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The European Union's military leadership has expressed doubts that Ukraine will regain any territory lost in the war with Russia, according to German newspaper Die Welt.

Any discussion on the future of Ukraine that excludes the issue of the Crimean peninsula is noise disguised as support for the people of the invaded country, Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sous argued on Wednesday. “It is not possible...

The parliamentary debate on the investiture of Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the leader of the centre-right Partido Popular, will be held on 26 and 27 September, an extra month for the conservative politician to try to gather enough support to become...

Representatives of Germany's three-party government coalition bet on reduced red tape, renewable energy, and better conditions for start-ups to overcome country's current economic slump.

Belgium’s Federal Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers launched a call for projects to put asylum seekers at work, State Secretary for Asylum and Migration Nicole de Moor announced on Wednesday. De Moor and the federal asylum seekers agency...

Immigrants who have been in Austria for less than five years should have their social benefits reduced, said conservative Integration Minister Susanne Raab (ÖVP), amid backlash from her Green coalition partner. Like Denmark, Raab wants to tie full social welfare...

The German government approved a proposal, which, if adopted, would make name and gender change easier by removing the 1980s requirement of two psychological assessments. In 2021, the Federal Constitutional Court found the 1981 law requiring two separate psychological assessments...

The Czech government approved a request for a loan from the EU’s recovery fund – the Next Generation EU – which is significantly lower than initially proposed. The original proposal envisaged a loan worth €5.7 billion, but it was reduced...

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has criticised the European Central Bank’s decision to raise rates and asked it to do the exact opposite to encourage growth. The government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (Fratelli d’Italia/ECR) has not been shy about...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hinted at the construction of Finnish armoured vehicles in Ukraine as Finland’s new Prime Minister, Peter Orpo, visited Kyiv on Wednesday. Finnish centre-right Prime Minister Petteri Orpo made an unannounced surprise visit to Ukraine on Wednesday,...

France’s military operations in the Sahel have been a success as they have prevented the creation of a caliphate, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with French weekly Le Point published online Wednesday evening. France launched two military...

An Indian spacecraft became the first to land on the unexplored south pole of the moon on 23 August in a mission crucial to lunar exploration and India's standing as a space power, just days after a similar Russian lander crashed.

Russia's most powerful mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board a plane which crashed on Wednesday evening north of Moscow with no survivors, two months to the day after he led an abortive mutiny against the army top brass.

Germany wants to lower the requirements for acquiring its citizenship following the example of France, the government has announced, continuing its reform agenda to tackle labour shortages.

As the EU continues its soul-searching exercise to structure its approach to future enlargement, hopefuls outside the bloc now float 'progressive' integration as the short-term answer.

Powerful winds, high temperatures and dry weather continue to fuel Greek wildfires, destroying properties and natural habitats, while political questions are being raised over the effectiveness of fire prevention and mitigation measures.

Despite continued political uncertainty in Spain, the country's health minister José Miñones told EURACTIV in an interview that he is optimistic that the Spanish presidency of the EU Council will be able to finalise key health files.

The war in Ukraine and talks of energy independence are pushing superpowers to turn to nuclear, driving uranium prices up after a 10-year slump, and raising concerns that supply shortages are not to be ruled out in the long run.

As sustainability and mindfulness for the environment begin to shape consumers’ purchasing choices, an increasing number of companies are jumping on the bandwagon by advertising their products and services as ‘climate neutral’. But many of these claims are misleading and the EU needs to take action, writes Roberta Arbinolo.

Germany's rising far-right AfD party may use local politics to amplify its message and draw attention, experts say, as the party gains ground in communities throughout Eastern Germany.