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Welcome to EURACTIV’s weekly Economy Brief. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. While the public pension reform dominates French political debate, demographic changes will eventually push all EU countries to consider how they finance their pensions systems. One solution?...

Russia sent Ukrainians racing for cover with a rush-hour missile barrage, killing at least one person, the day after Kyiv secured Western pledges of dozens of modern battlefield tanks to try to push back the Russian invasion.

Coal demand in Europe went up for the second consecutive year in 2022, led by “strong growth” in electricity generation, where it has partly replaced gas as a backup power source, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Can the EU Mission in Armenia (EUMA), agreed on by the EU Council this week, contribute to stabilising a conflict that the International Crisis Group considers one of the 10 most risky conflicts for 2023, ask Mail Negi and Tobias Pietz.

District heating is one of the main sources of heat for the Poles, and the Polish district heating sector is one of the largest in the European Union. With such a scale of district heating usage, every aspect of regulation is of great importance in the context of the need to ensure adequate supplies and conduct a capital-consuming investments to complete the transformation of this sector.

The power struggle between authoritarian powers reached a new level of intensity with the invasion of Ukraine. But it is important to remember that this fight plays out across the entire globe and sometimes in unexpected places, Juan Carlos Ondo Angue writes.

The aviation industry is in a period of transformation as passengers and Brussels regulators increasingly demand more sustainable air travel. A mixture of measures are on the table to cut emissions, from ramping up sustainable aviation fuels to greening airports and plotting more efficient routes.

This article was updated with a correction on the role of the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications. The United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is considering opening up a new office in Brussels amid calls from EU countries to...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's visit to Algeria brought speculation that the country is looking to forge a new energy policy. However, this is just business as usual, former prime minister and current leader of the Five Star Movement Giuseppe Conte told EURACTIV in an exclusive video interview.

A Russia-based hacking group named Cold River is behind an expansive and ongoing information-gathering campaign that has struck various targets in government, politics, academia, defence, journalism, and activism, Britain said on Thursday (26 January).

Ukraine will now push for Western fourth generation fighter jets such as the US F-16 after securing supplies of main battle tanks, an adviser to Ukraine's defence minister said on Wednesday (25 January).

The European Commission has several "red lines" in its drive to simplify state aid rules, including the protection of the EU single market and avoiding a harmful subsidy race within Europe, EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager said on Wednesday (25 January).

Right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is forcing migrant rescue ships to dock further and further north along Italy's coastline, meaning long journeys that raise their operating costs and strain their ability to continue saving lives.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Serbia possibly changing course and imposing sanctions on Russia, Slovakia paving the way for snap elections, and so much more.

This week on the Beyond the Byline podcast we are discussing the tension between Turkey and Sweden, specifically how Turkey is blocking Sweden’s accession to NATO. We’re also looking at the reasons behind Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s objections to Sweden’s...

Spanish authorities said they were investigating what they called a possible "terrorist" incident after a machete-wielding man attacked several people at two churches in the southern port city of Algeciras, killing at least one person.

Former EU commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos, who recently came into the spotlight as he was a member of Qatargate-related NGO Fighting Impunity, complied with the European Commission’s restrictions placed on the authorisation of his participation and did not contact any Commission...

The key to providing tanks for Ukraine's defence against Russia was speed and sufficient numbers, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday (25 January).

Macedonian President Stevo Pendarovski has been accused of serving Russian interests on Wednesday by Bulgaria’s former foreign minister Ekaterina Zaharieva while a Bulgarian MEP has been condemned for perceived threats against the Macedonian head of state. Following the beating of Macedonian...

A team of international and Albanian experts presented their vision, roadmap and feasibility study for the creation of the Vjosa National Park to the country’s government this week, in the hopes of ensuring the protection of Europe’s last wild river.