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Germany’s economy and climate minister Robert Habeck is travelling to Oslo on Wednesday (16 March) to cement the country’s energy partnership with Norway and maximise gas supplies to the continent, including the potential of "blue" hydrogen made from fossil fuels.

Given the war in the East, and recent riots in the United States, the quality of the information ecosystem has become central. Media leaders could seize industrial, policy and budget opportunities, beyond the basic democracy principles, with a view to media resilience, write Pedro Ortún Silvan and Christophe Leclercq.

The present COVID-19 crisis, which revolutionised the way people and companies use ICT and other digital technologies to work and interact, has also highlighted the urgency to promote gender balance in the digital sector. Inequalities were identified decades ago, and efforts have been made to address them over the years. Nevertheless, such gender unbalance persists in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields generally, and in the digital sector specifically (e.g. digital technologies, Computer Science, Information Technology, Information and Communication Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, etc.).

While getting ready to enforce the Digital Services Act on very large online platforms, the EU executive has come back with a proposal to charge these big players a supervisory fee directly.

The EU will fail to meet its target of climate neutrality by 2050 unless draft legislation to cut emissions in the shipping sector is strengthened and loopholes are closed, argues Lucy Gilliam.

Join this EURACTIV Virtual Conference to discuss the new definition of efficient district heating systems in the EED proposal, and how stakeholders can best cooperate to achieve cost-effective decarbonisation.

The last week has seen a previously unthinkable political U-turn by the European Union to end its reliance on all fossil fuels imported from Russia.

Hundreds of Russians lined up outside an Istanbul club on Tuesday to get a glimpse of Oxxxymiron, a rapper who rattled the Russian celebrity world with bold statements against his country's invasion of Ukraine.

European Union countries should immediately start refilling their gas stores to prepare for next winter and provide a buffer against supply shocks, EU country leaders will say at a summit next week.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about German households potentially going cold without Russian gas, France offering asylum to the Russian journalist who protested on TV, and so much more.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Czech counterpart Petr Fiala and Slovenia’s Janez Jansa, who travelled by train to war-torn Kyiv, were the first foreign leaders to visit Ukraine’s capital since Russia‘s invasion last month. As EURACTIV.cz learnt, the three EU...

The US Senate on Tuesday (15 March) unanimously passed a resolution condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal, a rare show of unity in the deeply divided Congress.

Energy prices are increasing everywhere, said EU Chief Diplomat Josep Borrell during his visit to Europe’s second-poorest country Albania, adding that instead of paying €50 mWh for his electricity, he is now paying €500. The comment came amid his visit...

Bosnia and Herzegovina has been an aberration and deviation for 25 years because of “European commissars”, Croatian President Zoran Milanović said while speaking to reporters during a visit to the Zemunik airbase, inland from the coastal city of Zadar, on...

The chances of Bulgaria halting the delivery of natural gas through the Balkan Stream Pipeline are slim, the general manager of the state-owned natural gas provider Srbijaga, Dušan Bajatović, said on Tuesday. According to Bajatović, this is because the fuel was...

Slovenia is prepared to receive Ukrainians needing medical treatment and supports the Polish proposal to transfer patients to EU member states other than those bordering Ukraine, Health Minister Janez Poklukar said Tuesday. “Slovenia is ready to receive patients in urgent...

The country’s anti-corruption office known as USKOK opened an investigation into Labour Minister Josip Aladrović and Županja Mayor Damir Juzbašić on charges of favouritism, USKOK reported on Tuesday. Aladrović is suspected of favouritism in hiring two people, one in 2018...

Uzina Mecanica Bucuresti (UMB) has partnered with General Dynamics European Land Systems and Mowag to assemble Piranha V infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) at its Bucharest plant. The Romanian army signed a contract on Tuesday to buy 227 Piranha V vehicles...

Access to affordable clean electricity and a global level playing field on carbon pricing are crucial for the ability of energy-intensive industry in Europe to invest in decarbonisation. When EU Environment Ministers meet to discuss the revision of the EU ETS this week, they should look for a framework that puts Europe on track for carbon neutrality.

US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin is set to visit Slovakia, marking it the first-ever US defence ministry official visit. The US Department of Defence stated that Austin would come to Slovakia to assure American commitment to NATO’s eastern flank....