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Retaking control of the Russian-seized Ukrainian territory of Crimea, which Kyiv says it needs to retake to end the war, could soon become a point of divergence between Kyiv and its Western allies.

The EU fiscal rules should be reformed to reflect the fact that public debt is not necessarily bad for future generations, but can be essential to finance future-oriented public infestments, argues Ludovic Suttor-Sorel.

Britain and the European Union on Monday (27 February) agreed a crucial overhaul of trade rules in Northern Ireland, a breakthrough aimed at resetting seriously strained relations since Brexit.

On the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, China published a 12-point peace plan for the conflict, with a flurry of bilateral visits anticipated. But can China help end the war in Ukraine? What should we realistically expect?

As competition authorities around the world consider Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of leading games developer Activision Blizzard they need to determine whether this acquisition further strengthens Microsoft’s dominant position.

Two years in, the post-Brexit points-based immigration system is negatively affecting labour and skills shortages, with low-skilled EU-born workers hit hardest. Wage bargaining in impacted sectors remains at a standstill.

Paris wants the EU's electricity market reform completed by the end of the year, the French energy minister's office said on Friday (24 February), challenging Berlin's preference to wait until the 2024 European elections.

While Spanish farmers have embraced integrated pest management (IPM), as per EU rules on the matter, they say more support and research is needed to extend the application of the biological control.

As wildfires and floods hit Europe more frequently and intensely, the EU has adopted Disaster Resilience Goals to strengthen capacity to support prevention, preparedness and response to future disasters. Yet it fails to incorporate animals into disaster preparedness plans saving lives, both human and animal—and money. 

French energy transition minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher will meet on Tuesday (28 February) with twelve counterparts in Stockholm to discuss the potential launch of a brand new "nuclear alliance" within the EU.

Since the onset of the war in Ukraine, the EU has been increasingly wary of dependency on China, especially regarding critical raw materials. According to MEP Hildegard Bentele, the EU should prepare for the eventuality of a Chinese attack on Taiwan and potential subsequent sanctions and supply shortages. 

Kosovo and Serbia aim to conclude a landmark agreement on normalising relations "this year", Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview but made clear it would not be smooth sailing, despite increased Western engagement.

Belarusian anti-government activists have claimed responsibility for what they said was a drone attack on a Russian A-50 surveillance aircraft at an airfield near the Belarus capital of Minsk on Sunday (26 February).

Sweden is largely covered by forests, so it's tempting to think that nature is thriving. However, Swedish forest ecosystems are suffering, write Gustaf Lind and Johanna Sandahl.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Italy calling on the European Union to take responsibility regrading the increase in migrant flows, Commission Vice-President Vera Jourova saying Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is being treated too 'correctly', and so much more.

Energy-intensive companies can claim compensation for a portion of the indirect costs of greenhouse gas emissions after the European Commission approved Slovenia’s €99 million compensation scheme.

Albania’s tourism sector is going from strength to strength, even in ‘off-season’ according to statistics from January that show an almost 100% increase in visitor numbers compared to the same month in 2022. INSTAT, the Albanian data statistics agency reported...

Serbia will not agree to recognise Kosovo as a state, nor will it allow it to join the UN, said Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić ahead of what she expects to be “difficult” talks on the normalisation of relations with...

Poland will send Ukraine another set of Leopards 2A4 in the next few weeks, the prime minister’s office announced after Poland became the first country to successfully send the first four tanks of the same brand. On his recent visit...

This week, EURACTIV’s agrifood team walks you through the Commission’s fisheries package which includes the ambition to ban bottom trawling from all marine protected areas (MPAs) by 2030, and EURACTIV’s Paula Andrés talks to Enrico Somaglia from the European trade...