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The Commission is deliberately leaving difficult decisions up to the member states, German agriculture minister Cem Özdemir said on Monday (25 July), after the EU executive decided on more flexibility around sustainable farming rules through 2023.

Participatory budgeting, the co-decision tool on the city expenditure, can be a leverage for equality and inclusion, giving every citizen a say on the initiatives and projects that should be funded by their municipality. But how can local governments ensure...

Co-decision on the city budget expenditure by displaced people can help local authorities better understand their needs. However, these communities often face language and financial obstacles that hinder their participation, according to experts. “If the purpose of citizen involvement is...

In a perfect world, the EU would be invincible, and its leaders would be superheroes. Charles Michel would be Superman and Ursula von der Leyen – Wonderwoman. The reality, we know, is different.

The French tax authorities and customs can continue collecting "freely accessible" data on social media networks such as Facebook to combat illegal sales or tax fraud, France's highest administrative court, the Conseil d'Etat, has decided.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visited Congo Republic on 25 July, the second leg of an African tour aimed at strengthening Moscow's ties with a continent that has refused to join Western condemnation and sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Construction sites, factory assembly lines and warehouses across central Europe are scrambling to fill vacancies after tens of thousands of Ukrainian men left their blue-collar jobs to return home after Russia invaded their country.

Russian police detained Leonid Gozman, an opposition politician, on Monday (25 July), his lawyer said, after a criminal case was opened over his alleged failure to inform the authorities swiftly enough about his citizenship of Israel.

Russia’s war on Ukraine has sobered up the debate about the EU’s enlargement process and shown the need to speed up the procedures, essentially halted by the previous Commission, Enlargement Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview.

Diesel drivers in Europe, already contending with record high prices, are in for even more pain at the pumps compared with those who rely on gasoline.

French satellite operator Eutelsat said on Monday (25 July) it was in talks with British counterpart OneWeb for a tie-up to create a "global champion" in broadband internet, rivalling US operators such as Elon Musk's Starlink.

After five months of Russian attacks, Ukraine will continue to do all it can to inflict as much damage on its enemy as possible, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address on Sunday (24 July).

China's finance and investment spending in Belt and Road countries fell slightly in the first half compared to a year earlier, with no new coal projects and investments in Russia, Egypt and Sri Lanka falling to zero, new research showed.

After years of wrestling with poor electoral results and dwindling political importance, France's social democrats have a chance to get back to the centre stage ahead of the 2027 presidential election.

Myanmar's military junta on Monday (25 July) said it had executed four democracy activists accused of helping to carry out "terror acts" in the Southeast Asian nation's first executions in decades, sparking widespread condemnation.

Various Russian "friends" and proxies, including some EU politicians, like Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán, are calling for negotiations with the Russian aggressor. But to finish the war Ukraine needs weapons, writes Roman Rukomeda.

Amid an energy crisis, Russian gas cut-offs and worsening climate change, EU negotiators face the mammoth task of overhauling Europe’s core emission reduction tool, the emissions trading scheme (ETS).

Albania’s new President, Bajram Begaj, was sworn in on Sunday (24 July) and called for the country’s political parties to cooperate on matters key to the future, particularly the rule of law.

The reconstruction of production facilities like oil depots or agricultural facilities to get the economy on its feet again is a top priority as this would allow Ukraine to restart its exports and have some financial inflows, Ukraine’s deputy minister...

Russia's top diplomat reassured Egyptian leaders Sunday (24 July) that their orders for Russian grain would be met as he began a tour of African countries dependent on imports for their food supply.