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The Mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, has revived the debate on facial recognition after images of violent clashes outside the Stade de France during the Champions League final on Saturday (28 May) put the French government in the spotlight.

The EU and the African Union have agreed on a united message on food security which places the blame for disruptions to food supply squarely on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s shoulders amid warnings of a “catastrophic” famine.

France's insurance sector is growing again while banks have seen a "return to normal" after the COVID-19 crisis, the governor of the Bank of France, François Villeroy de Galhau,  said on Monday (30 May).

The French parliamentary elections are around the corner and, as always, I find it difficult to explain to my fellow journalists and foreign friends how democracy works in my country.

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has been in the spotlight following the eruption of violent clashes outside the Stade de France during the Champions League final on Saturday night (28 May). EURACTIV France reports.

In an interview with EURACTIV, Witold Waszczykowski, the former foreign minister of Poland and a leading lawmaker in the European Parliament, gave a less than optimistic account of the extraordinary EU summit on Ukraine held on 30-31 May.

As ICT companies prepare for the future of connectivity, they remain mindful of our planet’s future. Forward-looking regulatory instruments, with a technology neutral approach to green transitions, will enable the enablers. Learn more during our fourth Digital Debate Series event.

The agreement is both a landmark diplomatic achievement and a realpolitik compromise. It is an end to Russian oil that still sees Russian oil flowing into the EU (call it Schrödinger’s oil ban).

It is "not justified" to conclude that the herbicide glyphosate causes cancer, an expert committee inside the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has said, invoking widespread criticism from health and environmental campaigners.

EU leaders on Tuesday (31 May) played down the prospects of getting a ban on Russian gas in a next round of sanctions, after struggling to secure a watered-down embargo on Moscow's key oil exports.

European leaders at the EU summit in Brussels on the night of 30-31 May agreed on €9 billion in macro-financial support for Ukraine and committed themselves to help finance Ukraine's reconstruction, but they postponed decisions on the nature of the support and how it should be funded.

This event will examine how RePowerEU plans could be implemented in ways that ensure a ‘win-win’ for both climate and biodiversity. It will examine the role of science and data to achieve this and draw on some existing examples to explore how best practice in renewable energy siting could be strengthened and scaled up in Europe to help make RePowerEU a success. It will also look at how Europe could harness the global interest and momentum behind RePowerEU to develop and help roll out best practice on renewable energy siting around the world, as part of its climate and biodiversity leadership for implementing both the Paris Agreement and the new Global Biodiversity Framework which global leaders are aiming for at COP15 later this year. ORGANISED BY: The Nature Conservancy MEDIA PARTNER: EURACTIV

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By the end of May, there have been over 200 cases of monkeypox confirmed outside endemic countries. As mysterious monkeypox cases are appearing among people who have never traveled to endemic countries, it is time to look at what we...

Spanish leaders are hoping that an upcoming congress on the future of transport, the first in a series, will help to establish the country as a global leader in sustainable mobility.

One of the ways out of the looming world food crisis is to re-channel the million tonnes of grain stuck in Ukraine via Belarus. The difficulty however is of political nature: the EU would need to lift the sanctions it recently imposed on Belarus.

Three systems that verify peoples' age with AI technology to prevent minors from being exposed to harmful content have been endorsed by Germany's Commission for the Protection of Minors in the Media. EURACTIV Germany reports.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Russia’s Gazprom cutting gas supplies to the Netherlands, Portugal’s life expectancy dropping since the COVID-19 pandemic, and so much more.

Relatives of Ukrainian fighters who remained for weeks under the besieged Azovstal steel works said on Monday (30 May) they had received no news of the whereabouts of their loved ones since they were evacuated to Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine.

Slovak websites are advertising stolen Hungarian license plates following the government’s announcement that only Hungarian motorists will be able to enjoy capped fuel prices, according to a Hungarian energy giant MOL Group executive. The Hungarian government announced on Thursday (27...