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Governments and health agencies across Europe are questioning whether it is necessary for citizens to take a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. However, some countries like France, Germany, Greece, Spain, Poland, and Hungary, recommended it for certain at-risk categories....

The EU on Thursday (10 February) accused Russia of trying to divide EU members by sending letters to individual countries seeking clarification of their stance on Moscow’s security proposals. EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell said he had responded to the...

Funding opportunities worth more than €1.7 billion will be made available this year to businesses looking to scale up their work on breakthrough technologies under the European Innovation Council’s (EIC) 2022 work programme, released on Wednesday. 

As the conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues to simmer, the EU ponders where it could get natural gas from, should Moscow decide to cut its supply. There are many alternatives but none of them appear to be viable.

Several European countries are lagging behind on their strategies to tackle discrimination and inequalities faced by Roma, casting doubts they will be able to reach already “unambitious” targets, experts warn.

While Austrian Agriculture Minister Elisabeth Köstinger was keen to put the question of a mandatory origin label on the table of this week’s informal ministerial meeting in Strasbourg, participants said it did not make the cut.

Too many doses of vaccines delivered to Africa are wasted, according to both the French EU Council presidency and the European Commission, who now want to strengthen local health systems to ensure that these doses are administered to the population.

This week, our Beyond the Byline podcast focuses EU’s proposed green investment label for nuclear and gas attracting scathing criticism.

Google does not sufficiently guarantee it protects European's data gathered via Google Analytics, France's data watchdog CNIL announced on Thursday (10 February). With Austria having recently issued a similar decision, the days of Google Analytics in Europe could be numbered. EURACTIV France reports.

Paris police said Thursday (10 February) they would ban so-called "freedom convoys" inspired by a truckers' protest against coronavirus restrictions that has paralysed the Canadian capital Ottawa.

The European Commission has decided to expand the frequency bands available for 5G applications. Still, radio frequency allocation remains a sensitive topic as conflicting interests intersect over old generation networks and new bands.

Member states have approved new rules to accelerate the approval and authorisation of biological plant protection products containing microorganisms to reduce reliance on chemical pesticides.

Europe is in danger of failing to meet the transport industry’s soaring demand for sustainable liquid fuels due to EU restrictions on biofuels, a new industry position paper has claimed.

Germany has fallen far behind its targets for expanding e-car infrastructure and will likely miss its 2030 e-mobility target, according to the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA).

You succeeded in electing a Vice-President in the second term of the current EU Parliament. What does this mean for you politically? A new majority has not been created, but a new balance has certainly been established in Strasbourg. The...

Europe thinks it is doing enough to secure a new ‘strategic partnership’ with Africa but its current approach to the pandemic could derail talks next week, write Emily Wigens, Friederike Röder and Eloise Todd.

The European Commission's upcoming sustainable product initiative should seek to clean the market for ecolabels and impose an EU-wide standard based on lifecycle assessment, says Professor Finkbeiner. However, "I doubt that the EU Commission will be brave enough to put out a mandatory label," he told EURACTIV in an interview.

Poland’s plans to build five new gas power plants will cost more than investments into renewables and undermine efforts to reach net zero emissions, according to the think tank Climate Tracker.

Hopes rose that efforts to stop Russia from invading Ukraine may be starting to pay off, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz joining Kyiv and Moscow in a chorus of voices assessing that diplomatic bids to defuse the crisis could work.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the French government considering to ease restrictions and remove the vaccine pass, Poland's parliament adopting a controversial education bill, and so much more.