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The Croatian government presented on Thursday a crisis package for citizens and businesses, including a cap on prices of food staples and energy, calling it “strong, just, and comprehensive.” Presenting the plan, worth 21 billion kuna (€2.8 billion), Prime Minister...

Slovak ice-hockey federation has decided that it will not ban players with contracts in Russia from playing for the national team, unlike its Czech counterpart. Seven Slovaks will play for clubs in the Russian Continental Hockey League (KHL) in the...

Pressure on Turkey must be exerted over the rising number of Syrian refugees coming to the EU from this country in the past months, Czech Interior Minister Vít Rakušan said. Rakušan debated the readmission agreement on the reciprocal obligation of...

Spanish Labour Minister Yolanda Díaz (Unidas Podemos/GUE/NGL) will meet with the country’s large food distributors and consumer associations to discuss a proposal to limit the prices of some twenty or thirty articles of the ‘basic food basket’. The minister explained...

The liberal-conservative National Coalition Party (NCP) has kept its leading position in the new poll and has widened the gap with the Social Democratic Party. In the monthly poll, commissioned and published by the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) on Thursday,...

Dutch leaders have paid their respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Thursday. The Dutch royal family as well as Prime Minister Mark Rutte have expressed their sadness. “We remember Queen Elizabeth II with deep respect and...

The European Union is planning to boost financial support to its military mission in Mozambique, as Islamist attacks threaten gas projects meant to reduce the bloc's reliance on Russian energy.

Belgian Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten called for a “more decisive” EU approach to the energy crisis, saying on Thursday that Belgium will not be satisfied with a price cap for Russian gas only. On Wednesday, European Commission President...

Trade union leader Philippe Martinez calls for a European campaign for higher wages because for President Emmanuel Macron and the EU, it is “the market that comes first” and “social issues are secondary.” In an exclusive interview with EURACTIV, the...

The share of German houses built with gas heating dropped by nine percentage points in the first half of this year, although Russia’s war on Ukraine did not accelerate the downwards trend. Just over 16% of building permits issued during...

The centre-right of the European Parliament has not received a draft of the conservative ECR’s plan to table a resolution concerning German WWII war reparations to Poland and finds the move “contradictory”, EURACTIV.pl has learned. Poland, on 1 September, presented...

The centre-right New Democracy government (EPP) will not support the European Commission’s proposal to cap Russian gas price, a spokesperson said on Thursday. “We are in favour of a cap on the wholesale price of all natural gas imports [not...

Conservatives want to change the law to prevent asylum seekers from being eligible to receive climate bonuses, a position that their Green coalition partner rejects. The annual bonus, adopted in June, will benefit all people living in Austria and will...

The European Union on Thursday (8 September) condemned the detention of a senior diplomat to Belarus who attended the trial of opposition activists in the capital Minsk as "unacceptable and deplorable".

Queen Elizabeth, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and the nation's figurehead for seven decades, died at her home in Scotland aged 96 on Thursday (8 September).

Heading into winter, the EU’s roiling energy crisis is poised to erupt, prompting calls to ensure every watt of electricity is fed into the EU grid - meanwhile, Germany stays committed to shutting off its last nuclear reactors.

In an exchange with Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn, EU lawmakers called on the executive to strengthen its tool to assess the EU funding’s impact on gender equality.

Biofuels made from agricultural and forestry waste could be significantly increased to reach a 30% share of the EU’s transport fuel, according to modelling carried out by a Dutch consultancy.

A rare article co-authored by two top Ukrainian security officials has offered the most detailed – and disturbing – assessment of the war to date. It also posed questions that require answers.

Family members rushed to be with Queen Elizabeth after doctors said they were concerned about the health of Britain's 96-year-old monarch on Thursday (8 September) and said she should remain under medical supervision.