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The European Court of Justice on Thursday (27 January) struck down a regulation in Spain that forces residents to disclose all their foreign assets to the tax service under the threat of heavy fines.

Key raw materials needed for most types of clean hydrogen production could become scarce and much more expensive, Germany's Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), has warned, reports Clean Energy Wire.

Is it possible for the EU to punish Russia for its advances on Ukraine through sanctions that will not also hurt member states? This is a question keeping diplomats busy. However, these sanctions need to be decided on soon, in case of a Russian incursion.

The European Commission sent a letter to WhatsApp on Thursday (27 January) asking how its new privacy policy meets the EU consumer protection requirements and clarifications on the exchanges of personal data with the parent company Meta. The letter results...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended the conditional marketing authorisation of Pfizer's new COVID antiviral drug Paxlovid, with official authorisation by the European Commission expected imminently. 

The beginning of 2022 marks three and a half years since the current Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) was adopted. As we head towards a new proposal – on the horizon for mid-2022– ACE,  takes this opportunity to reflect on the role of packaging and beverage cartons.

At a closed session of the European Parliament in Brussels on Thursday, new Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said twenty people led a deeply entrenched system of graft in the country. But he named only one of them.

This week our podcast focuses on the escalation in the Ukrainian and Russian borders. On the diplomatic efforts to maintain the peace in the region and what does Russia want from Ukraine and the West.

The EU's small businesses have a golden chance to move in the booming Asia-Pacific market, writes Karen Reddington.

Despite an interesting agenda at the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) plenary at the European Parliament in Strasbourg over the weekend, citizens who took part felt that EU lawmakers were not really interested in following up recommendations concretely.

Three months before the French presidential election, far-right candidate Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National presented its 'economically viable' climate policy project, which aims to be pro-nuclear and pro-hydrogen, but anti-wind. EURACTIV France reports.

A stable, flexible policy framework with a vision to facilitate investment and stimulate innovation will unleash bioenergy’s full potential as a flexible contributor towards climate neutrality that offers meaningful job creation and economic growth.

The new Clinical trial regulation (CTR) - which enters into force at the end of the month - together with the Accelerating clinical trials initiative (ACT EU) aiming to gain back EU's position among clinical research leaders worldwide.

Rewatch this EURACTIV Virtual Conference to find out what we still do not know about the impact of the EU’s Farm to Fork strategy on farmers, consumers, and the environment. And what policy instruments will be needed to reach the targets?

Germany will supply 5,000 military helmets to Ukraine to help defend against a possible Russian invasion, it said on Wednesday (26 January) – an offer Kyiv mayor and former world champion boxer Vitali Klitschko dismissed as "a joke" that left him "speechless".

The European Union could cope with a short term halt to all Russian gas imports but doing so would have "profound economic consequences" and require emergency measures to curb demand, according to analysis by the think tank Bruegel.

The public-private partnership ‘Innovative Health Initiative’ (IHI), built on the 14 years of experience from the previous ‘Innovative Medicines Initiative’(IMI), expands its scope, focusing less directly on pharmaceuticals and more broadly on health care.

Denmark will remove virtually all COVID restrictions from next Tuesday (1 February) despite record infections, counting on a high vaccination rate to cope with the milder Omicron variant, the government said.

Simple design and using at least 90% of the same plastic is the key to easy-to-recycle packaging for foods like crisps and chocolate, according to the industry.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Spain and Finland warning Russia of "serious consequences" if it were to invade Ukraine, the Slovak PM supporting mandatory COVID-19 vaccination, and so much more.