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An amnesty scheme for undocumented people in Ireland opened on Monday, giving many the ability to apply for official residency. The programme, which will run until the end of July, was described as a “once-in-a-generation scheme” by Justice Minister Helen...

A long-awaited report by a senior civil servant on Monday blamed a “failure of leadership” by Prime Minister Boris Johnson for allowing parties to take place in Downing Street when the country was under strict lockdown in 2020. The report...

French ambassador to Mali Joël Meyer has been ordered to leave the country, the military junta announced on 31 January. “Hostile and outrageous” comments made by French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian are the reason, a government spokesperson has confirmed. The French...

Proposals for tougher criminal liability for journalists’ articles, made by influential ruling coalition lawmakers, have been sharply criticised by the Association of European Journalists. The organisation expressed its strong concern over the proposals made by deputies from “Change Continues” and...

Poland will provide Ukraine with “any help” to supply the country with humanitarian and military needs, President Andrzej Duda told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyi during a phone call Monday. This includes “defensive ammunition,” Paweł Soloch, the head of the...

The European Commission has launched an investigation into Germany’s financial support for rail freight company DB Cargo over concerns it may breach EU competition rules, it was announced on Monday. A competitor had lodged a complaint accusing DB Cargo of...

The Green party is currently facing backlash from party members for its lack of transparency and for deceiving the party base after side arrangements of the conservative-Green coalition agreement became public on Sunday (30 January). The document includes controversial agreements...

Russian President Vladimir Putin will host talks Tuesday (1 February) with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who has taken a softer line on the Ukraine crisis than NATO and the EU, with Hungary a member of both.

As declining press freedom in Greece is already under EU scrutiny, and the government is heading toward “Orbanisation”, Giorgos Kyrtsos, an EU lawmaker from the ruling New Democracy party (EPP), said.

The rise of AI and the platform economy is hitting men and women differently and risks exacerbating gender inequality, a report by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has found. 

The People's Primary organised by left-wing parties in France, which former Justice Minister Christiane Taubira ended up winning, did little to find a candidate that everyone on that end of the political spectrum could rally behind. EURACTIV France reports.

The EU will no longer be a ‘donor but a trading partner’ with Kenya, said the bloc’s top diplomat as he set out plans for a ‘strategic dialogue’ between Brussels and the East African state.

Energy taxation, carbon pricing policies and fossil fuel subsidies must be aligned more closely if the European Union wants to reach its 2030 climate targets, EU auditors said in a new report published on Monday (31 January).

Nothing boosts a politician’s image better than posturing as a leader during times of war. As Boris Johnson’s approval rating sinks to an all-time low over lockdown parties at Downing Street, the Ukraine crisis has thrown him a lifeline.

The European Union is planning to introduce a levy for carbon-intensive goods later this decade, but it risks creating more post-Brexit problems on the island of Ireland and landing importers of UK goods with potentially expensive new procedures.

A legal review prepared for the British government recommends that those using autonomous vehicles be immune from prosecution if their car breaks the law - even if the infraction results in death. Consumers should pause before embracing a technology that is neither ready nor required, argues Jonathan Gornall.

Since January 1, France has held the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Cyprus's highest court on Monday (31 January) quashed the conviction of a British woman found guilty by a lower court of faking a claim that she was gang-raped on the island in 2019, lawyers said.

An EU-Libya deal under which migrants desperate to reach Europe are turned back and held in "hellish" conditions must be ended, Amnesty International said on Monday, the pact's fifth anniversary.

A total of 68 countries agreed to contribute to climate protection and biodiversity conservation by protecting agricultural soils at last week's World Conference of agriculture ministers in Berlin. EURACTIV Germany reports.