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President Emmanuel Macron said he would push Europe to “engage in international competition” on space issues  – describing it as a central issue for European sovereignty – at a summit to be held in Toulouse on Wednesday. The summit will discuss...

The EU-Albania committee monitoring the country’s EU integration progress met on Tuesday with discussions including the fight against corruption and last year’s massive data leaks which saw almost a million people’s data including name, ID, salary, phone number, voting preference,...

Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss the Ukraine crisis and as the head of the OSCE, currently presided over by Poland. Rau stressed that his visit concerned the tense security situation...

The Spanish car industry could see 8,000 people lose their jobs in the future as electric cars require less workforce than combustion engine cars, Spanish car manufacturer SEAT has warned, newspaper Cinco Dias reported on Tuesday. SEAT – a member of the...

Italy, France, Spain, and Germany regularly meet and consult each other to find common ground and reach a wider consensus within the EU Council, Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese said at an event organised by EURACTIV Italy on Tuesday. Lamorgese...

Belgian employees will be able to work a four-day week after the government on Tuesday (15 February) agreed a new labour accord aimed at bringing flexibility to an otherwise rigid labour market.

The EU on Tuesday (15 February) condemned a bid by Russian lawmakers to have President Vladimir Putin recognise separatist regions in Ukraine as independent, saying it would violate the Minsk agreements Moscow had signed up to.

Despite global wealth hitting an all-time peak, people feel increasingly insecure in almost every country, including the countries with high levels of human development. Achim Steiner explains why we are so anxious and what should be done.

Britain's auto industry called on the country's government on Wednesday to mandate targets for rolling out electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and create a new regulatory body to oversee the market conditions and enforce minimum standards.

After four hours of talks in the Kremlin, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday (15 February) that there would be enough common ground to continue diplomacy to avert war between Russia and Ukraine.

Hungary and Poland are turning increasingly authoritarian, a European rights group said on Tuesday (15 January), a day before the European Union's top court rules on whether to cut funding to member states flouting democratic rights and freedoms.

Less than two months before the first round of the French presidential elections, the political landscape is clearly tilted towards the right, with no left-wing candidate seemingly in with a chance.

The EU is considering waiving VAT when buying defence equipment produced in Europe in order to promote joint armaments projects, according to a defence policy proposal presented by the European Commission on Tuesday (15 February).

The Commission on Tuesday adopted two new space-based initiatives, products of last year’s Action Plan on Synergies between civil, defence and space industries.

Before a vote on a report on the European Central Bank’s monetary policy in the European Parliament, the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) proposed a variety of amendments to push back against recent developments towards a greener monetary policy.

Meta has launched its Facebook News service in France, which will centralise news from around 100 media outlets from across the country and will be gradually rolled out from Tuesday (15 February) until all users can access it in May.

The DiscoverEU youth travel programme will be expanded this year, with 10,000 additional rail tickets available to young people from an expanded set of countries.

Anti-LGBTI rhetoric is on the rise across Europe, according to a report published on Tuesday (15 February) by ILGA-Europe, an advocacy group. At the same time, numbers show public opinion has also shifted positively towards the community, most notably in Hungary.

Some troops in Russia's military districts adjacent to Ukraine are returning to their bases after completing drills, Russia's defence ministry said on Tuesday (15 February), a move that could de-escalate frictions between Moscow and the West.

Food producers have joined the choir of those against moving the bulk of EU competencies on geographical indications (GIs) from the European Commission to the EU's intellectual property office (EUIPO).