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The Czech Republic wants to organise expert teams to help Ukraine with the conservation and reconstruction of its cultural heritage, Culture Minister Martin Baxa told his counterparts at a meeting in Lviv on Wednesday. The Russian army is already plundering...

Although the EU and the UK agreed sanctions on Russian ships, they are delaying their execution for fear of rising oil prices. Meanwhile, Putin's war is taking innocent lives, writes Svitlana Romanko, urging G7 leaders to take their responsibility and address their overdependence on Russian oil and gas.

The North Atlantic Alliance showed it could “raise the stakes” if necessary in response to Russia, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has said. Rebelo de Sousa spoke to journalists at the entrance to a Portugal-Kenya Economic Forum in Lisbon. On Russia,...

Inflation, fuelled by rising energy and food prices, rose 1.5 points in June and closed at a year-on-year rate of 10.2%, the highest level since 1985, the state-owned National Statistics Institute revealed Wednesday. Inflation continues to affect the entire Spanish...

Italy met its commitments under the Next Generation EU by reaching all 45 national recovery plan targets for the first half of the year and has already sent the Commission its request for the second tranche of EU pandemic recovery...

A new EU-funded alliance aims to prepare the bloc for the introduction of zero-emission aircraft by upgrading Europe’s aviation infrastructure to meet the needs of electric and hydrogen-powered jets.

Russia pressed on with its offensive in eastern Ukraine on Thursday (29 June) after NATO branded Moscow the biggest "direct threat" to Western security and agreed plans to modernise Kyiv's beleaguered armed forces.

Plans for the launch of a third submarine cable connection between Estonia and Finland have been agreed to by the Estonian and Finnish transmission system operators Elering and Fingrid in a letter of intent signed on Wednesday. Two high-voltage direct...

The three major Finnish companies, KONE, Nokian Tyres and Ponsse, announced their exit from the Russian market on Tuesday after already starting to phase out activities there. The KONE Corporation, a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, announced...

The government will propose additional measures to better protect press freedom in the country, two ministers announced in a letter to the House of Representatives on Wednesday. State Secretary Gunay Uslu and Justice and Security Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius wrote a letter to...

The new Federal Ministries Act to restructure competences could not be passed on Wednesday due to the National Council mistakenly not passing the most up-to-date text of the law in mid-June, further delaying changes in government departments. An amendment from...

The government announced an “emergency food aid” of €100 per household and €50 per child, said government spokeswoman Olivia Gregoire. The cheque will be paid to nine million low-income households. Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire already said on Monday he...

Authorities in Pristina are planning an assault on the north of Kosovo where mostly Serbs reside, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić claimed on Wednesday, without providing any evidence. Serbia’s president expressed his concerns meeting with Miroslav Lajčak, the EU Envoy for...

After clinching a deal on mandatory gas storage last month, Latvia, Austria and Slovakia currently have the largest gas stores for next winter compared to annual consumption. Slovakia, for example, has already filled its stores to 36% of its yearly...

In a speech at Bloomberg’s London headquarters on Wednesday European Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič accused Britain of adopting a “my way or the highway” approach, adding that relations between London and Brussels are “in a difficult situation, which will most...

Germany should significantly ramp up arms shipments to help Ukraine win the war, according to an open letter signed by EU lawmakers from different political groups that says negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin should not be counted on. The letter,...

The Biden administration threw its support on Wednesday (29 June) behind the potential sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, a day after Ankara lifted a veto of NATO membership for Finland and Sweden. Speaking at a briefing call, Celeste...

Rewatch this EURACTIV Hybrid Conference to find out about the results of the French Presidency's digital priorities and the challenges the Czech Presidency faces in advancing Europe’s green and digital transformation.

On one of the last days of its Presidency, the French government proposed three different ways to approach product safety rules for online marketplaces, according to an internal document obtained by EURACTIV. The French Presidency noted that setting product safety...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine revealed Europe's complacency and a "new paradigm" is needed, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said at the Jacques Delors Institute's annual conference on Tuesday (28 June).