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The European Commission launched the worldwide forum of its flagship foreign infrastructure investment scheme, the Global Gateway, on Wednesday (25 October) - just one week after China held its own forum to celebrate the successes of its own scheme.

A leading committee of the European Parliament adopted on Wednesday (25 October) its version of the Right to Repair directive, including bicycles in its scope, as well as other options to help consumers with a defective product.

Making Ukraine's telecommunications infrastructure resilient is key to both the fight against Russian aggression and the country's future EU integration, a Ukrainian minister told Euractiv in an interview.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday (25 October) Ukraine would strike back against Russia this winter and not only be on the defensive if Moscow conducts an air campaign aimed at crippling the national power grid.

The European Parliament’s industry committee voted on Wednesday (25 October) to put nuclear back on the list of technologies eligible for preferential treatment as Europe looks to reshore production of technologies deemed crucial for a net-zero world.

Can global rule of law reports, even those from prestigious organisations, be trusted? Today, my clear answer is no, after seeing the news that my native Bulgaria tops the Rule of Law Index 2023 in terms of progress made, published by the US-based World Justice Project.

European Parliament lawmakers voted Tuesday (24 October) to uphold plans to certify carbon removals in the European Union, paving the way for new technologies to suck CO2 directly from the atmosphere.

On 29 June 2023, the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products entered into force. The main driver of the Regulation is the expansion of agricultural land that is linked to the production of commodities like soy, beef, palm oil, wood, cocoa,...

In part of its initiative to boost mental well-being across sectors, the European Commission on Wednesday (25 October) launched a new campaign to support healthy work environments in the digital age.

New EU rules to green the maritime and aviation sectors prohibit the use of crop-based biofuels on sustainability grounds, though the same fuels play a major role in decarbonising the bloc’s vehicle fleet.

Polish opposition leader and potential future prime minister Donald Tusk arrived in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss the chance to launch the nation’s recovery money, frozen due to the rule of law concerns in Poland. Piotr Maciej Kaczyński and Dariusz Dybka explain the stakes.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has defended herself against accusations of bias by stressing that the EU was working for the safety of civilians "of all faiths and nationalities", according to an internal memo seen by Euractiv.

The world’s first comprehensive AI law is entering what might be its last weeks of intense negotiations. However, EU institutions have still to hash out their approach to the most powerful ‘foundation’ models and the provisions in the law enforcement areas.

New genomic techniques (NGTs) and their products have been rapidly developing in the last 20 years in many parts of the world, with some applications already on the market of some EU trade partners. On 5 July 2023, the European...

The European Commission has adopted a set of actions to address critical medicine shortages, including a common approach to drug stockpiling and an EU-wide shortage alert system,  in order to avoid last year's scenario.

German MEP Terry Reintke, co-president of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, kickstarted the European Green’s lead candidate race by presenting her candidacy on Wednesday (25 October), as reported by Euractiv in September, with more candidates expected by the...

An editorial word: What’s to come on health for the Spanish EU presidency By Amalie Holmgaard Mersh With just over two months left of the Spanish EU Council presidency, Spanish health minister, José Manuel Miñones Conde, visited the members of...

With gas markets anxious again, is there a cause to bring back the heat-shaming culture that dominated last winter's conversations?

Nicaraguan authorities on Tuesday (24 October) shuttered the local chapter of the Franciscan religious order as well as 16 NGOs, many with ties to Catholic and evangelical churches with which the government has been at loggerheads.

Climate change poses an "existential threat" to life on Earth, prominent scientists warned Tuesday (24 October), in an assessment on this year's avalanche of heat records and weather extremes that they said are hitting more ferociously than expected.