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The Croatian Agriculture Ministry on Monday unveiled its new system intended to more closely monitor how farmers spend approved farming subsidies without yet detailing the method or how frequent monitoring will be. The system would use a colour-coded rating system,...

State-owned energy giant Orlen will take legal steps against Russia over its recent suspension of oil supplies via the Druzhba pipeline, the company’s CEO, Daniel Obajtek, announced. In February, the Russian Tatneft company unilaterally halted oil supplies to Poland, allegedly...

An opposition alliance on 6 March named Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP), its candidate to take on President Erdoğan in the 14 May elections that are seen as perhaps the most consequential in Turkey's modern history

Three months before the Spanish regional and municipal elections, left-wing Unidas Podemos will like vote against the reform of the controversial sexual assault law proposed by its coalition partner PSOE, in a move that risks aggravating already tense relations between...

What do we mean by state aid? why is it important in the EU and why is it becoming more prominent? In this video, we will look at the difficult choices that lie ahead for the EU, as it tries...

Women have held just 12% of the top jobs at 33 of the biggest multilateral institutions since 1945, and more than a third of those bodies have never been led by a woman, a new study shows.

Last Friday, Polish conservative politicians opened a can of worms - about a can of worms. Insects as food is a controversial topic that has gained traction, mostly in the form of misinformation, in Poland and other EU countries.

Georgia's new foreign agent law is a watershed moment for the country's democracy and foreign policy and its adoption could be a point of no return, writes Paata Gaprindashvili.

In an interview with EURACTIV, the European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights Nicolas Schmit said member states should provide better recognition, pay and working conditions to make certain professions, such as care jobs, more attractive to Europeans. 

The Meta-owned messaging service agreed on Monday (6 March) to a series of commitments to settle an EU consumer probe over how it pushes out updates to its terms of services.

The European Commission is drafting a new target to have at least 40% of clean technologies manufactured in the EU by 2030 as part of a drive to meet climate goals and strengthen energy independence. Eligible technologies include renewables, nuclear power and carbon capture and storage, among others.

The EU and her taxpayers should insist that international standards be implemented, and scandals resolved by embedded microstates prior to the Union becoming general guarantor on various fields, writes Martin Kreutner.

Electrification is a worthy goal, and the EU owes it to its citizens not to proceed recklessly by putting the cart before the horse. If it does, it will ultimately harm both European consumers and the Union as a whole.

Instead of talking of a subsidy race, EU leaders should focus on how to make the Green Deal Industrial Plan as effective as possible to ensure win-wins, write Jakob Hafele and Jonathan Barth.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about France's Carrefour announcing it will block prices on 200 products, Bulgaria having sent weapons to Ukraine via other countries despite saying it would not, and so much more.

Brussels said Saturday (4 March) it was setting up a "humanitarian air bridge" to deliver aid to conflict-hit eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as the visiting French president said all sides had given support to a ceasefire next week.

The train tragedy that cost the lives of at least 57 people – mainly youngsters and students – will likely change the Greek ruling New Democracy party’s plans for the next elections scheduled for 9 April. Meanwhile, young people protested...

The Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE) of the European Parliament has requested and will meet the former Corruption Prosecutor Eleni Touloupaki on Monday, as part of a mission in Athens to discuss issues related to the rule of law, EURACTIV...

Estonia elected a new national parliament on Sunday, making the liberal Reform Party of Prime Minister and European Council member Kaja Kallas the strongest force. Reform, which sits with the Renew Europe Group in the EU Parliament, won 31.2% (+2.3),...

This week, EURACTIV’s Agrifood news team reports from a large-scale Flemish farmers’ protest in Brussels and Natasha Foote speaks with Sybren Vos, a team leader at the European Food Safety Agency’s Plant Health division, to learn more about the first appearance of the...