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The last working reactor at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was disconnected from the grid after shelling caused a fire, with the UN's atomic watchdog due to brief the Security Council about the crisis on Tuesday (6 September).

Burning hydrogen instead of gas to heat homes and water could double consumer energy bills, at a time when consumers are already facing record-high gas prices, a new report has warned. 

Dublin does not expect Liz Truss, the UK’s new prime minister, to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol, which would suspend parts of the post-Brexit agreement between the UK and EU, said Foreign Minister Simon Coveney. “Liz Truss...

French President Emmanuel Macron said he favoured a “European contribution mechanism” on energy companies that would apply equally throughout the bloc after a video call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday. In France the debate on the introduction of...

EU mediator Miroslav Lajčak will visit Pristina and Belgrade on Friday, with special advisors to French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, to explore possibilities for progress in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, European Commission spokesperson Peter Stano told Serbian...

Poland is talking with several potential partners to launch nuclear energy in the country, with the aim to have six reactors operating before 2040, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Monday. Read more: Poland’s Morawiecki pushes for nuclear future in Paris...

Far-right Swedish Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson denounced Social Democrats’ “political failure” in response to allegations that his party’s “links to Russia” threaten national security in a press conference on Monday. During a press conference, Åkesson focused on the Social Democrats’...

Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Minister Henk Staghouwer announced his resignation via Twitter on Monday night as farmers continue to protest government plans to implement EU rules. “Farmers and fishermen need certainty about where the sector is headed so that...

Giorgia Meloni, the far-right candidate and frontrunner in the upcoming Italian elections, has promised voters she would modify the country's recently approved EU national recovery plan and use the money to reduce consumer energy bills if she wins the election.

European weapons stocks are running low as EU member states are making efforts to send military aid to Ukraine, the EU's chief diplomat Josep Borrell warned on Monday (5 September), renewing calls to better coordinate European supplies to the war-torn country.

In attempts to reach a common position on the review of prudential regulation for the European insurance sector, MEPs expressed starkly diverging opinions on whether and how to account for climate risks in the regulation.

Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia's last independent news outlets, was stripped of its media licence on Monday (5 September). On the same day, a court sentenced ex-journalist Ivan Safronov to 22 years after finding him guilty of treason.

Liz Truss has become the new UK prime minister after the Conservative leadership contest to replace Boris Johnson confirmed her as his successor on Monday (5 September), against the backdrop of growing political and economic problems. 

Many Central European countries host World War II memorials honouring the Soviet army that liberated them from Nazism - and then imposed another totalitarian regime. But in the context of Russia's undeclared war against Ukraine, such monuments are even more contentious.

The People’s Climate Festival or Klimafolkemødet, is an annual event in the Danish city of Middelfart, EDEN winner 2022, that is designed to put Climate first. The 3-day event is a call to action that puts climate at the top of the agenda.

European certifications could help the EU achieve its environmental ambitions, a recent study showed, though the findings raised questions among MEPs who expressed concern over quality controls and the impacts on farmers. 

Soaring energy bills have sent the EU’s horticulture sector scrambling to save their produce just as harvest time hits, leaving some debating whether to simply leave their crops to rot - and even whether to continue growing in the future.

France heavily lobbied the European Commission over the rights of platform workers, favouring the position of platforms and raising more concerns of collusion between French decision makers and industry lobbyists, according to documents obtained by EURACTIV.

In this episode of Thought Leadership, EURACTIV’s Jennifer Baker discussed EU’s Commission package FitFor55 and RePowerEu proposal with Philippe Delorme, CEO Europe Operations of Schneider Electric and MEP Ciarán Cuffe (Ireland, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance), Rapporteur of the...

Hello and welcome back to the EURACTIV Agrifood Podcast! This week we discuss the very first approvals of the Common Agricultural Policy national strategic plans, and we give you a run down of a particularly fiery debate over pesticides in...