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With low expectations but cautious optimism, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet on Wednesday Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius amid a local race to get air defence equipment from Washington....

As the European Parliament debates how European health data space should be shaped, EURACTIV talks with the co-rapporteur of the file, Croatian MEP Tomislav Sokol (EPP), touching on primary and secondary use of data, the reasons why parliament supports the...

Sexual consent has been raised from 14 to 16, and those who do not abide by this law will be charged with rape and could face between 7-12 years of imprisonment, according to changes made in Romanian law. In addition...

Slovenia’s coalition parties have removed a key health reform bill from the agenda of an upcoming parliament session following heavy criticism from the data protection commissioner and the parliament’s own legal service for playing fast and loose with sensitive personal...

The UN Human Rights Council is heading towards a divisive vote on Wednesday (12 July) on religious hatred following recent Koran burnings, with some Western nations reluctantly feeling the draft resolution encroaches too far on free speech.

An article from the Russian media Katyusha that was published in September 2019 and promoted homophobic hate speech was republished by one of Bulgaria’s newspapers, Trud (Labour), which has led to the conviction of the portal by the Supreme Court....

A new poll shows that trust in the EU, NATO and the UN has significantly dropped among Czechs, with confidence in the EU dropping from 58% in 2022 to 46% in 2023. The poll published on Monday was conducted between...

A Belgian company that makes machinery for ammunition production was banned Tuesday (11 July) from exporting to Serbia after being suspected of flouting sanctions on supplying Russia.

Factory emissions dropped by 20% in 2022, which can be largely attributed to high energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Denník N reported on Tuesday.

NATO member states agreed to include a Portuguese-led proposal that calls for greater attention from the alliance to its southern flank, most notably Africa, as part of their summit conclusions at the summit in Lithuania, Portugal’s prime minister, António Costa,...

After pivoting Turkey away from Western allies, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has changed tack with moves that have pleased the US and upset Russia, a turnaround seen aimed partly at reversing his country's economic downturn and boosting foreign investment.

The leader of Partido Popular and candidate for prime minister, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, lied in Monday’s election debate,  acting Prime Minister and socialist leader Pedro Sánchez and his potential future government ally, the leader of the progressive Sumar platform, Yolanda...

The EU's Nature Restoration Law is "obviously needed" and must not be blocked by the European Parliament, German climate activist Luisa Neubauer told EURACTIV in an interview on Tuesday (11 July) ahead of a crucial vote on the law.

Turkey’s decision to finally unblock Sweden’s NATO membership process was welcomed by many at the NATO summit in Vilnius, but the Swedish Peace Association and some left-wing parties remain critical of the political move. Turkey has given Sweden the green...

Former minister Efi Achtsioglou will announce on Wednesday her candidacy to replace Alexis Tsipras in the leadership of the main opposition leftist Syriza party, Greek media reported. Achtsioglou is a lawyer and has been a lawmaker since 2019. Under the...

“We are fast approaching the halfway point on the road to the 2030 Agenda and the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), meaning there are only six summers left!,” says the President of the Council of European Municipalities and...

After 30 years of work, two Icelandic researchers have developed eye drops capable of reaching the back of the eye, paving the way for needle-free treatments for blinding retinal diseases such as diabetic macular edema.

While EU lawmaking progresses at a breakneck pace, government infighting in Germany has stalled a revised energy efficiency law for over a year, adding a failed parliament vote to its list of woes.

The lack of female role models and success stories during early education undermine the prospects of young girls to engage in technology degrees, president of the Catalan Technology Society and professor of materials and expert in metallurgy at Catalonia’s Polytechnic...

Finance Minister Riikka Purra of the right-wing populist True Finns party’s announcement that she has not even considered distancing herself from past racist comments – which she allegedly published on a blog around 2008 – has caused an uproar in...