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The film "Navalny" about the poisoning that nearly killed Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition leader, and his detention upon his 2021 return to Moscow, won the Oscar for best feature documentary on Sunday (12 March).

The energy performance of buildings directive will lower energy bills, reduce Europe's energy dependence and stimulate economic growth, writes Green MEP Ciarán Cuffe.

The revision of the energy performance of buildings directive will make it a key tool to decarbonise the EU's building stock while enabling citizens to afford mass-scale renovations, writes MEP Seán Kelly.

The French Senate on Saturday night (11 March) adopted President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular pension reform plan in the wake of a seventh day of demonstrations that were not as large as authorities had expected.

As British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron exchanged rugby shirts at the Elysée palace on Friday (10 March), it was in sharp contrast in tone to years of acrimony between London and Paris.

President Joe Biden and top EU official Ursula von der Leyen announced progress in defusing a transatlantic trade dispute Friday (10 March) and renewed their commitment to back Ukraine against Russia.

The risk of unmet medical needs increases as certain medical examinations and treatments can be accessed only in the biggest hospitals, resulting in late diagnosis and worsening chronic conditions for those living in rural and remote areas across Europe.

The European Commission is preparing a reform of EU electricity market rules, aiming to address price volatility caused by the gas crisis and adapt the power market to an energy system increasingly dominated by renewables.

The EU Commission is preparing to table a reform of EU electricity market rules next week, aiming to introduce more stability through long-term contracts and a renewed focus on demand reduction measures, according to a leaked draft seen by EURACTIV.

International law is sacred unless it applies to migration. That appears to be the message from Europe’s political leaders. Following Thursday’s EU immigration ministers meeting, the bloc’s Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson opined that the UK’s new ‘small boats’ legislation,...

After the Romanian press on Thursday (9 March) reported a big price increase of the compulsory third-party liability car insurance, politicians clashed, while the biggest insurer on the market, a Bulgarian company, said the crisis was artificial.

Germany’s Greens are caught between a rock candy and a hard place. They took over the agriculture ministry with the declared ambition to make diets healthier – but many in the country will fight (sweet) tooth and nail for their...

Moscow on Friday (10 March) accused foreign countries of fomenting days of mass protests in Georgia, likening them to an attempted coup designed to sow tension on Russia's borders.

EU lawmakers seem closer to an agreement on the most significant overhaul of EU’s fisheries monitoring rules in a decade despite the Commission's opposition to relaxing rules on misreporting fish catches.

A new Council text on the revised Product Liability Directive, seen by EURACTIV, puts software more firmly under the scope, clarifies the concept of manufacturers’ control and seeks to limit national fragmentation. The Swedish presidency of the EU Council of...

Carbon neutral claims are misleading and confuse consumers, according to a new report from consumer group BEUC who call for the terms to be banned from food and drink products in the EU. 

The EU border agency Frontex has confirmed that it analysed in real time the intercepted data from the migrant boat that eventually sank in late February together with two official Italian representatives at the Frontex headquarters in Warsaw.

Microsoft and Google’s move towards answer engines requires competition authorities to preserve dynamic competition while minimising adverse effects on third parties, writes Christophe Carugatti.

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EIT Food connects the world of agriculture and rural areas with innovative startups and agtech solutions. This is why the recently published European Innovation Agenda with a strong emphasis on women entrepreneurship and bridging the gender gap in deeptech startups provides additional perspective to the discussion. Women remain underrepresented in both deep tech startups and in investment funds despite clear correlations between company growth and the presence of diverse teams, including women, in leadership positions. In 2020, technology companies with female-only founders captured just 1.7% of the capital raised in European VC markets, and the difference between male-led companies and those with mixed and/or female founders remained significant in terms of both capital raised and the number of deals. What needs to be done to bridge this gap in agtech and foodtech? What role shall both women and men play in this process? Why do we need more women among agrifood startup founders? Let’s discuss it during the online panel on the International Women’s Day! Organised by: EIT Food Media Partner: EURACTIV