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A star-studded informal group including some of the hottest movers and shakers in EU climate policy was quietly established in December at the initiative of an influential German think-tank. EURACTIV has the details of the forum whose aim is to bring the EU's 'Fit for 55' package of climate legislation over the line.

Influenza has returned to Europe at a faster-than-expected rate this winter after almost disappearing last year, raising concerns about a prolonged "twindemic" with COVID-19 amid some doubts about the effectiveness of flu vaccines.

Ahead of a crucial EU parliamentary vote on the Digital Services Act, a survey has found that a majority of small businesses in France and Germany want alternatives to tracking-based advertisements by Google and Facebook, which they perceive as being too invasive.

India's Gennova Biopharmaceuticals is working on an Omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine candidate that could be ready in a month or two, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

The US government has held talks with several international energy companies on contingency plans for supplying natural gas to Europe if conflict between Russia and Ukraine disrupts Russian supplies, two US officials and two industry sources said.

The new German government unveiled plans last week to massively increase the ambition of its national hydrogen strategy. There is just one caveat: fossil gas-based hydrogen likely won't be included in subsidy schemes, despite demands from the oil and gas industry.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the French parliament giving the vaccine pass the final OK, Sweden's police on the hunt for a drone that flew over a nuclear plant, and so much more.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson witnessed weekly drinking sessions by his staff throughout the pandemic, according to a report Saturday (15 January) that stoked fresh calls from his own party for the embattled leader to quit.

North Macedonia’s parliament late Sunday (16 January) elected Social Democrat technocrat Dimitar Kovacevski as prime minister after more than two months of political turmoil in the country. Kovacevski, a former deputy finance minister, succeeds Zoran Zaev who stepped down last month following...

Albania’s state-owned electricity-producing company is planning to lease a thermal power plant from a third party in the hopes of combatting the energy emergency declared back in October. Albanian Power Corporation (KESH), which operates the country’s main hydropower plants announced the call for...

Kosovo’s parliament passed a resolution against allowing a Serbian constitutional referendum to take place in Kosovo, despite pressure from the EU to allow it. The eight-point resolution states that the referendum violates Kosovo’s sovereignty and is against the country’s constitution. It also...

Baghdad has repatriated almost 4,000 of its citizens stuck on the Belarus borders with European Union members Poland, Lithuania and Latvia in recent weeks, Iraq's foreign minister said Sunday (16 January).

A group of 67 Afghan citizens, employees of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and their family members, arrived at the Skopje International Airport on Sunday. Continuing its active role as a solidarity country,...

Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vučić called on the Serb member of tripartite Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Presidency, Milorad Dodik, and authorities in the Republika Srpska (RS, Serb entity) to participate in the work of joint state institutions in BiH and protect...

Serbian citizens on Sunday voted in a referendum to make changes to sectionS of the Constitution dealing with the judicial system. The referendum question, which voters could circle yes or no to, was: “Are you in favour of confirming the...

Australia revoking its visa to tennis player Novak Đoković was a political decision and witch hunt, and Canberra had degraded itself by doing so, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said on Sunday. “They think they humiliated Novak Đoković with the decision....

Slovenian police recorded 10,067 attempts at unlawful border crossing last year, a decrease of 31.2% on the year before. Asylum applications, however rose substantially, official police statistics show. While the number of migrants from Pakistan, Morocco and Bangladesh, among the...

Interior Minister Davor Božinović denied Croatian media’s reports that the European Commission refused to extend the deadline for Croatia to utilise funding from the Solidarity Fund, saying he did not know what all this drama was about because no one...

To safeguard hygiene, keep customers and employees safe and promote sustainable growth in Europe’s vibrant food service sector, the EU must be patient and wise in promoting new ways of serving food and drinks to European consumers.

Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic flew out of Australia on Sunday (16 January) after a court upheld the government’s decision to cancel his visa, capping days of drama over the country’s COVID-19 entry rules and his unvaccinated status. The unanimous ruling...