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Investigations are continuing to find the causes of the crash of the Antonov cargo aircraft on Saturday evening near the town of Kavala in northern Greece, while a team of US experts arrived in the area to join the investigation...

The newly formed Estonian government, led by Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, was sworn in during the parliament session on Monday, starting an eight-month term. The new government is formed from the centre-right Reform Party, led by Kallas, conservative Isamaa and...

The end of travel restrictions on the Finnish-Russian border has increased traffic between the countries, but the numbers are far lower than pre-pandemic levels. Finland removed travel restrictions from the start of July, and Russia followed suit on the 15th....

Health services want more urgency for monkeypox vaccinations for at-risk groups as it has been over a week since Health Minister Ernst Kuipers announced vaccinations for these groups, yet there has been no update on the matter, NL Times reported....

Austrian Health Minister Johannes Rauch has called on citizens to take the heatwave seriously as the country faces temperatures consistently above 30°C. While less hard-hit by the current heatwave rolling across Europe than countries like the United Kingdom, Austria will...

German chancellor Olaf Scholz warned of a return to fossil energy and urged policymakers across the globe not to forget the looming climate crisis as more and more countries switch back to coal due to rising energy prices. “What must...

The sidelining of Ukraine's domestic spy chief on Sunday (17 July) laid bare Kyiv's battle far from the frontlines to purge its powerful security agencies of collaborators and Russian agents.

An €8 billion investment project touted as Europe’s largest coastal park is expected to create a “smart” city within Greece’s capital and offer a much-needed green push, the mayor of Ellinikon, the site of the project, told EURACTIV Greece in an interview.

The liberal-leaning Russian independent TV station Dozhd (TV Rain) resumed broadcasting on Monday evening (18 July) from abroad after being forced to shut its Moscow studio following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

After Skopje resolved a long-running dispute with its neighbour Bulgaria, Albania and North Macedonia on Monday (18 July) received the green light to start accession talks that could ultimately lead to EU membership. EURACTIV looks at the next steps both...

Outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson is now set to see out seven more weeks in office after winning a confidence vote on Monday during which he vigorously defended his government’s record and hinted that the so-called ‘deep state’ might try to reverse Brexit. 

Just under half of EU territory is at risk of severe and prolonged drought, according to a new European Commission report amid warnings this unprecedented heatwave may negate gains in food production supposed to help plug the gap left by the Ukraine war. 

EU ministers gave the final go-ahead to the regulation allowing Moldova to at least double their exports to the EU of tomatoes, garlic, table grapes, apples, cherries, plums, and grape juice for a period of one year, without any duties.

Joint talks between the EU and Israel could resume for the first time in a decade before November, EU's chief diplomat Josep Borrell confirmed on Monday (18 July).

This week, EURACTIV’s agrifood team discusses the long-awaited outcome of the European Court of Justice’s ruling on feta cheese, which sets a precedent for the protection of geographical indications outside the EU’s borders, and we take a look at the...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is in Baku today where she will seek more natural gas from Azerbaijan.

Creating healthy and sustainable ecosystems in Europe is key to ensuring food security, as heatwaves worsen and Russia blocks grain exports out of Ukraine, the environment commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius told EURACTIV.

Russian gas supplies have dropped via major routes, including via Ukraine and Belarus and through Nord Stream 1 under the Baltic Sea. The only route unaffected brings gas to Russia's  European friends – Serbia and Hungary.

As the EU prepares to impose another round of punitive measures on Russia over Ukraine, the bloc's foreign ministers insisted on Monday (18 July) that the previous six rounds of sanctions have been effective.

As monkeypox cases in the EU almost double in a week, the European Commission's Health Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) secured over 54,000 additional vaccine doses against the virus.