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Green groups are up in arms over a recent Commission-drafted report on the sustainability of the pigmeat sector, slamming it as a greenwashing exercise and disowning the conclusions which purportedly reflect the views of the expert group of which they were part.

Dear readers, Welcome to EU Politics Decoded where Benjamin Fox and Eleonora Vasques bring you a round-up of the latest political news in Europe and beyond every Thursday. In this edition, we look at why national politics looks like it will stymie reform of the...

EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton's visit to Bulgaria on Wednesday (15 March) unleashed speculation that the country is being pressured to send ammunition supplies to Ukraine, a particularly sensitive subject just two weeks before a snap election.

Poland will send Ukraine four MiG-29 fighter jets in coming days, the president said on Thursday (16 March), making it the first of Kyiv's allies to provide such aircraft.

The European Parliament on Thursday (16 March) adopted the mandate to enter inter-institutional negotiations for the European Digital Identity, with the first political meeting planned for next week.

Welcome to EURACTIV’s weekly Economy Brief. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. As the EU moves towards strategic economic policy and away from pure market liberalisation, severe differences between national economic traditions are becoming more apparent than ever, making...

All over the world and all over the EU women are constantly facing challenges. It’s not easy to live under the pressure, knowing that gender equality is not respected. Violence against women is so widespread that it is sometimes invisible...

Carbon capture and storage technologies have often been criticised as an excuse to avoid cutting CO2 emissions at the source. However, they are necessary to meet climate targets and Denmark aspires to be a European leader in this regard, writes Lars Aagaard ahead of a discussion between environment ministers on the subject.

Eleven weeks into his third stint as Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to be received at the White House, signaling apparent US unhappiness over the policies of his right-wing government.

In the debate on banning the sale of internal combustion engines from 2035, looking at energy efficiency alone is insufficient as economic efficiency is a broader concept that includes consumer preferences, writes Jan Schnellenbach.

European lawmakers finally agreed on a timeline to vote on their position on the EU’s plan to slash pesticides. But this leaves a final deal on the contentious file unlikely in 2023, as confirmed by a leaked draft of the Belgian presidency priorities. 

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Wagner Group putting a bounty on Italy's defence minister, Finland not being able to donate high-speed trains to Ukraine, and so much more.

UN nuclear watchdog inspectors have found that roughly 2.5 tons of natural uranium have gone missing from a Libyan site, the watchdog told member states in a statement on Wednesday (15 March) seen by Reuters.

The European Commission has “identified” the lack of a permanent and independent railway accident investigation body in Greece since 2019 in violation of EU law, but no action was taken, and only in the aftermath of a train tragedy are...

Washington's top general said the crash of a US surveillance drone after being intercepted by Russian jets showed Moscow's increasingly aggressive behaviour, while Russia warned Washington that flying drones near Crimea risked escalation.

In this special episode of the Beyond the Byline podcast, we take a look at the EU’s packaging regulation – the issues it seeks to address, and whether it has any chances of succeeding where its predecessors failed.

Following a set of legal setbacks, Sali Berisha, the leader of one faction of the divided Democratic Party (PD) announced he will join with former president Ilir Meta for the upcoming local elections.

The EU has earmarked €70 million for Bosnia-Herzegovina from its energy support package, the EU envoy in the country said on Wednesday.

Environment, Climate, and Energy Minister Bojan Kumer sparked controversy after he brushed off the delayed plans to build the new unit at Slovenia’s sole nuclear power station.

Croats are the most overweight nation in the European Union, and the annual cost of treating related health conditions amounts to almost 3% of the GDP, an official of the national institute of public health (HZJZ) said on Wednesday.