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A 14.5% energy efficiency target for 2030 would deliver significant economic, social and environmental benefits, according to recent research, writes Arianna Vitali Roscini.

The EU Commission rejected a warning from pharmaceutical companies that extended producer responsibility (EPR) under the proposed revision of the wastewater directive could jeopardise access to medicines.

A new compromise text by the Czech EU Council presidency has expanded the original proposal for tackling online child sexual abuse material to include a mechanism for dealing with cross-border content removal.

With six weeks before the end of its EU Council presidency, Prague is trying to set the outstanding differences among member states in the European chip legislation by reducing the budget by €400 million and opening up funding allocation to different contractual arrangements.

Violence against women remains a major social problem, worldwide and across the EU. In an effort to take active prevention, GOALSCORE and its partners believe sports and more specifically football, can play an important role in tackling gender violence among...

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The US administration and European Commission will meet in Washington on 5 December, the third in the context of the Trade and Technology Council (TTC), an EU-US initiative launched last year to provide a permanent platform for cooperation. The first...

The combination of drought, climate change and donor fatigue have resulted in a 'foreseeable' food crisis in Eastern Africa that has left millions at risk of famine, panellists told an event organised by EURACTIV this week. 

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog has warned that whoever fired artillery at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was "playing with fire" as his team prepared to inspect it on Monday (21 November) for damage from the weekend strikes.

Some 45 countries and institutions meet in Paris on Monday (21 November) to pledge millions of euros of aid for Moldova, as fears mount that it could be further destabilised by the conflict in Ukraine.

Kazakh president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was reelected on Sunday (20 November), building on hopes and promises of democratic reforms, in a country that had been ruled  for almost 30 years by a predecessor who concentrated too much power. 

The European Commission will ask to remove the modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) from the agenda of an ECT summit on Tuesday (22 November) after EU countries failed to reach a majority in favour of reforming the charter.

Germany has offered Warsaw the Patriot missile defence system to help it to secure its airspace after a stray missile crashed in Poland last week, Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht told a newspaper on Sunday (20 November).

Desperate to reduce its reliance on Russian gas, Germany’s speedy construction of infrastructure and leasing of floating LNG terminals may cost much more than initially assumed, Spiegel reported.

This week, EURACTIV’s agrifood team explains the latest on glyphosate and why the Commission is expected to unilaterally extend the approval for the controversial herbicide for one more year, EURACTIV’s agrifood editor Gerardo Fortuna speaks with the previous EU agriculture...

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Germany and Slovakia being disappointed about the outcomes of the COP27 climate summit, Finnair facing a cabin crew strike, and so much more.

EURACTIV attended the Farmers’ Day event in Dunafö ldvár in Hungary, where local farmers and producers highlighted the need for Europe to focus on producing its own animal feed.

More military support to Ukraine now, more territory and people liberated, and more effective sanctions mean better chances for peace diplomacy in the foreseeable future, writes Rastislav Káčer.

Food prices in Athens and Berlin are almost at the same level, but the German minimum wage is more than double the Greek one, leftist Avgi journal has reported. According to the press report, the situation is dramatic, especially for...

There is no clear evidence that five suspects currently detained in Bulgaria were involved in the 13 November Istanbul terrorist attack, a Bulgarian court announced on Saturday evening. Six people were killed and 81 others wounded on 13 November when...