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Finnish dairy producer Valio and energy company St1 are launching a biogas plant to produce renewable transport fuel in an effort to find new energy sources and improve the country’s self-sufficiency. The joint venture project called Suomen Lantakaasu will consist...

The city of Amsterdam is offering 900 places on boats and in hotels this week to Ukrainian refugees escaping their war-torn country. Previously, the city only had the capacity to offer 300 places. On 4 March, the central government of...

Pensions reform will be one of the “priority” projects that President Emmanuel Macron intends to implement if elected to a second term, with the retirement age rising from 62 to 65. With one month to go before the first round...

Germany has appointed its first special envoy to the region in an effort to “show more presence” in the Western Balkans and put their concerns high up on Berlin’s agenda, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced during a visit to Sarajevo...

Romanian authorities have launched extensive checks on fuel retailers, which they suspect have raised pump prices artificially. Drivers queued up on Wednesday at petrol stations across Romania after rumours that petrol and diesel oil prices will skyrocket spread on social media. The...

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s candidate, ex-family minister Katalin Novák was chosen as Hungary’s head of state for the next five years by the ruling Fidesz-dominated parliament on Thursday, Telex reported. Katalin Novák won the vote of 137 MPs of the 199-seat unicameral...

VOX, Spain’s ascending far-right party, is to form part of a regional government for the first time after striking a deal with the conservative People’s Party on Thursday, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported. The PP will lead the coalition in Castile and...

Sanctions on Russian gas would have a devastating effect on the Austrian economy, the country’s industry players who have so far backed the EU sanctions regime against Russia, said. While EU leaders debate the next sanctions package against Russia and...

Poland and Hungary teamed up in their fight against Brussels over their respective rule of law standoffs, but that unity has dwindled recently over Budapest’s close ties with Moscow which may become the bone of contention. The pro-Russian views of...

After hours of debate, EU leaders on Thursday (10 March) stopped short of concrete commitments on Ukraine's appeal for rapid accession to the bloc and differed over the reach of sanctions against Moscow.

Ireland has not been as badly hit by Brexit trade disruption as had been initially feared, according to government trade officials in Dublin.

On Wednesday (9 March) Parliament gave a green light for a new EU strategic framework on health and safety at work that includes better protection of workers from exposure to harmful substances, stress at work and repetitive motion injuries. 

Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine has entered the third week with no end or victory in sight. No matter how many advances he makes on the ground - at the price of committing massive atrocities -  this is a war he cannot win and should not have started in the first place.

Germany and Hungary are the most vocal opponents of an EU import ban on Russian energy, which is staunchly supported by Poland, while France and others sit on the fence.

The European Commission stood firm in its resolve to forge ahead with the EU’s sustainable food goals in the first expert meeting on food security this week, despite growing fears around food shortages caused by the war in Ukraine.

A group of progressive MEPs are preparing to question the European Commission on why Russia’s largest technology company has been excluded from the sanctions list so far, while Baltic states are planning to raise the point in the Council discussions....

Sweden will invest heavily in defence in a historic move that will bring military spending in line with NATO's goal of 2% of the GDP, according to an announcement by the government on Thursday (10 March).

The EU needs to take additional steps to ensure people with disabilities have greater access to jobs and rights across the bloc, Sophie Cluzel, the French Secretary of State in charge of people with disabilities, told her European counterparts in Paris on Wednesday (9 March).  EURACTIV France reports.

A new special committee to oversee lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and make recommendations for the future has been greenlighted by the European Parliament on Thursday (10 March).

This week, our Beyond the Byline podcast focuses on informal summit of the EU leaders this Thursday in Versailles.