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There have been whispers in Italy that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government could fall and make way for a technocrat government similar to the one that in 2011 was led by Mario Monti, a politician and economist close to European...

Co-president of the Greens group in the EU Parliament, Terry Reintke, is the top contender to lead the German and European Greens into the EU election, which would put her in the race to become European Commission president. Most parties...

In this week’s edition: A preview of the Granada summit(s), Borrell's visit to Ukraine and more.

The first phase of the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) kicks in on Sunday (1 October), obliging exporters in six carbon-intensive industrial sectors to report their emissions to EU authorities. 

Slovakia's leftist former PM Robert Fico beat his rival in a parliamentary election after campaigning to end military aid to Ukraine, but he will need to win over allies to form the next government, results showed on Sunday (1 October).

The leaders of nine Mediterranean and southern European countries called Friday (29 September) for a "significant increase" in the EU's efforts to tackle the thorny issue of migration at its roots, in origin and transit countries.

France sought to build on the "momentum" behind nuclear energy in Europe by hosting world leaders on 28-29 September to discuss international cooperation on long-term nuclear financing without Russia at the OECD's premises in Paris.

The European Central Bank (ECB), the European Investment Bank (EIB), and the International Energy Agency (IEA) have called for a faster transition towards clean energy, with ECB President Christine Lagarde arguing for a "green Capital Markets Union" and EU-issued green bonds.

EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton reaffirmed the Union's strategy to boost domestic production and diversify supplies of key raw materials during the first summit on the topic hosted by the International Energy Agency (IEA) on Thursday (28 September).

Geographical Indications, or 'GIs', establish intellectual property rights for specific agricultural products, whose qualities are specifically linked to the area of production - think Champagne, or Feta cheese.

Assuming that the future of the EU migration and asylum pact is resolved next week, the attention of European leaders will shift to the bloc’s future, specifically whether it will take on new members. The matter will likely be high...

More than three quarters of the 120,000-strong population of the ethnic Armenian breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh had fled by Friday afternoon (29 September) after defeat by Azerbaijan, a faster-than-expected mass exodus that looked likely to be total.

The progress of Germany's Start-up Strategy, for which 40% of the 130 measures have been implemented, was presented in the German Bundestag on Wednesday (27 September), but doubts remain about its effectiveness.

The German government is disbursing some €1.8 billion to commercial electric car charging station operators in a bid to reduce charging availability anxiety that keeps people from buying electric cars.

A group of regional agriculture ministers in Brussels this week called for a far-reaching and fundamental reform of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) - but the European Commission remains hesitant.

The US is aiming to deploy Europe’s first American-made small modular nuclear reactor in Romania and Czechia by the end of the decade, according to a US official, who said the “forecasted deployment timeline is 2029”.

As Europe strives for net-zero by 2050, electricity grids will play a pivotal role. ENTSO-E highlights the key challenges and solutions to leverage electricity grids and accelerate the energy transition, emphasising investment, regulation, manufacturing, skills, and public engagement.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was on Friday (28 September) shown meeting one of the most senior former commanders of the Wagner mercenary group and discussing how best to use "volunteer units" in the Ukraine war.

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The demand for sustainable mobility is soaring, prompting a comprehensive transformation in the European transportation sector to combat climate change, with aims to achieve a 90% reduction in emissions by 2050. The aviation sector, a prominent carbon contributor, faces immense...