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Russian military exercises in Belarus will continue, Minsk announced Sunday (20 February), leaving Moscow with a large force near the northern Ukraine border as Western powers warn of an imminent invasion. The announcement came as French President Emmanuel Macron called...

Russia's military presence in Belarus, Munich Security Conference update and more Ukraine diplomacy ahead. Plus: Exclusive interview with Bulgaria's Prime Minister Kiril Petkov.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Saturday (19 February) that his country was a “shield” against Russia and deserved more support in the face of a feared Russian invasion, as Moscow test-fired nuclear-capable missiles in a defiant show of force. In...

EU and African leaders laid out a number of promises to secure equitable access to vaccines at the end of a two-day summit in Brussels on Friday (18 February). No decision on lifting intellectual property rights was reached, however.

The US leader insisted it was "not too late to de-escalate and return to the negotiating table," but warned that if an attack comes, the Russian president will have "slammed the door shut on diplomacy."

India on Thursday (17 February) urged the world’s biggest 20 economies (G20) to make joint efforts to ensure increased multi-lateral funding by global institutions including the International Monetary Fund to prepare for future pandemics. Low middle-income and middle income countries...

Europe and Africa must invest in their human capital to ensure that migration can be beneficial for both continents, write Paul Kagame and Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Gas and electricity prices will “remain high and volatile until at least 2023” according to long term forecasts quoted in a draft of the European Commission’s communication on energy prices due to be published next month.

After two years of waiting, it’s hard to avoid the sense that this week's EU/African Union summit was glossy but painfully light on substance.

EU and African leaders wrapped up a two-day summit in Brussels on Friday (18 February) with both sides stressing that the promise of a ‘partnership of equals’ and a 'new spirit' of relations would become reality.

It might be the shortest one, but February is also undoubtedly the month in which we've heard the most about alcohol in the EU bubble.

The EU Ombudsman has written to the Commission to query how it will ensure transparency and a balanced representation of interests during the implementation of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) reform. Stressing that agriculture is a crucial sector for reducing...

Welcome to EURACTIV’s Digital Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here.    “Coordinated actions around an agreed topic will allow them to learn from each other’s expertise, harmonise their approaches and...

EU lawmakers have approved, by a large majority, a report to update the EU's Toy Safety Directive, which they say no longer meets the necessary standards. EURACTIV France reports.

As Spain and Portugal are hit by the worst drought in 15 years, MEPs have voiced worries over the situation. EU Equality Commissioner Helena Dalli raised hopes that support could come from funds in the EU's farming subsidies programme.

Energy professionals who are working on better integrating the growing number of renewable energies into the French energy mix are finding the varying number of renewable energies challenging, though aggregating multiple decentralised sources, using so-called "smart grids" and goodwill could help with better integration. EURACTIV France reports.

The EU has a growing base of startups but in a market so large and diverse, accessing funding can present a key challenge.

This week, EURACTIV’s agrifood team explores what the EU-Africa summit holds for the agrifood sector, we are joined by Brendan Coolsaet.

With this prosecutor general, change in Bulgaria will not happen, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview on 18 February 2022. He said however that he expected that at the end of his mandate Bulgaria could become an example of a country which has successfully eradicated corruption.

Germany’s power grid is in dire need of upgrade to ensure stable supply in a country aiming to source 80% of its electricity from intermittent wind and solar by 2030.