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While France remains the last European country to have banned all neonicotinoids, the beet industry is urging France to authorise acetamiprid in order to put an end to the distortion of competition. The government could base its decision on a forthcoming EFSA opinion.

Faced with global competition from countries with cheap renewable energy, the EU should embrace a partial deindustrialisation rather than subsidise uncompetitive industries, according to a new report from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research published on Wednesday (24 April).

Following a meeting with the party’s leadership, Maximilian Krah, MEP for the Alternative for Germany (AfD/ID), brought in connection with a Chinese spy probe, stated that he will continue to run as EU lead candidate.

As member states prepare to ramp up the building renovation rate, there is an unprecedented opportunity to hardwire health aspects into the built environment. The brand-new edition of the Healthy Buildings Barometer maps why and how health, energy and climate...

Italy celebrates its liberation from Fascism on Thursday (25 April), an anniversary overshadowed by a censorship row at the public broadcaster centred on Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's far-right roots.

The European Parliament approved on Tuesday (23 April) new rules to make products sold in the EU more reusable, repairable, upgradeable, and recyclable.

The EU's refugee funding for Turkey does not have enough impact, while the European Commission has failed to present a sufficient cost analysis and long-term plan, EU auditors said in a report on Wednesday (24 April).

A memorial to hundreds of Roma killed at a World War II concentration camp on Tuesday (23 April) opened in the Czech Republic at the site of the camp that became a pig farm during communist rule when the slaughter was nearly forgotten.

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The United States and Russia are set to face off over nuclear weapons in space on Wednesday (24 April) at the United Nations Security Council, which is due to vote on a US-drafted resolution calling on countries to prevent an arms race in outer space.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about a Bulgarian pro-Russian MEP being nominated for a pro-NATO party list for the EU elections, a brewing conflict in the German coalition government, and so much more.

Russia will intensify strikes on Ukrainian storage bases that house Western-supplied weapons, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday (23 April), as the United States prepares to approve and deliver a long-delayed batch of new military aid.

Romania's Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the National Liberal Party (PNL) have decided to withdraw their joint candidate in the race for mayor of Bucharest, the two parties announced on Tuesday, two weeks before they are due to launch their campaign for local and European elections, both set for 9 June.

A sweeping foreign aid package easily passed the US Congress late on Tuesday (23 April) after months of delay, clearing the way for billions of dollars in fresh Ukraine funding amid advances from Russia's invasion force and Kyiv's shortages of military supplies.

In 27 March 2024, the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA Europe) hosted the inaugural edition of the European AI Roundtable in Brussels.

Elena Yoncheva, the EU lawmaker from the pro-Russian Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP/PES), is poised to join the electoral list of the Turkish minority party DPS - a very pro-EU and pro-NATO political force.

Ukraine suspended consular services for military-age male citizens until 18 May, criticising Ukrainians abroad who it said expected to receive help from the state without helping it in the war against Russia.

The United Kingdom will support Kyiv with an additional £500 million, raising the country’s total annual spending on Ukraine to £3.5 billion, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said during his trip to Warsaw.

The Socialist Party (PSOE/PSC/S&D) candidate and former Spanish health minister Salvador Illa is on course to win the snap elections in Catalonia on 12 May, while the two main separatist forces, the right-wing JxCat and the left-wing ERC, could face a tough fight for second place, a new poll revealed on Tuesday shows.

The UK readied on Tuesday (23 April) to start detaining migrants within days for deportation to Rwanda after the controversial plan got parliament's approval, sparking outrage from the UN and rights groups.