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Russia’s war against Ukraine has accelerated the process of states ‘weaponising information’ and disinformation and the EU needs to refocus its efforts on tackling attempts at disinformation and manipulation around elections, said an EU official at a recent event hosted by EURACTIV. 

The new parliament is to be elected on 22 October, while the new heads of state will be elected on 12 December. The 2023 elections will show whether the 2019 green wave can be sustained. If the green party can...

Greece will elect a new national parliament by July 2023. Polls suggest Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ centre-right New Democracy party (EPP Group) is set to defend its position as the strongest party. However, different from 2019, Mitsotakis may be unable...

On 2 April, Finland will elect a new parliament, which will determine the fate of European Council member and centre-left Prime Minister Sanna Marin. Current polls suggest that Marin’s government coalition of the Social Democratic party, the Centre party, the...

Two developments that took place almost simultaneously this week signal that we should brace for a long war in Ukraine, lasting throughout 2023 and possibly even longer.

The European Commission gave a green light, needed under the EU state aid framework, for France to help wind energy producers temporarily increase the capacity of their farms.

November 29th, the Olympique Lyonnais football club inaugurated the installation of the latest photovoltaic shades on the car parks of its stadium, the Groupama Stadium. This was an opportunity for EURACTIV France to meet those involved in this long-standing project...

Increases in food prices and shortages worry most European consumers, new research reveals, while nearly half of those surveyed believe these costs are being unfairly distributed across the continent.

With plans for a national nutrition strategy in the EU Farm to Form vein, German agriculture minister Cem Özdemir wants to make diets healthier and more plant-based, but some say the proposal is dictating what people can and cannot eat.

The European Commission presented its annual working plan to help agri-food producers promote their products in the EU and abroad, with a focus on sustainability, quality, animal welfare, and healthy eating habits.

Germany appealed to the European Union on Thursday (22 December) to consider regulating "abrupt" and "arbitrary" decisions at Twitter since Elon Musk's takeover.

Recycling textiles is no easy feat, with industrial processes still in their early years. Yet, recyclers say a looming obligation for EU countries to collect and sort used textiles will help the nascent industry get off the ground.

In this edition of EU Politics Decoded, we look at the European People’s Party’s questionable tactics in seeking to make political capital out of the Qatargate scandal. 

European lawmakers called on the Commission to finally chart a roadmap to phase out animal tests and end ambiguity in the run-up to the much-awaited revision of the EU’s chemical framework.

The Planet League Cup brings together 77 professional football clubs, 12 County FAs, and hundreds of grassroots football clubs and schools, to engage fans on climate action, amongst them, Blackburn Rovers. The Planet League Cup is a unique sustainability tournament where...

The corrugated cardboard sector can achieve climate neutrality before 2050 if a set of enabling conditions are met, including a stable and predictable regulatory framework to steer investments in clean technologies, Eleni Despotou told EURACTIV in an interview.

2022 has been a year where high-profile international cases of violence against women, such as in Iran, Ukraine, and Afghanistan, have made headlines, but this is just part of a trend that permeates every aspect of society, according to United Nations (UN) officials interviewed by EURACTIV.

The United States, the European Union and 11 foreign ministers condemned the Taliban's decision to ban women from universities in Afghanistan, according to a joint statement issued on Wednesday (21 December).

A former Russian deputy prime minister and a pro-Moscow official were injured when Ukrainian forces shelled the eastern city of Donetsk on Wednesday (21 December), Russian news agencies said.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the October deadline for Bulgaria to join the Schengen club, Czechia deciding to keep border controls despite a drop in irregular flows, and so much more.