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The announced EU food policy should also strive to create future prosperity for businesses in good harmony with the environment, not only to take policies against some parts of the food value chain, Nestlé Europe chief Marco Settembri told EURACTIV.com in an interview.

Spain's socialist Agriculture Minister Luis Planas has revived the debate on CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) subsidies, as he intends to set a cap on aid, which will range between €60,000 and €100,00 per farm. EURACTIV's partner EFE Agro reports.

Bars and clubs in Milan can re-open in the evenings, local authorities announced on Wednesday (26 February), in the first rollback of tough restrictions imposed at the weekend to try to contain a coronavirus outbreak in Italy.

Twenty-three European countries signed a letter of intent for the Intelligence College in Europe in Zagreb on Wednesday (26 February), completing the creation of a network of intelligence agencies on the continent. EURACTIV Croatia reports.

The European Commission revealed on Wednesday (26 February) which specific parts of the EU are eligible to split a €7.5 billion-strong climate fund, earmarked for spending on cleaning up heavy industry and supporting workers in the fossil fuel industry.

Today is political Ash Wednesday in Germany, a 100-year-old tradition that sees the country’s democratic parties‘ leaders pushing their rhetoric to the limits of fairness. The only thing is, it already took place in Berlin yesterday and prompted quite an outrage in political Germany.

The united front held by Serbia’s mainstream democratic opposition to boycott Vučić’s sham election at all levels is the only honorable and practical course of action, wrtites Vuk Jeremić.

The Romanian government is thinking of combining the two agencies responsible for the management of EU agricultural funds, according to interim agriculture minister Adrian Oros. Oros said that this proposed merging of the two agencies comes at the request of...

Researchers at the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) have developed an effective vaccine against the African swine fever virus (ASFV) that gives results with an accuracy greater than 95%, EURACTIV Poland reports. A recent study published in the Journal of...

The minister of agriculture Marija Vucković has said the CAP has not responded appropriately to differences in agricultural production between EU member states, and that these differences have not diminished in the last 15 years. Speaking on a radio show...

The issue of farmers revenue and access to agricultural land were placed high on the agenda of the famous Salon de l’Agriculture in Paris this week.  Land development and rural settlement companies, as well as MEPs, professional agricultural organisations and...

Climate neutrality, low-carbon economy, reduction of emissions, renewable energy, circular economy, carbon footprint, Just Transition – in recent years, these keywords have become increasingly common in Poland's public debate, writes Michał Kurtyka.

“I am 30 years old and must fight for my farm because, if I don’t do it, who will?,” says Javier Ramos, a young farmer of Extremadura, in the southwest of Spain, one of the country’s poorest regions, EURACTIV’s partner...

A 38-year-old woman was reported as the first case of coronavirus in Thessaloniki, Greek media reported on Wednesday (26 February), as the virus continued spreading through Europe.

Can a pork cutlet which is on special offer be of high quality and still feed the farmer who produced it? Given the current imbalance in Germany's food industry, EURACTIV Germany travelled to Brandenburg to discuss good food and fair prices with one of the region's organic farmer.

As Poland plans to build six nuclear plants, it has to inform its neighbours about potential environmental consequences. Given that it has not yet told anyone, but for Austria, could this mean that Poland is ignoring international rules? EURACTIV Germany reports.

The EU has decided to take the lead in transforming to a new model. The Green Deal will only be an economic success if the EU Industrial Strategy ensures industry competitiveness throughout this massive transformation.

The European Commission will be "flexible" with Italy and other member states affected by the coronavirus when assessing their efforts to balance their public accounts, European Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis said in an interview.

Switzerland has become one of the first nations to confirm to the UN that it will enhance its emissions reduction target for 2030. But details about its new strategy are still scant EURACTIV's partner Climate Home News reports.

There could be a series of 'obstacles' in terms of securing an EU-UK adequacy agreement on post-Brexit data transfers and the bloc should therefore 'take steps to prepare for all eventualities,' the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has said this week.