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As the dust settles on the US midterm election results, EURACTIV spoke with Claire Healy, the Washington office director of climate think-tank E3G, about the significance of the vote for international climate diplomacy.

President Emmanuel Macron accused Russia of feeding anti-French propaganda in Africa to serve "predatory" ambitions in troubled African nations, where France has suffered military setbacks and a wider loss of influence over recent years.

The EU must avoid creating new 'dependencies' and offer an alternative to partner countries as it reshapes its diplomatic approach after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the bloc's chief diplomat Josep Borrell told EURACTIV.

Beverage sectors are concerned the European Commission’s new proposal on packaging legislation will be misguided in focusing their sectors almost exclusively on reusable packaging to the detriment of recycling schemes, rather than taking a holistic approach combining both.

The slowdown in economic activity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic had a massive impact on the EU's 2020 renewable energy objective, allowing 11 EU member states to hit their national target, analysts write.

The ownership of media by powerful business people with vested interests poses the main threat to media freedom in Albania and reform is necessary, according to a coalition of international media freedom delegates who visited the country. Partners of the...

US pressure on Pristina ahead of urgent Kosovo-Serbia talks on Monday. Over the weekend, US State Department advisor Derek Chollet spoke of three points raised with Prime Minster Albin Kurti regarding normalising relations between Kosovo and Serbia, ahead of a...

Police are currently investigating the racist attack that allegedly targeted Czech Television editor Richard Samek during a protest against the government and public broadcaster Czech Television last week. During the protests, one of the participants called Czech TV’s journalist a...

Poland has issued a series of decisions that effectively ban Russian representatives, including Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, from attending international meetings and summits located on its territory. After Poland decided not to issue visas to Russian representatives who were set...

The European Commission has dismissed fears that the electric vehicle revolution will be mostly confined to richer member states in the coming years, arguing that binding targets and ongoing public and private investments will boost charging infrastructure equality across the EU27.

Migrant workers and activists in Malta took to the capital’s streets over the weekend to protest against racial violence and abuse of power against ethnic minorities in the country. The protest was organised by the Maltese Black Lives Matter (BLM)...

The European Commission should soon release the second tranche of the Recovery and Resilience Plan as Portugal is currently implementing the first one, Prime Minister António Costa said Sunday. Costa, also the Secretary-General of Portugal’s Socialist Party, said this at...

Homeowners at risk of financial insolvency could have their mortgage conditions eased according to an agreement between the Spanish government and the country’s banking sector to be announced Tuesday. The executive could announce an agreement already on Monday and formally...

Flag carrier Finnair had to cancel around 100 flights on Sunday and Monday as the company’s cabin crew staged a strike due to salary cuts. The strike was announced by the Finnish Transport Worker’s Union as negotiations between Finnair and...

Turkish warplanes carried out air strikes on Kurdish militant bases in northern Syria and northern Iraq on 20 November, Turkey's defence ministry said, in retaliation for a bomb attack in Istanbul that killed six people one week ago.

Interest in the controversial tournament hosted by Qatar has reached a low in the football-fanatic nation, with King Willem-Alexander and Prime Minister Mark Rutte not planning to attend and just 14% of Dutch citizens excited about the tournament. Team Oranje...

The Austrian government is considering withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), a controversial energy investment protection treaty, after a reform spearheaded by the European Commission failed on Friday.

Germany and France are disappointed by the lack of overall ambition states showed with regard to phasing out fossil fuels and cutting emissions in heavy-emitter countries like China and India in the final hours of Sunday’s COP27 negotiations in Egypt.

Former Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio could be the EU’s next special Gulf envoy, but most Italians believe he is not the right man for the job. Di Maio was named the best candidate for the EU’s Special Gulf...

Rishi Sunak’s government has been forced to deny reports that it is planning to overhaul UK-EU relations by agreeing to a trade partnership based on Switzerland’s agreement with the bloc. The Sunday Times reported that senior ministers have been working...