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Europeans’ mental health has been in decline for years and worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, and following the EU Commission’s June communication on mental health, the European Parliament’s health committee has drafted the first report on mental health for lawmakers.

Poland is not planning a quicker end to using coal, the government said on Wednesday (30 August), criticising state-controlled utility PGE for bringing forward its carbon neutrality target by a decade to 2040.

European Union countries have increased their imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia compared with before the Ukraine war, despite the EU's aim to quit Russian fossil fuels within a few years, an analysis by campaigners showed.

United Nations sanctions in Mali will end on Thursday (31 August) after Russia vetoed a renewal of the regime that targeted anyone violating or obstructing a 2015 peace deal, hindering aid delivery, committing rights abuses or recruiting child soldiers.

Australia and the European Union will resume free trade talks on Thursday (31 August) with a teleconference between Australia's Trade Minister Don Farrell and EU Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis, a month after the two sides failed to reach a deal.

Less than a year before the European elections, it is now time to listen to young Europeans and with them build a better future for Europe, write Anna Lührmann, Laurence Boone and Tiago Antunes.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to skip a summit of G20 leaders in India next week, sources familiar with the matter in India and China told Reuters.

Concluding a two-day government retreat, Germany’s coalition passed a stimulus package and bureaucracy relief measures to boost businesses and tackle low growth, but questions on Germany’s long-term economic perspective remain unanswered.

France's transport minister called Wednesday (30 August) for a minimum price for plane flights in Europe to battle climate change.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Meloni confirming that China will remain a trading partner regardless of signing the 'Belt and Road Initiative', a Czech company that allegedly copied a Slovak artillery system used in Ukraine, and so much more.

EURACTIV’s Beyond the Byline podcast is back and this week, we’re looking at the wildfires that have devastated regions across southern Europe. The continent was once again battling scorching temperatures this summer, with wildfires blazing across Europe from Portugal to...

State-owned Konštrukta Defence, maker of the Zuzana howitzer, is calling for a meeting of its copyright holders on Monday after claims that Czech company Excalibur Army plagiarised the artillery system to make its Dita howitzer, a direct competition for Ukraine...

The European Funds Minister Adrian Câciu announced on Wednesday that representatives of the EU Commission have understood the need to transfer delayed investments, but it could carry a risk of non-implementation within the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNNR) to...

The Law on Planning and Construction is in line with the principles of the EU and is beneficial for Serbia to harmonise its legislation with the EU, said Construction, Transport, and Infrastructure Minister Goran Vesić. As he stated in an...

Greece’s threats to block Albania’s EU accession path over the arrest of Albanian ethnic Greek Mayor of Himare Fredi Beleri on suspicion of vote buying are a complete contradiction of the country’s sovereign right to exercise and implement its own...

China's economic slowdown could help reduce inflation in Europe, while economic loss felt by EU companies due to reduced exports would likely be felt anyway as China pivots towards more self-reliance, economist Alicia García-Herrero told EURACTIV in an interview.

The outgoing member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB) Fabio Panetta argued that a genuine Capital Markets Union (CMU) might require the EU to have a standing fiscal capacity with a borrowing function.

Greece filed a complaint to NATO’s chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday after the Ankara-based Allied Land Command (LANDCOM) praised on social media Turkey over its victory against Greece in a war in 1922.

A bill aimed at increasing the share of renewable energy sources in Poland’s energy mix will enter into force soon after being signed off by President Andrzej Duda.

The government has made ‘no effort’ since the start of the war in Ukraine to apply the sanctions defined by the EU, particularly with regard to the assets of Russian oligarchs, said Portugal’s Frente Cívica (Civic Front) association on Wednesday....