Euractiv.com

Palestinians trapped inside Gaza's biggest hospital were digging on Tuesday a mass grave to bury patients who died under Israeli encirclement, and said no plan was in place to evacuate babies despite Israel announcing an offer to send portable incubators.

The lack of adequate testing combined with delayed access to updated vaccines and difficulties in obtaining antiviral drugs pose severe challenges for Poland to combat the ongoing COVID surge, experts warn.

As political leaders gather this week in Spain for the European SME Week, new research suggests that digitalising SMEs could unlock EUR 638 billion for the EU's economy.

The EU must not succumb to Poland's demands to dilute ambition on tackling methane emissions from coal mines, writes Dr Sabina Assan. Stricter rules will not only help address climate change but also ensure the future competitiveness of Poland's coking coal industry, she argues.

Sofia has turned its back on €80 million from the EU Recovery Plan intended for the construction of a proton centre for the treatment of oncological diseases in children, sparking a conflict between the government and doctors.

EU defence ministers approved a rehaul of the defence capability development priorities (CDP) in light of the war in Ukraine, at their meeting in Brussels on Tuesday (14 November).

Thirty-one countries have pledged to stop all deep-sea mining in the polar regions at the One Planet Polar Summit, which ended in Paris on Friday (10 November), in a deal that Norway has not yet signed amid criticism of its recent decision to allow Arctic mining.

The amnesty law for Catalan secessionists is finally here. With it comes a vicious trap: believing it will improve liveliness in Catalonia, reduce political tensions and make the Spanish society more just and egalitarian. Such are the arguments of PM...

Expectations for a successful transition to an e-administration in Germany are high among politicians and business leaders, but in reality, rollout remains slow, and the laws supposed to facilitate it are being criticised for failing to prioritise. 

As part of the European Green Deal and the new circular economy action plan, the European Commission put forward a revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) in November 2022. The initiative’s main objective is to ensure that...

The European F-16 training centre (EFTC) is hosted at a Romanian military air base near the southeastern town of Fetești and could start training Ukrainian pilots as early as next year.

The European Parliament last week finalised its negotiating stance on ‘Euro 7’, a regulation aimed at strengthening vehicle pollution limits. The Parliament’s position provoked negative reactions from green campaigners, with the automotive industry considered the victors in the lobbying battle.

Negotiators for EU governments and the European Parliament reached a deal on Monday (13 November) on targets for domestic supply of critical minerals such as lithium and nickel to reduce its reliance on third countries, principally China.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Council of Europe slamming European countries' approach to migration after the Italy-Albania migrant deal, Greece's plans to hold up Albanian EU negotiations and being open to ‘creative’ solutions, and so much more. 

People applying for visas to visit Europe's Schengen area will soon do so via an online platform, under a change adopted by EU foreign ministers on Monday (13 November).

Greece is blocking a letter from the 27 member states to the EU Commission on opening up the first five chapters of the accession process, a source confirmed to Euractiv.

The recent Italy-Albanian deal on migration raises not just human rights and legal questions but is also indicative of European countries’ drive to find quick-fix solutions to migration issues rather than focussing on their domestic systems, according to Council of...

Romania submitted the first draft of its Integrated National Plan for Energy and Climate to the EU Commission last week, ensuring it addressed a series of previous issues that contributed to its delay in approval, Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja said on Monday.

There is an obstacle in the continued negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina, the EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell said in Brussels on Monday, adding that EU leaders have concluded that the block affects the entire region. Ahead of a meeting...

Policymakers know that the stakes are high at this moment of transition in Europe. Will they realise how important it will be for that growth to ‘come from within’? Prioritising European-made steel will help ensure resilient EU clean tech value chains.