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Finland’s business community is now concerned over how Finland is viewed abroad, fuelled by the refusal of Finance Minister Riikka Purra (Finns Party) to apologise for past racist comments. Start-ups are doing everything in their power to make Finland the...

Germany wants to intensify its investment into Latin American and Caribbean infrastructure, notably via the EU investment initiative, Global Gateway, as a way to fight back against Chinese influence in the region, a new position paper of the German Development...

The German government is expected to release its long-awaited China strategy on Thursday to reshuffle its relationship with the eastern giant that is increasingly perceived as a rival and competitor. The rise of China as an economic powerhouse and global...

Cuba's National Assembly said on Wednesday (12 July) it "strongly condemns" a resolution by the European Parliament, which criticized the country's human rights record and called for EU sanctions against Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and other top officials.

The European Parliament adopted its position on a directive to combat violence against women on Wednesday (12 July), paving the way for negotiations with the Council. The biggest foreseen challenge is negotiations on non-consensual sex.  With no objections from MEPs,...

Despite somewhat of a breakthrough earlier this week, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday (12 July) dampened Sweden's hopes of a swift NATO accession decision by Ankara's parliament.

The EU directive to protect journalists and rights watchdogs from abusive litigation entered inter-institutional negotiations on Wednesday (12 July) with key provisions remaining in the balance, after the European Parliament voted to approve the text with a broad majority.

EU lawmakers approved a report on lessons to take from COVID-19 on Wednesday (12 July). The text analysed the impact of the pandemic, evaluated EU and national health systems' responses and set a roadmap for future health emergencies. 

With NATO leaders failing to come up with a more concrete timeline for Ukraine's bid to join the alliance, the next steps are far from clear and little concrete progress is expected this year.

European parliamentarians adopted with a large majority a report aiming to simplify the fee structure of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) during a plenary session on Wednesday (12 July). 

The European Commission and EU member states are not being ambitious enough with their protections for EU soil, nearly 70% of which was found to be unhealthy, the European Court of Auditors said.

The EU's agricultural subsidies budget does not need to be bolstered in the next period, despite calls to enlarge the farming fund, Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans told EURACTIV in an interview.

A study published on Wednesday (12 July) shows German progress on the integration of Ukrainian refugees, as an increasing number want to stay and many are looking to work.

Anyone who has worked in the European Parliament has horror stories about the small but significant number of MEPs and officials who are abusive, bullies, or sexual predators.

The EU competition department green-lighted the US semiconductor company Broadcom’s proposed $61 billion acquisition of the cloud computing and visualisation company VMware on Wednesday (12 July) under certain conditions. In December 2022, the Commission opened an in-depth investigation under the...

Brussels must put nuclear and renewable energies on an equal footing when it comes to funding, research, and project development, the 14 members of the "nuclear alliance" who met in Spain said on Tuesday (11 July).

The European Parliament passed new rules on Tuesday (12 July) to standardise construction products in the EU, amid criticism from the Greens who say the law does nothing to transform the industry.

Negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and Australia are stalling as Australia wants to leverage its wealth in critical raw materials to get more access for its meat and sugar industry.

The agriculture ministers of Germany and Austria oppose the Commission's plans to deregulate new genetic techniques EU-wide, though whether they can form a united front against Brussels' proposal to protect their large organic sectors remains to be seen.

A vessel belonging to the militia of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar illegally returned about 250 migrants onboard a fishing boat in distress in Malta's waters to Benghazi, in an operation at the weekend.