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The first case of coronavirus has been identified in Northern Ireland. The adult patient is currently in isolation at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, having travelled through Dublin after coming from northern Italy. Northern Ireland’s Public Health Agency said...

Trade talks between the EU and the UK start next week, with thorny issues like state aid and fish set to complicate matters. A fight brewing over environmental standards may make an agreement by year’s end even more difficult to...

The absence of legally binding requirements for green hydrogen could lead to adverse effects, for example, rising CO2 emissions if partly fossil-based electricity is used in synthetic fuel production, write Corinna Klessmann, Jonas Schröder and Felix von Blücher.

The first phase of the Huawei project would need a €200 million investment. This factory, which will manufacture equipment for mobile base stations, should create around 500 direct jobs. “The site will supply the whole of Europe, not just France,”...

Parliament on Thursday (27 February) discussed possible solutions for the overcrowded ‘Brenner’ tunnel, which leads from southern Austria to northern Italy through a mountain. The route is especially important for transport of goods – traffic has been rising recently, and...

Europe's largest urban farm, located on the rooftops of the EU capital, raises fish and grows vegetables while meeting strict circular economy criteria. The founder of BIGH (Building Integrated Greenhouses), Steven Beckers, says his urban farm plans to emulate his successful practice across the border. EURACTIV France reports.

The Christian-democrat party has called for a meeting of federal, regional and community health ministers (six in total) to develop a common strategy to deal with the coronavirus epidemic. “There is a lack of consistency at the different levels. Sometimes...

The European Parliament is considering whether to hold its meetings and plenary sessions by teleconference instead of in person due to growing concerns about the fast-spreading coronavirus that originated in China, a spokesman said on Thursday (27 February).

Turkey will no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe, a senior Turkish official said, as Ankara responded on Friday (28 February) to the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in an air strike by Syrian government forces in Syria's northwestern Idlib region.

A new climate and nature protection action plan demonstrates the efficiency of Hungary’s Conservative Green Policy, argues Judit Varga.

Coronavirus lockdown causes pasta distress, what happens next in Brexit is anyone’s guess; and a carnival in Flanders fails to impress.

People living with SMA, ALS and other rare disease was the focus of the Rare Disease event at the EU Parliament on 18 February. The event was organised by Biogen in collaboration with EURORDIS, the patient organisation for rare diseases.

The tortured negotiations over the EU’s long-term budget, which turned into a Turkish bazaar, clearly show that EU leaders no longer agree on the added value of the bloc and confirm a slow decay of the project that was signalled by the UK’s departure.

As we approach the 50th anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in March, the United Nations is preparing to review the accord amid growing signs that divisions and distrust are rife among countries that possess nuclear arsenals.

Trade talks between the EU and UK start next week with thorny issues like state aid and fish set to complicate matters. There is also a fight brewing over environmental policies that may make an agreement by year’s end even more difficult to come by. 

In an unexpected move, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis decided on Thursday (27 February) to upgrade border controls to the “maximum deterrent” level to prevent migrants affected with coronavirus from entering EU territory. “Migration is now taking on a new...

Welcome to EURACTIV’s Global Europe Brief, your weekly update on the EU in the global perspective from our foreign affairs news team: Georgi Gotev and Alexandra Brzozowski.

European climate law risks being just an empty shell if it does not show the choices needed to reach climate neutrality. Furthermore, this would weaken the whole Green Deal process and diminish its credibility, writes Monica Frassoni.

The UK has threatened to walk away from Brexit trade talks and head towards WTO trading terms with the EU if a draft deal is not in place in June, according to the mandate published by Boris Johnson's government on Thursday (27 February).

As the coronavirus spreads in Europe, the US military is bracing for a possible spike in cases in Germany, which might put thousands of troops on lock-down or restricted movement across the continent, the head of the US European Command, Tod Wolters, announced.