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Japan launched on Thursday (7 September) a rocket carrying what it hopes will be its first successful Moon lander, live footage from the country's space agency showed.

Armenia will host joint drills with US forces next week, officials in Yerevan said Wednesday (6 September) -- the latest sign of the ex-Soviet republic's drift from its traditional ally Russia.

Moldova said on Wednesday (6 September) it owed Gazprom $8.6 million for gas, a fraction of the $709 million claimed by the Russian oil and gas group and which Gazprom said it would keep seeking to recover.

A group of more than 100 European Parliament lawmakers have formally asked Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to announce the promised overhaul of the EU's animal welfare legislation as a pending priority, in a bid to present it before her mandate ends next year.

The European Parliament has identified ‘celebrities’ across Europe as being key to promoting the next EU elections, EURACTIV has learned from a note the Parliament's bureau is set to approve next Monday (11 September).

Millions of Europeans are depriving themselves of essential goods such as healthcare and food for financial reasons, the results of a new survey published by Ipsos and French charity Secours Populaire announced on Wednesday (6 September).

Twenty-five of the major car brands fail to uphold consumer privacy through collecting personal data by means of microphones, cameras, and devices connected to cars by users, according to a study by Mozilla, which was quickly challenged by car makers.

Spain, which holds the presidency of the European Union until December, has proposed several amendments to help pass a key piece of legislation that would overhaul the bloc's electricity market, a document shows.

Europe’s time spent sleepwalking to the tune of hydrogen lobbyists - draining funds and political capital for far too long - appears to be coming to an end as leaders come face-to-face with physical realities.

Non-profit and civil society groups will have a 'one stop shop' to allow them to operate in EU countries where they are not registered, under a new proposal tabled by the European Commission on Tuesday (5 September).

The European Commission unveiled on Wednesday (6 September) its list of online services designated as "gatekeepers", which will now have six months to adapt to strict antitrust practices or face up to 20% global annual turnover fines.

European businesses have reached a regulatory saturation point, and EU lawmakers should be looking to cut the regulatory burden on them, writes Alena Mastantuono.

With almost half of Europeans lacking digital skills, there is an urgent need to boost digital literacy if the European Health Data Space (EHDS), set to be launched in 2025, is to be a success.

Today, societies have two main goals related to transportation. First, they want it to be as sustainable as possible, as the climate crisis becomes an increasingly important issue. Second, the reduced carbon footprint cannot come at a cost of reduced mobility. Railways, considered as the most sustainable mode of transportation, can offer an alternative to regional aviation to an extent, but with speeds up to 300kph they are not competitive at distances above 1000km (i.e. at a majority of intra-European “regional” routes). In other words, there is a substantial market gap – lack of a next-gen zero-emitting transport mode, which would be competitive against aviation at distances ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 km. A European company, Nevomo, is bridging this gap by developing a new generation of High-speed railways. During the first part of the event Nevomo will unveil results of unprecedented levitation tests on conventional railway infrastructure using its revolutionary MagRail technology. Levitation capabilities drastically reduce friction, increase efficiency and speed, while retrofitting existing rail systems is both cost-effective and environmentally friendly, and allows for interoperability with already deployed trains. After that panelists will discuss the social, economic, and environmental impact, as well as potential financing opportunities of levitating MagRail trains on already existing railway infrastructure. Organised by: Nevomo Media Partner: EURACTIV

Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Wednesday (6 September) it is important to avoid a "new Cold War" when dealing with conflicts between countries as world leaders gathered in Indonesia amid sharpening geopolitical rivalries across the Indo-Pacific region.

A presidential election in the Maldives on Saturday (9 September) could be decisive in determining whether China or India win a competition for influence over the tiny Indian Ocean island chain.

28 dead, thousands of animals burned, properties and businesses destroyed, and 935.000 acres of land incinerated - this is the provisional toll of the unprecedented wildfires that have ravaged Greece over the past days. But it didn’t have to be this way, writes Annita Elissaiou. 

Ukrainian lawmakers voted on Tuesday (5 September) to restore a requirement that officials declare their assets, a measure sought by the International Monetary Fund, but included a loophole critics say dampens its effect.

To protect the health of EU citizens, the European Commission has proposed new limits for air pollutants. To improve air quality, a lot can and should be done on a regional level too, writes Winfried Hermann, transport minister of Baden-Württemberg.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the German government's announcement of huge budget cuts, the UK clamping down on laughing gas, and so much more.