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This year's Group of Seven president Japan has joined the bloc's condemnation of Russia's Ukraine invasion, imposing sanctions and agreeing on an oil price cap, with one exception: Moscow's Sakhalin energy projects.

After the next EU elections, the European Conservatives and Reformists group (ECR) will grow significantly and become a necessary partner to build strong alliances, conservative MEP Vincenzo Sofo told EURACTIV Italy in an interview. “What is certain is that the...

With a tripling of the current renovation rate, almost all residential buildings in the European Union could be renovated by 2050, saving 44% of final energy used in space heating, a new report shows.

About two billion tonnes of carbon dioxide are being removed from the atmosphere every year, according to a report published on Thursday (19 January), but nearly all of it is accomplished through forests, despite growing investments in new technologies. The...

Most adults in Europe acknowledge there is a problem with illicit tobacco products in the EU. Further, they are cognizant of the negative consequences that stem from illicit trade, of which there are many.  William Stewart is President at Povaddo...

The US aims to break the dynamic of grinding warfare and near-frozen front lines in Ukraine with newly announced military capabilities that it hopes will breathe fresh momentum into Kyiv's battle against Russian forces, a senior Pentagon official said.

Albania is still experiencing daily cyber attacks following a serious attack from Iran in 2022, Prime Minister Edi Rama said at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday. The attack brought critical digital government infrastructure offline and resulted in...

Bulgarian politicians that are directly involved still do not admit whether they knew Ukraine was the final destination of the record Bulgarian arms exports in 2022. “Our (Ukrainian) partners bought the weapons from the (weapons) industry. Part of the weapons...

Poltár, a city in southern Slovakia, invited representatives of the Russian embassy to the commemoration of the liberation of World War II, a move that was heavily criticised by the Defence Ministry. “This action is in absolute contradiction with the...

The prices of cheap medicines will be increased to facilitate access to them and avoid situations in which stocks run out, according to the Health Ministry. The Health Ministry will bring forward a set of measures in this area between...

The Finnish government’s logging operations to thin out forests in the Aalistunturi area continued on Wednesday after environmentalists clashed with police to protest the move. Some 900 kilometres north of Helsinki,  state-owned company Metsähallitus, working under the guidance of the...

The UK government staved off criticism from the opposition and its own Conservative MPs on Wednesday as it forced through legislation that could lead to thousands of pieces of EU law being scrapped from the UK statute. The Retained EU...

The Netherlands reported a total of 13,949 cybercrimes in 2022, which is nearly triple the amount reported in 2019. In 2019 there were 4,715 reports of cybercrime in the Netherlands; in 2022, it rose to 13,949, almost three times as...

Belgian MEP Marc Tarabella (S&D) told RTL on Wednesday that he was serene and did not receive money or gifts from Qatar after being accused by former MEP Pier-Antonio Panzeri (S&D) of being involved in the corruption system operating in...

The Austrian government wants to reduce the burden of high electricity prices on households by covering 80% of network tariffs, while authorities look to tackle price gouging by utility companies. As gas inventories remain high at above 85% and mild...

Risks of electricity cuts are now ‘behind us’, according to the French electricity network manager RTE, but not all is back to normal as strikes and a severe drop in temperatures could have a lasting impact on electricity production. RTE...

Nobody is waiting on the European level for Babiš, EPP Chief Manfred Weber said about the presidential aspirations of former Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš (ANO, Renew). Babiš advanced to the second round of the Czech presidential election with independent...

The European Union will be forced to produce more food but with fewer resources as the population grows, said Spanish Agriculture Minister Luis Plana, citing this as the reason for the concept of strategic autonomy being put on the table....

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz avoided commenting on the contentious question of delivering Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine during his speech at the Davos World Economic Forum. “We are continuously providing weapons systems to Ukraine, along with our partners,” Scholz said...

Vaccination remains a hot topic in the EU, even as the COVID-19 pandemic's peak appears to have passed. As policymakers look at lessons learned, one thing is clear - while many were happy to get their shots, some pushback persists.