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Leaders from across Europe’s digital government landscape converged in Brussels to shape the future of citizen-centric services and foster cross-border collaboration. The summit highlighted cutting-edge initiatives, such as Ukraine’s Diia digital platform and the Interoperable Europe Act proposed by the...

Compliance with draft EU pollution standards for trucks and buses will increase manufacturing costs by up to €2,400 euros per vehicle - less than the €2,800 estimated by the EU Commission and far below the €12,000 touted by industry.

The Court of Justice of the European Union released its judgement on Thursday (13 July), asking the General Court to reassess its annulment of the European Commission stoppage of the O2-Hutchison merger worth £13 billion. A month before the Brexit...

The European Parliament voted on Wednesday (12 July) to strengthen the EU's draft Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), but left out online sales from the scope of the regulation, to the disappointment of consumer groups and green advocates.

Germany wants to diversify its economic ties but not at China's expense, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Thursday (13 July) as she presented the country’s first-ever strategy for dealing with Beijing.

As the regulatory conversation in the European Union about large social media platforms ramps up, many of us living in increasingly authoritarian regimes need to remember the immense value proposition of Facebook, Twitter, and other sites, writes Zoltán Kész.

Marius Budăi, the Romanian Minister of Labor and Social Protection, stepped down on Thursday (13 July) in the first high-level resignation following a scandal with nursing homes near Bucharest that shocked the country.

Discussions among member states on the EU's new telecom law point to providing countries with extensive flexibility, thus turning the regulation into a text reading more like a directive, but the main point of contention remains the 'tacit approval' principle.

On Wednesday (12 July), ambassadors of EU member states reached a common position on the proposed EU budget for 2024, suggesting downward adjustments in several areas while increasing spending for humanitarian aid. With an approach defined as “prudent and realistic”,...

Bard, Google’s eagerly awaited response to ChatGPT, was launched in Europe on Thursday (13 July), following delays in complying with the EU’s data protection rules.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Berlin's plan to put its relationship with a changing China on a new footing, the Dutch farmers’ association slamming the EU Nature Restauration law, and so much more.

The budget deficit is at risk of surpassing 6% of GDP by the end of 2023, according to Valentin Lazea, the chief economist of the Romanian National Bank (BNR), which directly contradicts Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu’s target of a 4.4%...

About 45% of Bulgarians believe that artificial intelligence will lead to job losses, 37% worry that it could replace human labour in their field, and nearly one-fifth think that artificial intelligence should be banned because it poses a danger to...

Journalists and analysts of different nationalities have reported online threats, abuse and harassment when posting content related to the Serbia-Kosovo crisis, with most of the attacks coming from what many believe to be government-linked troll accounts. In early July 2023,...

In this week’s episode of EURACTIV’s Beyond the Byline podcast, we look at how a contentious migration law collapsed the Dutch government, marking the end of 13 years of leadership for the country’s prime minister, Mark Rutte. The government’s months-long...

Albanian parliament is expected to greenlight lifting the parliamentary immunity of former deputy prime minister Arben Ahmetaj, currently believed to be on the run, over corruption and money laundering charges. Ahmetaj is accused by the Special Court of Corruption and...

Germany plans to terminate an agreement with Poland that sent broken-down Leopard tanks from Ukraine to Poland for repair, due to high costs. The reason for terminating the agreement is Poland’s high price expectations that Berlin found “absolutely unreasonable.” Germany’s...

After Interior Minister Ivan Šimko posted critical Facebook status criticising the police for not taking a gender-based violence case seriously, Police Chief Štefan Havran announced he is considering resigning from his post, adding that any political control of the police...

The European Union will push for a global pledge at COP28 to phase out unabated fossil fuels “well ahead of 2050”, EU climate chief Frans Timmermans announced. EURACTIV's media partner, Climate Home News, reports.

A non-binding European Parliament resolution adopted on Wednesday calls for Bulgaria and Romania to join the border-free Schengen area by the end of the year, stressing severe side-effects for the two countries’ citizens.