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Lawmakers in the European Parliament’s transport committee voted on Wednesday (29 November) to make it easier to enforce penalties on motorists visiting from other EU countries for traffic violations - though local authorities say the measures do not go far enough.

Whole grains must be integrated into children’s diets early in life to create healthy lifelong habits and curb life-threatening diseases, according to experts, who called for the inclusion of grains into the EU School Scheme and public procurement of food.

Achieving the EU’s ambitions for a more sustainable, resilient and competitive economy requires actions across many sectors. Europe’s bioeconomy, which converts renewable resources from agriculture, forests, and seas – including residues and waste – into food, feed, materials, and energy,...

The EU should take Ukraine's military needs into account as it designs Europe's future defence industry strategy, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday (30 November).

Business leaders, policymakers, academia and industry experts discussed the impact of AI on the world of work at the European Employment & Social Rights Forum. Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the way we work, with research projecting it will deliver...

The Spanish EU presidency aims at conclude negotiation on the migration reform package, a series of laws on migration management, before the end of the year, multiple sources from the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament confirmed to Euractiv....

Russia accused Bulgaria of malice and stupidity on Thursday (30 November) for refusing to allow Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's plane to fly through its airspace to attend a meeting in Skopje, North Macedonia.

China did the world “a big favour” by bringing down the cost of clean technologies like solar panels, said Fatih Birol, the chief of the International Energy Agency (IEA). But with increased economic clout also comes responsibility, he told Euractiv ahead of the COP28 international climate summit in Dubai.

National and EU-level support goes a long way towards supporting research into gene therapies against rare diseases, according to German researchers, who said however that Europe still lags behind North American countries on innovation in this area.

As Russia warns of the rising risk of nuclear war, and relations with the US sink into a deep freeze, communities close to the vast Soviet-era nuclear testing site in Kazakhstan have a message: "Let us be a lesson."

German Muslims feel they are dealing with increased marginalisation, a rise in Islamaphobia, and the perception they are all anti-Semitic, according to community representatives.

A majority of Britons support rejoining the European Union's single market even though that would mean the restoration of the free movement of workers from the bloc, according to a poll published on Wednesday (29 November).

Slovak truckers will block the main border crossing with Ukraine from Friday (1 December), the country's truckers association UNAS said, joining Polish protests to win restrictions against Ukrainian drivers.

Countries at the UN's COP28 climate summit opening on Thursday (30 November) hope to clinch an early deal on a new fund to pay for climate-caused damage, aiming to muster some political goodwill before talks turn to divisive topics including the future of fossil fuels.

Henry Kissinger, a diplomatic powerhouse whose roles under two presidents left an indelible mark on US foreign policy and earned him a controversial Nobel Peace Prize, died on Wednesday (29 November) at age 100.

Israel and Hamas struck a last-minute agreement on Thursday (30 November) to extend their six-day ceasefire by at least one more day to allow negotiators to keep working on deals to swap hostages held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners.

Member countries are divided over the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) annual foreign ministers' meeting on Thursday (30 November) with Baltic nations and Ukraine refusing to attend over the presence of Russia's Sergei Lavrov.

Delegates at this year's UN COP28 climate summit are anxious to boost the world's climate change agenda with concrete plans for clamping down on the second-most prominent greenhouse gas – methane.

On Wednesday, a ban on the use of newly authorised EU foods in the preparation of traditional Romanian products was approved by the Chamber of Deputies. The proponents of the legislation assert that the necessity to regulate insect flour for...

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Germany’s skilled labour shortage putting the success of vital industries at risk, the Human Rights Watch criticising the Czech stance on the Israel-Gaza conflict, and so much more.