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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Romania on Monday (3 April) to underscore Western support for a key NATO ally that borders Ukraine and also for neighbouring Moldova, which has looked especially vulnerable since Russia's invasion last year.

Russia on 3 April accused Ukraine of organising the murder of a war blogger in a St. Petersburg cafe and arrested a woman who was shown in a video admitting planting the bomb that killed him and injured over 30 others.

Finland will officially become a member of the military alliance on Tuesday (4 April) as foreign ministers gather for their meeting in Brussels, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters on Monday.

Chatbots and other human-imitating artificial intelligence (AI) applications are conquering an increasingly important place in our lives. The possibilities raised by the latest developments are fascinating, but the fact that something is possible does not yet make it desirable. Given the ethical, legal and social implications of AI, questions on its desirability are increasingly pressing.

Mark Twain is often quoted as saying history does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. We should listen to the past to avoid the repetition of missteps and errors. Joakim Reiter is Chief External and Corporate Affairs Officer at...

European consumers suspect businesses are purposefully making products to break down quickly and be unrepairable. A new EU-wide “product passport” aims to extend their lifetime and improve recyclability, but there are big questions on how it will work.

The EU's biomass sustainability rules will apply more loosely in overseas territories like French Guiana to promote economic development there, but the exception inserted in the bloc's Renewable Energy Directive will lead to increased deforestation, environmentalists say.

The lack of transatlantic reference in European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s speech on China should be seen through the prism of the EU´s interest in the developing world, writes Janne Leino. Janne Leino is programme manager for foreign...

Experts say the two molecules of carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen are the foundation of the EU's future low-carbon synthetic fuel industry.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Poland preparing to get rid of the Ukrainian grain surplus until the harvest season, Finnish election results predict two possible government coalitions, and so much more.

Erion Veliaj, the mayor of Albania’s capital Tirana has been criticised by international media organisations for revealing the alleged identities of those behind two popular media platforms, weeks before he is set to face the public vote in local elections....

Diego Canga Fano, a Spanish high-ranking 30-year-long Eurocrat has decided to leave Brussels to run for Asturias’ presidency in May with the support of centre-right People’s Party (EPP). In an interview with EURACTIV, he explained the reasons why and how this could set an example for others to follow.

This week, EURACTIV’s agrifood OG’s talk about the divides in the Commission and the increasing marginalisation of EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski, and EURACTIV’s Natasha Foote talks reflects on her recent trip to Ireland to the ‘Feeding Ourselves’ gathering and...

The leaders of Serbia, Albania, and North Macedonia jointly visited an international wine fair in Italy on Sunday, where they discussed further measures to advance the so-called Open Balkan initiative, and urged other countries in the region to join. The...

Tensions between Kosovo and Serbia flared once again over the weekend after a Kosovo Serb was arrested for setting fire to ethnic-Serb-owned cars that switched to Kosovo number plates. In 2022, the government in Pristina announced that all vehicles belonging...

Slovenia expressed an interest in participating in the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine as Prime Minister Robert Golob was in the country on Friday in what was his first visit to Ukraine. Post-war reconstruction was a significant item on the agenda...

Croatia plans to take in wounded Ukrainian soldiers, Veteran Affairs Minister Tomo Medved said on Friday during a visit to Kyiv. Medved came to Ukraine with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on a surprise visit to attend the anniversary ceremony...

All three of Finland’s biggest parties gained seats in Sunday’s election, with results suggesting complex negotiations ahead after what was a historically tight vote. The election campaign focusing on the budget deficit, social security reform and immigration culminated on Sunday....

Slovakia is implementing new measures which will expand artillery ammunition production ‘fivefold’ to aid Ukraine, announced Acting Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď. Naď promised more help to Ukraine during a visit to Kyiv with Acting Prime Minister Eduard Heger on Friday....

A quarter of a century after unpalatable compromises ended decades of bloodshed in Northern Ireland, some of the architects of the Good Friday Agreement hope that deal can help inspire a route out of the region's near-permanent political crisis.