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The EU condemned the military escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday (19 September) after Azerbaijan launched an attack in the contested breakaway territory, a step that could herald a new war.

In a bid to attract more microchip manufacturers to the country, Germany plans to invest some €4 billion in 31 microchip projects with the help of EU funding.

A Tuesday (19 September) debate in the European Parliament’s subcommittee on public health (SANT) emphasised the need to identify high-risk populations amid a push for more action to tackle Europeans' declining mental health. 

The EU condemned on Tuesday (19 September) the military escalation in Karabakh and called on Azerbaijan to stop its current military activities, the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement.

China's ambassador to the EU made a strong appeal to the West on Tuesday (19 September) not to try to thwart Bejing's Belt-and-Road Initiative (BRI) with competing projects, warning that this would antagonise the Global South.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was in Copenhagen last week to officially launch the world’s first container ship running on 100% methanol - a meaningful step forward in the maritime sector’s efforts to cut its climate impact.

Despite some progress, more work is needed in the development of offshore renewable energies to achieve Europe’s ambitious 'blue' coastal economy targets, a report by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) found.

Greece’s main opposition force, Syriza, must remain united after the internal elections on Sunday (24 September) to be able to “take down” conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, an official of the EU Left told Euractiv amid growing internal tensions in the leftist Greek party.

Platforms and data regulation, AI research and innovation, cross-border flows of industrial data and the safety of online products were at the heart of the European Commission's High-level Digital Dialogue with China, held in Beijing on Monday (18 September).

Radical action is undoubtedly required to combat climate change and reach the EU’s ambitious REPowerEU targets. But radical action which creates significant unintended consequences for businesses, consumers as well as the EU’s overall sustainability ambitions, is clearly not good for anyone.

New cash incentives, dubbed a ‘green bonus’ and targeted towards electric vehicles (EVs) buyers, will be rolled out as of January 2024, aiming to support French and European carmaking industries and divert from Chinese cars, the government announced on Monday.

Join this EURACTIV Hybrid Conference to discuss the Belt and Road Initiative and its future path. Questions to be addressed include: - What experience and lessons can be learnt from the first 10 years of BRI? - What are the future prospects of this ambitious endeavour? - What could be the avenues for deeper cooperation?

Poland does not fear repercussions from the EU or the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for its decision to impose a ban on Ukrainian agricultural goods unilaterally, Polish agriculture minister Robert Telus told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview. 

A Bulgarian army bomb disposal team on Monday (18 September) destroyed in a controlled explosion a drone that landed on Sunday evening in the Black Sea town of Tyulenovo, the defence ministry said in a statement.

A US-bound plane carrying five Americans freed by Iran left Doha on 18 September as part of a prisoner swap for five Iranians held in the US and the transfer of $6 billion, marking a rare deal between the long-time antagonists.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the resistance to agricultural greening that will remain after the Slovak election, Romania threatening to sue Austria over the Schengen veto, and so much more.

France will have more than tripled its imports of Russian industrial nuclear products between 2021 and 2022, making it he EU's leading importer of such products, according to a study by Polish think tank Forum Energii, which raises questions about the EU's ability to weaning itself from Russian resources.

Kyiv said Monday (18 September) its forces had broken through Russia's defensive lines near the war-battered town of Bakhmut in the slow-moving but high-stakes Ukrainian counteroffensive, ahead of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressing the UN General Assembly.

The EU’s Special Envoy to Kosovo-Serbia dialogue has been accused of being biased in favour of Serbia, according to Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti, who has sent letters to the leaders of Italy, Germany, France, and the US regarding the...

It is not only EU rules that we need to introduce, but also regional agreements to fight against climate change in the region very well, Serbian Minister of Eurointegration told Euractiv. Serbian Minister of Eurointegration, Tanja Miščević, told Euractiv that...