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Europe increasingly faces water challenges. The European elections will be a key moment for shaping EU policies for the next five years and ensuring secure, sustainable and resilient water. It's time to call the European policymakers to adopt a Water-Smart strategy with strong political accountability.

In Portugal's northern Barroso region, Maria Loureiro weeps at the prospect of losing her family's land to a mine that could become one of Europe's biggest producers of lithium, used in electric vehicle batteries and other clean technologies.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gave no reassurances on finalising the missing pieces of the EU's flagship sustainable food policy in her annual State of the Union address on Wednesday (13 September), instead proposing a change of course in the current agri-food debate.

Scientists are urging national and EU authorities to take swift action against the rapid spread of the fire ant, a highly invasive species with the potential to cause major health and environmental damage.

A prosecutor for Greece's top criminal court has ordered a probe into the causes and handling of floods triggered by a storm that killed at least 15 people, swamped houses and destroyed infrastructure in Greece last week, semi-state Athens News Agency said on Wednesday (13 September).

As the EU’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) is approaching its second birthday, director-general Pierre Delsaux told Euractiv in an interview that they are taking transparency of their work seriously despite persisting worries.

The lake of Prespa, two thirds of which belong to North Macedonia and the rest to Greece and Albania, has lost 7% of its surface area and half of its volume between 1984 and 2020, NASA has said.

Bisphenol A (BPA), a hormone-disrupting chemical used in food packaging, is present in almost all Europeans' bodies, posing a potential health risk, the European Environment Agency said Thursday (14 September).

This week, EURACTIV’s Beyond the Byline podcast brings you a breakdown of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s annual State of the European Union (SOTEU) speech on Wednesday (13 September).  In her final SOTEU address under the current mandate,...

The European Parliament gave the green light on Wednesday (13 September) to new rules that will increase the quantity of sustainable jet fuel in flights departing from EU airports, marking a major step towards reducing emissions from the notoriously carbon-intensive transport mode.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about former Swedish PM accusing the far-right leader of fuelling the Quran crisis, Ukrainian refugees leaving Poland for Germany due to better wages, and so much more.

Ukraine said it seriously damaged two Russian naval vessels and struck port infrastructure in the Crimean city of Sevastopol early on 13 September, in what appeared to be the biggest attack of the war on the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

In an attempt to counter the rise of the far-right AUR party, coalition partners PSD and PLN are currently in talks about running joint lists in next year’s local elections – an alliance that AUR leader George Simion has already...

Slovak Prime Minister Ľudovít Ódor asked whether Slovaks wanted to live in a banana republic after the snap elections on 30 September, after former prime minister and OLaNO leader Igor Matovič got into a physical altercation at a Smer pre-election...

Czech MEPs voiced concerns over the European Commission’s response to threats to democracy, climate policy, and migration after Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen highlighted these in her Wednesday State of the Union speech. Among these voices was MEP Mikuláš...

The much-delayed population census is set to start next week in Albania, with EU Ambassador to the country, Luigi Soreca, stating it is important in the context of its accession to the European Union. Since Albania’s independence from the Ottoman...

Spain’s main centre-right opposition party, the Partido Popular (EPP), and the Societat Civil Catalana joined forces to oppose the future amnesty law for those involved in the 2017 secessionist attempt, which Catalan separatists demand in exchange for their support for Socialist...

Extreme weather phenomena like heat and floods could cost the fashion industry up to €60 billion in exports, disrupting production and risking the well-being of workers, according to a study released on Wednesday (13 September).

As the EU shifts sustainable agricultural practices for the protection of nature and biodiversity, it ought to still look out for the small-scale producers and their livelihoods, writes Jonathan Mockshell.  

The European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) can jumpstart the European circular economy and set the standard for managing packaging sustainably.