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Advertisement of e-cigarettes is expected to receive an increased attention by policymakers in the much-awaited revision of the EU’s tobacco products framework.

Ahead of the European Commission’s revision of the European tobacco framework, the vaping industry has set itself new rules to better regulate advertising around the e-cigarette and reduce the attractiveness of these products to minors.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon's radical left-wing group La France Insoumise (LFI) will present a bill to lawmakers next week aimed at reinstating health workers who did not get the COVID-19 vaccine, though it remains uncertain whether other left-wing parties will back it.

Rewatch this EURACTIV Hybrid Conference to find out the importance of a balanced approach in assessing the nutritional benefits of beverages and food products. What are the potential implications of a new, mandatory front-of-pack labelling system to help inform consumer choices? Taking the example of the fruit juice sector, the debate discussed the latest policy developments, industry perspectives and scientific research in this area and look ahead at what to expect in 2023

The European Commission should ban sales commissions that financial advisers receive when they sell financial products as this distorts incentives and leaves retail investors worse off, argues Monique Goyens.

On March 2, the United Nations Environment Assembly agreed on a resolution to end plastic pollution with a legally binding international agreement by 2024. The negotiations to come over the next two years will therefore open up a number of perspectives.

Details on enforcement jurisdiction and a formalised list of what does not count as political advertising are among the changes included in the Czech Council Presidency’s latest compromise text on the political advertising regulation.

In these difficult times when the Russian aggression against Ukraine forces EU member states to redefine the energy sector, the strong voice of the CEE countries will be an added value during the discussions about the future of the EU energy market.

The war in Ukraine is forcing Europeans to consider life without Russian oil and gas. Yet, most efforts are focused on supply-side measures and not on energy demand-cutting solutions that are crucial to avoid the risk of blackouts, advocates say.

Bringing a message that "Brazil is back" in the fight against global warming, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met with climate envoys from China and the US at the COP27 talks, on his first foreign trip since being elected Brazilian president.

EU member states are set to boost their military budgets by up to €70 billion by 2025 but purchases outside the bloc and a lack of project cooperation risk undermining efforts to create coherent forces, a new annual defence review report warns.

The European Union supports a call by India to phase down fossil fuel use as part of a COP27 deal, the bloc's climate policy chief Frans Timmermans said on Tuesday (15 November), provided it does not weaken previous agreements on reducing the use of coal.

Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) nations deplored Russia's aggression in Ukraine "in the strongest terms" on Wednesday (16 November) and demanded its unconditional withdrawal in a declaration adopted at the end of a two-day summit.

Negotiators at COP27 climate talks in Egypt prepared Tuesday (15 November) for a looming showdown over how – and how quickly – to funnel funds to developing countries battered by deadly and costly climate impacts.

US Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the Philippine islands of Palawan on the edge of the disputed South China Sea, a senior official said on 15 November, in a move that may be interpreted by Beijing as a rebuke.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Slovenia securing Algerian gas to cover a third of its needs, Spain planning to train 2,400 Ukrainian soldiers annually, and so much more.

Donald Trump, who has mounted relentless attacks on the integrity of US voting since his 2020 election defeat, on Tuesday (15 November) launched a bid to regain the presidency in 2024, aiming to pre-empt potential Republican rivals.

In a sign of resistance to Western calls to choose between Moscow and the West, Serbian President Aleksander Vucic said his country’s brotherly relations with Russia cannot be destroyed, and Belgrade would never succumb to pressure during a meeting with...

Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti doubled down on the decision not to allow the creation of an Association of Serb Municipalities, noting it is unconstitutional and not wanted by the local population, rather only from Belgrade. The association is an...

After Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visited Albania on Tuesday in the first-ever visit of its kind, Albanian President Bajram Begaj declared the welcoming of Azeri investments and the possible establishment of diplomatic missions. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Azerbaijan has...