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The EU is preparing to help train Mozambique's armed forces, amid wider ambitions for a stronger European military capacity.

The Spanish government wants to implement a series of extraordinary measures in the coming months so as to be eligible for EU funding, including changes to tax laws and reforms of the labour market and pension system. EURACTIV’s partner EFE reports.

The European Commission on Thursday presented a strategy for the development and availability of Covid-19 treatments, including a proposal to invest €90m in population studies and clinical trials. The EU executive will draw up a portfolio of 10 potential Covid-19 treatments by June 2021, identify the most promising ones. Brussels will launch new contracts for the purchase of authorised treatments or drugs by the end of the year.

The European Union is now ready to discuss the proposal to waive temporarily intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines - following the historic decision by Washington in favour of easing patent rules.

The Libyans are demanding more assets, such as patrol boats and planes, for their coast guard. The EU has now floated the idea of tapping into its new European Peace Facility to supply them.

The legal opinion came as the Polish disciplinary chamber discussed removing the immunity of a supreme court judge critical of the government's judicial overhaul.

A group of 11 member states, led by Denmark, wants EU rules for cross-border energy projects to exclude funding for fossil fuels infrastructure. However, member states remain divided on the role of gas in cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Will this weekend's EU-India summit help translate the recently approved Council conclusions on the Indo-Pacific strategy into more pragmatic set of actions able to elevate Europe in the Asia-Pacific region?

The Porto summit this weekend could be a "watershed moment" for EU-India relations to push for stronger health cooperation in the context of the pandemic, enhanced cooperation on trade and investment, and a partnership on connectivity, the country's envoy to Brussels, Santosh Jha, told EURACTIV in an interview ahead of the EU-India leaders meeting on Saturday (8 May).

Selbstfahrende Autos sind mancherorts bereits auf der Strasse unterwegs. Autonom navigierende Schiffe sind hingegen ein Novum: Am 15. Mai soll das erste seiner Art zur Jungfernfahrt über den Atlantik starten – wenn das Wetter und die britischen Behörden es zulassen.

Using hydrogen-based fuels for cars and home heating risks locking in a dependency on fossil fuels and failing to tackle the climate crisis, according to a new analysis. EURACTIV’s media partner, The Guardian, reports. Fuels produced from hydrogen can be...

Spain is moving aggressively to land new battery and electric vehicle plants, using billions of European Union pandemic relief funds to avoid being left behind as the global auto sector undertakes the biggest technology transformation in a century.

Utakat újítanak fel a Losonci járásban, Füleken. Az önkormányzat idén több mint 200 ezer eurót szán az utak átfogó felújítására – tájékoztatta a TASR hírügynökséget Klaudia Mikuš Kovácsová, a város szóvivője.

Aigul Kuspan, former head of the Kazakh mission to the European Union and current chair of Kazakhstan's parliamentary committee on international affairs, says the bloc often comes across as self-assured and borderline ignorant in terms of global affairs.

On 7 May, the Social Summit organised by the Portuguese Presidency should be a milestone to reinvigorate the project of a fairer Europe. SGI Europe, EU social partner representing employers of services of general interest (SGI) and of public services, will present its vision and contribution to making Social Europe a reality.

A bold US bid to waive patents on much-needed coronavirus vaccines was strongly opposed by Germany on Thursday (6 May), threatening to derail the proposal that requires the consensus of World Trade Organisation members to pass.

Das Bundesamt für Gesundheit (BAG) steht in Zusammenarbeit mit den Labors vor der Einführung eines neuen Tests, mit dem die indische Variante des Coronavirus rasch erkannt werden soll.

George Clooney zieht es zu Hollywoods Diaspora in die Provence. Der US-Schauspieler und Filmemacher habe ein Anwesen in Brignoles gekauft, wie das Rathaus der südfranzösischen Gemeinde am Donnerstag - pünktlich zu Clooneys 60. Geburtstag - bestätigte.

Die europäischen Gewerkschaften begrüßen die ehrgeizige Klimapolitik der EU, mahnen aber, dass sie Hand in Hand mit einem ebenso ehrgeizigen Plan im Sozialbereich umgesetzt werden muss,

Was in diesem Raum im Keller des Flughafen Zürich landet, ist alles illegal. Blick hatte Zugang zur sogenannten Asservatenkammer, einem Gruselzimmer voller beschlagnahmter Waren – viele davon tierischen Ursprungs.