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MEPs urged the European Commission to have clear procedures allowing the EU to take retaliatory measures including sanctions against the UK if it refuses to implement the terms of the Brexit agreement. 

The spread of Monkeypox, which broke out in Europe in May, is slowing down, according to the latest statement from the French health ministry on Tuesday (30 August), but the French patient group Monkeypox Collective is still calling for caution.

The EU’s lead vaccine negotiator shared her thoughts with MEPs on why the Commission’s COVID-19 vaccine strategy, in the end, worked but also why attracted so much criticism for lack of transparency.

Between the long-awaited approval of member states' Common Agricultural Policy plans and looming concerns over fertilisers and fodder, this Autumn holds plenty in store for the EU's agriculture sector. Here are the main issues to keep your eye on over the next few months. 

The Czech presidency of the EU Council circulated last week a new compromise text on the European Digital Identity (eIDs) proposal, a file that has so far seen limited progress due to its technical complexity.

75 years of free India are replete with stupendous achievements. These become more remarkable because the country had to make a ‘Tryst with Destiny’ bringing out an exploited 1/6th of the humanity from the vagaries of the colonial yoke.

Mikhail Gorbachev, who initiated major reforms and ended the Cold War without bloodshed, but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday (30 August) at the age of 91.

Greetings and welcome to EURACTIV’s Green Brief. Below you’ll find the latest roundup of news covering energy & environment from across Europe. You can subscribe to the weekly newsletter here. This summer was marred by harrowing images of fires sweeping...

Eight European Union countries bordering the Baltic Sea agreed on Tuesday (30 August) to increase offshore wind power generation capacity sevenfold – to 20 gigawatts by 2030 – in order to decrease dependency on Russian energy.

As Michelle Bachelet's tenure as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ends on Wednesday (31 August), critics say her failure to issue a report on Beijing's record on Xinjiang repressions underscores the need for a more outspoken successor.

European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday (30 August) rebuffed a call by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to temporarily suspend the EU's Emission Trading System (ETS) in order to stabilise power prices.

Ahead of the Italian elections on 25 September, the Five Star Movement led by Giuseppe Conte proposes stabilising the ‘Superbonus’ scheme for building renovation, while others, including outgoing Prime Minister Mario Draghi, sound the alarm over potential fraud.

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A new draft media law voted on in the Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday (30 August) could see the country take a step towards fulfilling conditions set out by Brussels for EU accession. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday (30 August) accused Russia of attacking the area near Europe's biggest nuclear plant due to be visited by UN inspectors as intense battles raged in southern Ukraine.

The end of the much-discussed ‘grand coalitions’ between European centre-right parties and social democrats have led the European People’s Party (EPP) to search for alternatives on the right side of the political spectrum to form governments.  The elections in Sweden...

The special envoy of the European Union for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajçak, says that there is a deadline of two months for both countries to find a solution to the issue of vehicle license plates. As of 1 September, ...

A new digital campaign showcasing the health benefits of drinking water when consuming alcohol highlights the value of partnerships between different actors to convey messages about pressing societal issues such as binge drinking.

The European Commission has rejected on Tuesday (30 August) Germany's request to put an early end to the restricted zone imposed by Brussels on Lower Saxony to mitigate the spread of swine flu due to a continued high risk of infection.

Dutch Embassy staff had to be evacuated from the Iraqi capital on Tuesday as riots in the city have caused political turmoil, Dutch media NOS reported. Embassy staff were evacuated in response to the riots that broke out in Baghdad...