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European Union lawmaker Andrea Cozzolino, under investigation in a cash-for-influence corruption scandal at the European Parliament dubbed "Qatargate", has been extradited to Belgium and charged, the Belgian prosecutor's office said on Wednesday (21 June).

Australia's internet safety watchdog on Thursday (22 June) threatened to fine Twitter for failing to tackle online abuse, saying Elon Musk's takeover had coincided with a spike in "toxicity and hate".

China's state planner this week signed letters of intent in Berlin on cooperation with European corporate heavyweights in areas ranging from aviation and chemicals to automobiles, as the world's second-largest economy seek to lobby for stronger ties with Europe.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the most powerful PiS leader returning to government, Germany's emboldened far-right party AfD confirming it will present a candidate for the chancellorship, and so much more.

Opposition to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government is faltering as members of the Democratic Party (S&D) are now increasingly divided on issues like the war in Ukraine, while current Party Secretary Elly Schlein has resorted to ambiguous statements to avoid ruffling any...

In a first-instance ruling, the EU court of justice rejected a lawsuit filed by German socialist MEP René Repasi, who claims the European Parliament had no say in the inclusion of nuclear and natural gas in the bloc's sustainable finance taxonomy.

The Biden administration will make it easier for Indians to live and work in the US, using Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to help skilled workers enter or remain in the country, according to people familiar with the matter.

Albania has improved measures for tackling money laundering and terrorist financing but there is still work to be done, according to the Council of Europe’s MONEYVAL follow up report, published on Wednesday. The EU candidate country has been on the...

Slovenian schools have been complaining about an acute shortage of teachers, and now parliament has stepped in by passing a bill that makes it easier to hire teaching staff without teaching skills or without the national teaching exam following a...

OMV Petrom announced together with Romanian state-owned gas producer Romgaz that it will invest up to €4 billion in the development phase of the Neptun Deep project, which will generate approximately 100 billion cubic metres (bcm) of natural gas –...

European institutions are preparing to admit Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen this year, with visa-free travel by air expected in October, followed by the abolition of land border controls by 1 January, diplomatic sources in Brussels and the Bulgarian parliament...

The European Union should require new trucks to have zero CO2 emissions starting in 2040, according to the European Parliament’s lead lawmaker on the rules who is seeking higher targets to reduce the sector’s impact on climate change. The EU...

A blast ripped through a street near Paris' historic Latin Quarter on Wednesday (21 June) and rescuers were searching for two missing people feared buried under the rubble of a building that partially collapsed in the explosion.

This week on Beyond the Byline, EURACTIV digs into the new economic security strategy presented by the European Commission on Tuesday (20 June). The plan seeks to persuade all 27 EU member states to implement stricter regulations for the export...

Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has the most to gain from courageous decisions in Vilnius, but also the most to lose from unreasonable timidity, writes Robert Pszczel. Robert Pszczel served as a diplomat in the Polish MFA for almost a...

The Czech government agreed to give the green light to ratify the Istanbul Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence on Wednesday, sending the document to the Chamber of Deputies for a decision. The Czech Republic...

Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of the Polish ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party and former prime minister, will return to the government as deputy prime minister, government spokesman Piotr Müller confirmed. It is the second time that Kaczyński has joined the...

After tensions between Kosovo and Serbia flared up again, raising eyebrows in Brussels, Germany and France called on both sides to de-escalate as they are currently “really jeopardising” their EU path. But in an exclusive interview with EURACTIV, German Minister...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was quoted on Wednesday (21 June) as saying progress in Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russian forces was "slower than desired", but Kyiv would not be pressured into speeding it up.

All countries are vulnerable to the impacts of a changing climate. But their vulnerabilities are very different, with varying consequences on people, economics and the environment, writes Jorge Moreira da Silva.