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The prisoner swap treaty between Belgium and Iran could free Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele, currently trapped in Iran, if an agreement is reached in the coming weeks. In January, Olivier Vandecasteele – the Belgian aid worker who has been...

Ukraine will boycott the OSCE meeting in Vienna due to Russian participation, with Ukrainian parliamentarians fearing a “whitewash” of Russian war crimes and their speaker calling for it to be postponed as it will be held exactly one year after...

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne will meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday to defend and voice support for the French position on energy.

Amid continued fights over remuneration, labour union ver.di has called for strikes at multiple German airports to be held Friday in what could bring some of Europe’s largest air travel hubs to a standstill. The German labour union ver.di has...

Russia said on Wednesday (15 February) it had broken through two fortified defence lines in Ukraine's east, while Western allies pledged to ramp up military aid to better arm Kyiv as it prepares for a counter-offensive.

The escalating aggressiveness of Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi against Ukraine is bringing current Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni closer to the EU centre-right political family; Professor Lorenzo Castellani told EURACTIV Italy. Berlusconi’s recent attack against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy...

Even if the border between Finland and Russia is closed, and visas for Russians have been cancelled, Russians have discovered a legal loophole and come shopping in northern Finland. Since Norway has not closed its border to Russians, they can...

Each citizen voting in September’s snap elections should be paid €500, according to a proposal put forward by the leader of the strongest party in the National Council OĽaNO who wants an increase in turnout and to stop the opposition...

After a turbulent year marked by dwindling gas supplies and soaring energy bills in 2022, Europe is now looking beyond emergency measures to explore long-term fixes to the energy crisis and lay the groundwork for the green transition.

EU legislators are currently discussing the introduction of mandatory climate transition plans for banks. The European Commission, Council, and Parliament will soon start trialogue negotiations, and while all three seem to agree on the idea itself, differences remain in how these plans are defined, explains Anuschka Hilke.

While authorities in Russia insist that the economy has largely adapted a year after the start of the Kremlin's assault on Ukraine, economists are much less optimistic.

In the wake of Russia’s genocidal war on Ukraine, the world just started to pay attention to things about the aggressor that have been unnoticed for decades. Yet, Rusia’s war arsenal is no longer predominantly conventional, write Artem Shaipov and...

At a Working Party on Telecommunications and Information Society meeting on Wednesday (15 February), European governments all seemed to agree the digital dimension of the EU's foreign policy needs to be enhanced, but how to do it still needs to be decided.

The European Commission will sue Poland at the European Court of Justice over challenges to the primacy of EU law made by the country's Constitutional Tribunal in two rulings in 2021.

The EU's border and coast guard agency Frontex will provide operational support in the border management of North Macedonia, "with full respect for fundamental rights", under an agreement adopted by EU lawmakers on Wednesday (15 February).

The 6 February earthquake is a massive tragedy for Turkey and Syria, and the world needs to do much more to alleviate the suffering of millions of people. This Brief, however, will look into the seism’s consequences for the future of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said on Wednesday (15 February) he was "absolutely" confident Western countries will supply fighter jets to Kyiv to help fight Russia's invasion even though some have been cool on the idea so far.

From petitions and consultations to the European Citizens’ Initiative and citizens’ panels, the EU has several tools in place allowing Europeans to have their say on EU policies. But how effective are these participatory and deliberative tools? To learn more...

How the detergents industry is ensuring emissions savings through innovation are embedded in the values of the European Green Deal.

Mental disorders are the most prevalent condition in prisons all over the world, affecting one-third of inmates, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), which is calling on member states to invest more in prison health services. It is estimated...