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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.

The European Parliament's political groups want to strengthen social and environmental safeguards for “strategic” mining projects in Europe and abroad as the EU scrambles to access key raw materials needed for the green and digital transitions.

The EU will reveal Wednesday (6 September) which of the world's tech behemoths face stronger curbs from next year under a law that will shake up how major players like Apple and Meta do business online.

Welcome back to EURACTIV's Health Brief. With only a short legislative stretch left, the greatest (or the most controversial) health files remain for the final episodes: pharmaceutical strategy and the European Health Data Space (EHDS). 

As Albanian parliament convened after the summer break, Prime Minister Edi Rama announced a big shakeup with five ministers leaving, seven new appointments, the dissolution of one ministry and the creation of another in one of the largest reshuffles since...

The Slovenian government plans to impose a tax on bank assets as a temporary measure to help finance the reconstruction of Slovenia after the devastating floods in early August. The tax would be levied on 0.2% of the bank’s total...

Romania’s gas transmission system operator Transgaz has announced the acquisition of Gazprom’s operations in Moldova, a strategic move likely to further reduce Chișinău’s dependence on Russian gas.

Reusable packaging options could produce less emissions than single-use for some types of takeaway packaging, as long as collection, return and washing systems are efficient, according to a study published on Tuesday (5 September).

Former prime minister and current Smer candidate Robert Fico has called for a two-week post-election moratorium to ensure coalition talks are held free of media interference, a move  ARTICLE 19 and Reporters Without Borders have criticised for being close to...

The Ukrainian Council of Ministers has banned Ukrainian lawmakers from travelling to Poland amid an ongoing row over grain imports, Onet reported on Tuesday, in a move Ukrainian MPs are calling ‘illegal’. With the EU’s embargo on selected Ukrainian agricultural...

Portugal’s government has changed several temporary schemes to mitigate the rise in energy prices and created financial support for outsourced transport of goods or by rail, it announced on Tuesday. According to a decree-law published in the Diário da República,...

An amnesty law, recognition and respect for the “democratic legitimacy” of Catalonia’s independence movement and the creation of a mechanism to verify future political agreements with Madrid are the red lines set out by separatist leader Carles Puigdemont on Tuesday...

EU justice chief Didier Reynders on Tuesday (5 September) said he had been assigned the Commission's competition portfolio following outgoing Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager's announcement that she is officially a candidate for the presidency of the EIB.

The centrist group Renew Europe has accused the European People’s Party (EPP) of cosying up to the far right and warns of growing polarisation in a declaration to be adopted by the party in Vienna on Wednesday. In a declaration...

Nitrous oxide or laughing gas will be categorised as a class C drug and will become illegal by the end of 2023, the UK government announced on Tuesday. The government announced plans to ban nitrous oxide earlier this year as...

France’s radical left-wing La France insoumise has charged MEP Manon Aubry to ‘coordinate’ the European Elections campaign for 2024, aiming to form a single leftist list. “The debate on a joint NUPES [the left-wing coalition in France] list for the...

Aimed for net-zero operations on its launch in 2028 the Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) airport in Poland is on its way to becoming a globally unique transport hub and a global model for sustainable aviation, integrating innovative technologies and sustainable practices.

Belgium has violated the right to a fair trial by allowing a civil case to drag on for seven years, the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights said in a press release issued on Tuesday. In 2015, the claimant brought...