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Belgium remains opposed to France’s plans to build a wind farm off the coast of Dunkirk, North Sea Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne reaffirmed on the sidelines of the North Sea Summit in Ostend on Monday. France is planning the construction...

To reduce inflation and further economic growth, the government must end the generous spending policy it adopted since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Central Bank Governor François Villeroy de Galhau wrote in a letter to President Emmanuel Macron that...

Radical climate activists of the group “Letzte Generation” (“Last Generation”) blocked at least 35 main roads in Berlin on Monday – a step up in action that high-ranking politicians condemned. On Monday, more than 800 activists temporarily brought traffic to...

Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti attributed the turnout of just 3.47% in the north Kosovo local elections to what he called an atmosphere of intimidation and blackmail coming from Belgrade. Some 45,000 Kosovo citizens were eligible to vote in the...

Left-wing populism could emerge as a potential game changer in next year’s federal election, political analyst Thomas Hofer told EURACTIV, referring to the Communist Party’s success in the Salzburg state elections this weekend. On Sunday, the Austrian communist party KPÖ...

Former Czech Prime Minister and current opposition leader Andrej Babiš is set to attend a conservative conference in Budapest as a “conservative leader” despite belonging to the family of European liberals. R The conference is the Hungarian edition of the...

It is up to the Faroe Islands to react to the presence of Russian fishing ships in its harbours, Faroese Foreign Minister Høgni Hoydal warned Copenhagen following accusations that Russian fishing ships docking there were being used for espionage. The...

The European Union on Monday (24 April) placed sanctions on people and groups linked to what it described as the Syrian government's "large-scale drug trafficking operations," and the EU also included one Russian company.

Battles in Sudan between the army and paramilitaries have sparked evacuation operations to rescue foreign citizens. Here is an overview compiled on late Monday (24 April) of what various nations have done in efforts to take its nationals to safety.

China respects the status of former Soviet member states as sovereign nations, its foreign ministry said on Monday (24 April), distancing itself from comments by its envoy to Paris that triggered an uproar among European capitals.

Political group leaders representing over 70% of the European Parliament have urged the European Commission to deny Hungary’s request to any more EU recovery funds in the latest front in the battle between EU lawmakers and Viktor Orbán’s government. 

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas supported Kyiv's calls for accession to the NATO military alliance "as soon as conditions allow" during a visit to Ukraine on Monday (24 April).

Kyiv's allies on Monday (24 April) slammed Russia for a Security Council meeting chaired by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about protecting the United Nations charter, which Moscow itself violated by invading Ukraine.

The United States, Britain and the European Union toughened sanctions against Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IGRC) Monday (24 April), citing alleged human rights violations by Tehran, which has responded in kind.

Six Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have written to Google calling for action after a complaint was launched against the company for allowing unfair commercial practices to be conducted via its ad bidding platform. 

The Russian aggression in Ukraine is possibly the symptom of even bigger geopolitical turmoil lurking just behind the corner.

At least five EU countries want to see the amount of green jet fuel from used cooking oil (UCO) legally capped, EURACTIV has learned, a requirement that would have significant ramifications for the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Europe.

EU ministers approved the pay transparency directive on Monday (24 April), establishing rules and criteria aimed at closing the gender pay gap and increasing salary transparency across member states.

Join this EURACTIV Virtual Conference to discuss the probiotics sector, its challenges and opportunities, and how increased clarity can benefit European industry while providing better information and transparency for consumers.

The European Union signed a ‘Green Alliance’ with Norway on Monday (24 April) with the aim to work together to tackle climate change, protect nature and develop the technologies needed to transition away from fossil fuels.