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Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko has reached out to Copenhagen Mayor Sophie Hæstorp Andersen to discuss a twinning agreement between both cities to reinforce cooperation. Based on a proposal from Kyiv, the city of Copenhagen’s economic affairs department has prepared a...

An increase of 75% in wind power capacity in 2022 has resulted in foreign investments in the country rising, approaching green transition goals, a new report by the Finnish Wind Energy Association (FWPA) writes.

Dutch and Belgian customs will continue their cooperation against drug smuggling in the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp in 2023, State Secretary for Benefits and Customs Aukje de Vries said on Tuesday. The continued cooperation was announced at a presentation...

Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele, imprisoned in Iran for almost a year over espionage, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison and 74 lashes, Iranian news agencies report. After being arrested in February 2022 on unknown grounds, a spokesperson...

Conservatives eager to win important looming local elections in the state of Lower Austria are wanting to further crack down on climate activists with stricter sentences, though legal experts see such a move as problematic.

Germany will offer Kyiv support for its efforts to navigate the path to EU accession, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said during a surprise visit to Eastern Ukraine. Baerbock travelled to Kharkiv on Tuesday as the first German government member to...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he is committed to easing tensions between Kosovo and Serbia as well as the political impasse in Bosnia and Herzegovina, following a government session in Ankara. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Erdogan has...

French President Emmanuel Macron inviting former Czech prime minister and current presidential candidate Andrej Babiš, who is also under investigation in France for money laundering, is causing turmoil in Czechia just three days before the presidential elections. Babiš is among...

Russian espionage activities targeted at Sweden are expected to increase as the country enters the NATO alliance, the head of the Swedish Security Service Charlotte von Essen said on Tuesday. Sweden, like Finland, signed the accession protocol to join the...

Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne presented the details of a long-awaited pension reform on Tuesday, revealing an increase in the legal retirement age despite trade union pushback that will test government stability over the coming weeks. Pension reform has been the...

European Commissioners warned TikTok’s CEO on Tuesday (10 January) that the company needs to regain their trust following revelations it transmitted sensitive data to China.

The Common Agricultural Policy’s (CAP) share of the EU budget should be increased in the next seven-year financial programme starting in 2028, according to EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski, as soaring inflation makes its mark on the EU agri-food sector. 

German politics has a reputation for being boring but lately, a series of uncharacteristically entertaining party conferences, packed with quips and political games, has brought much amusement. In such serious times, this is not a good thing.

Independent Russian channel, TV Rain, has been granted a broadcasting license in the Netherlands after the permit it had been given by Latvia was revoked last month. 

The European Commission will continue to abide by the divisive US tariffs on Spanish black olives, while EU lawmakers and Spanish producers are seeking more EU support with legal fees and losses.

The EU's upcoming proposal to make online content providers contribute to the cost of digital infrastructure will include the increasing volumes of data used by the metaverse and virtual worlds, according to a letter obtained by EURACTIV.

Turkey's chief prosecutor made his final case in court Tuesday (10 January) to shut down a Kurdish-backed opposition party before the country heads to the polls later this year.

To kick off the new year, EURACTIV takes a look at the 'Fit for 55' transport files still on the docket for 2023.

NATO and the EU are seeking to ramp up cooperation in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine with a fresh joint declaration signed on Tuesday (10 January). But it also means redefining talk of strategic autonomy.

The European Parliament’s co-rapporteurs circulated new compromise amendments to the ArtificiaI Intelligence (AI) Act proposing how to carry out fundamental rights impact assessments and other obligations for users of high-risk systems. The new compromise was circulated on Monday (9 January)...