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Lack of finance remains the most frequently reported reason why building owners don’t upgrade their homes to a more energy-efficient one. Peter Sweatman lists five “hidden gems” in the recast EU Buildings Directive which can deliver this.

For several weeks now, Brussels has been in unrest when it comes to the presidential elections in the United States. Lennart Nientit is a Programme Officer at Friedrich Naumann Foundation European Dialogue. These are steadily approaching, and according to the...

While the European Commission is in the process of updating the EU's new bioeconomy strategy, Eastern European countries are calling for more deployment of this technology on their territory to close the gap with Western Europe.

This week, we talked to MEP Sophie in ‘t Veld who has been spearheading the work of the Pegasus investigation in the European Parliament’s already disbanded Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware. In...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine put Kazakhstan in an extremely difficult position when it comes to advancing with its reforms, but President Tokayev made the choice to continue – and deepen – the country’s modernisation, writes Svante E. Cornell.

As finance ministers meet in Brussels to finalise a deal on the EU's fiscal rules, Europe's only hope is that they stop listening to the prophets of fake scarcity and allow more flexibility for investments.

Following in the footsteps of the European Parliament last month, EU member states in the Council have also included nuclear energy among the technologies promoted by the EU's Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), alongside renewables.

Welcome to Euractiv’s Tech Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here.    “We heard several times from presidencies that the world would end if we didn’t take a deal. Eventually, we...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in his strongest public criticism of Israel's conduct of the war on Hamas in south Gaza, said there was a gap between the government's declared intentions to protect civilians and the casualties.

Fossil fuel boilers will need to be completely phased out by 2040 and subsidies cut from 2025 as part of a political agreement reached by EU legislators on Thursday evening (7 December) to revamp the bloc’s Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD).

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi accused the West on Thursday (7 December) of supporting "genocide" by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza, at the start of talks in Moscow with President Vladimir Putin.

The Biden administration is considering getting behind new restrictions on who can seek asylum and an expanded deportation process to secure new aid for Ukraine and Israel in a supplemental funding bill, a source familiar with discussions said.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Sánchez trying to curb Orban’s refusal to open EU doors to Ukraine, Bulgaria’s plans to allow Ukraine to use its skies for F-16 training, and so much more.

Greece and Turkey signed a series of documents on Thursday confirming their mutual will to turn the page in their troubled relations and focus on the positive agenda. Diplomatic circles in Athens interpreted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s new moderate...

Arch-foes Armenia and Azerbaijan said Thursday (7 December) they would exchange prisoners of war and work towards normalising their relations, in a joint statement hailed by the EU as a “breakthrough”. The Caucasus neighbours have been locked in a decades-long...

Hungary's Katalin Karikó and Ferenc Krausz claimed 2023 Nobel Prizes, but their success highlights a broader challenge: retaining top talent in Europe. As we celebrate innovators, it's vital to address the "Karikó problem" and support initiatives empowering brilliant minds to flourish in their home countries.

The EU is ready for a new phase of enlargement, and I hope Serbia’s accession will be part of that, US Ambassador in Serbia, Christopher Hill, told Euractiv Serbia, meanwhile the popularity of the EU among Serbians remains lowest in...

Romania plans to enhance the national infrastructure for alternative fuels in road vehicles, which includes the installation of at least 30,000 recharging points by mid-2026, EU Commissioner for Transport Adina Vălean announced at a sustainable mobility event in Bucharest on...

Slovenia will buy the German IRIS-T SLM air defence system, manufactured by Diehl Defence GmbH, under an agreement that they signed with the German Defence Ministry, the Slovenian Defence Ministry announced on Thursday. The deal comes after Slovenia joined the...

Changes to the Competition Law, one of the first laws approved by Robert Fico’s government, will create a tunnel towards the defence industry takeover, the opposition’s For the People party and former deputy Prime Minister Veronika Remišová warned, adding that...