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The European Parliament and EU countries reached a political agreement on Tuesday (27 June) on the update of the EU Directive on asbestos at work, lowering asbestos limits ten times and setting new measurement methods.

The European Parliament’s draft report for the proposed EU directive to protect journalists from abusive litigation was adopted by the legal affairs committee on Tuesday (27 June), a move advocacy groups have described as relieving.

When a legislative mandate starts drawing to a close, politicians start positioning themselves ahead of elections, bureaucrats in political offices start landing new posts, and leaders start thinking about their next move.

The EU has reiterated its commitment to addressing inequalities between the global south and global north in the international pandemic treaty, but while the text is being drafted, many answers remain pending. The WHO’s international pandemic treaty, scheduled to be...

The European Parliament's health committee has approved an update to the existing fee system for the European Medicines Agency (EMA), criticised as too complex and outdated, to make the agency's work more streamlined and better funded. 

The European Commission's 'Euro 7' proposal on vehicle pollution standards came under fire again on Tuesday (27 June), with the file's lead EU lawmaker slamming it as harmful to consumers and automakers and arguing that substantial changes are needed.

EU leaders are expected to discuss on Thursday (29 June) what future security commitments the bloc could provide to Ukraine, according to the latest draft conclusions of an EU summit to be held this week, seen by EURACTIV.

There is increasing evidence that faecal microbiota transplants (FMT) – in other words, ‘poo transplants’ – can help to treat advanced cirrhosis of the liver, as well as tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR). FMT has a long history. In ancient China,...

EU policymakers reached a political agreement on the Data Act in the late hours of Tuesday (27 June).

Rewatch this EURACTIV Hybrid Conference to find out about the proposed revision to the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive. How can it be fit for all? And how can the key measures be achieved in a way that fits the entire value chain?

3% of global GDP is lost to illicit trade each year. This includes illicit tobacco trade which detrimentally affects legitimate businesses, taxpayers and consumers alike. In Europe organised crime groups took advantage of opportunities during the pandemic and thereafter. Efforts...

Economic relations between the EU and China are in the spotlight as Europe wakes up to the fact that economic relations can be used to pressure its counterpart politically. This EURACTIV special report takes a close look at the current...

On the occasion of the first Healthcare Forum, which took place in Wąsowo, Poland last week, Euractiv spoke with the Regional Director of WHO/Europe, Dr Hans Kluge. In this interview, Dr. Kluge looked back on his meeting with the Polish...

Berlin is fighting for South Africa to stay on track to phase out coal as agreed, despite domestic pushback against the planned mothballing of aged power plants amid an ongoing energy crisis.

EU member states, the European Commission, and the European Parliament agreed on Tuesday (27 June) to create a €300 million fund to incentivise the bloc’s joint procurement of arms to replenish stockpiles and help Ukraine.

A range of new technologies from artificial intelligence to RNA-based innovations could be key to significantly reducing the amount of chemical pesticides used as well as conceiving new crop protection products.

The mishap around the European Sovereignty Fund has exposed the fault lines in the EU’s approach to industrial policy. How to fill the gap – and compete on par with the US and China – will be a central theme for the 2024 European elections, writes Frédéric Simon.

A Russian missile struck a restaurant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Tuesday (27 June), killing at least eight people and wounding 56, emergency services said, as rescue crews combed the rubble in search of casualties.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about France lagging behind in medicine production, explosions and attacks continuing in North Kosovo, and so much more.

Lawmakers in Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic voted on Tuesday (27 June) to suspend rulings by Bosnia's constitutional court, a move described by experts as a "legal secession" that is set to deepen political divisions in the volatile Balkan country.