countries before the end of November, a Trump administration official said. US dairy farmers would get more access to the Canadian market and Canadian automobile exports to the US would be capped.

Deep divisions over Brexit overshadowed the first day of the UK Conservative party conference in Birmingham on Sunday. British foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, won a standing ovation for attacking the EU, comparing it to a prison. The EU seemed to want to "punish" a member for leaving, he said, and likened Brussels' tactics to the Soviet Union. "Europe prospers when we both succeed and it's time to change your approach".

Kosovo's president made a rare visit on Saturday (29 September) to a disputed, mainly ethnic Serb area in the north of the country, angering Belgrade just three weeks after Serbia's president infuriated Pristina by visiting the same area.

While most of the political attention is – rightly – focused on the headline target for CO2 reduction, the discussion on car emissions has also much more to it, writes Greg Archer.

EU nations may boast the world's most stringent anti-money laundering rules, but recent scandals show that criminals are good at exploiting the bloc's Achilles' heel: a patent lack of coordination.

Fragmented, multilingual and over-regulated: Europe is currently not an attractive place for investors and things could get worse after Brexit, experts from the life sciences industry have warned.

In an exclusive op-ed for EURACTIV, the Russian Ambassador to the EU Vladimir Chizhov argues that present-days attempts to isolate Russia are similar to the chain of events that led to the infamous 1938 Munich agreement.

The Maltese authorities on Sunday (30 September) finally took 58 migrants from the Aquarius to Valletta after they had waited for days in rough seas on the rescue ship that can no longer go to port after its flag was pulled.

As December’s UN climate summit in Poland rapidly approaches, it is shaping up to be a race against time to prepare the so-called Paris rulebook, which will govern how the landmark climate agreement will actually be implemented.

While Brexit and the new EU priorities threaten to reduce the funds allocated for cross-border cooperation after 25 years, the Commission wants to improve Interreg with a new legal framework for cooperation between regions.

Faced with the challenges of the Green Climate Fund, researchers at the World Resources Institute (WRI) are formulating a series of new proposals. These start with indexing every country’s past and present contributions to CO₂ emissions. EURACTIV France reports.

Drivers of the most polluting diesel vehicles can now be fined in Brussels after a grace period expired on Sunday (30 September), just as air pollution in the Belgian capital looks ready to heavily influence local elections.