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Germany will help prop up NATO’s eastern flank further by permanently stationing 4,000 additional soldiers in Lithuania, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced on Monday (26 June), reversing the previous policy.

Political and economic relations between the EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific community have been held hostage by Hungary and now Poland. This must end, writes Carlos Zorrinho.

France saw a record 7,000 heat-related deaths in 2022, totalling 33,000 since 2014, according to a new report by French public health agency Santé Publique France (SPF), which advised structural change to better adapt to the heat.

The failed mutiny attempt in Russia over the weekend showed that Moscow's war in Ukraine was causing domestic instability and has started undermining its military power, EU foreign ministers said on Monday (26 June).

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In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Czech foreign minister warning that the struggle for Putin's succession has begun, explosions hitting a Bulgarian arms factory that decided to export to Ukraine, and so much more.

As the EU starts using a more political lens to analyse its trade relations with China, Chinese companies are still trying to convince Europeans of the benefits of a close partnership. Despite tougher rhetoric and policies, Europeans are - quite literally - buying it.

Greek conservatives emerged victorious in the second round of elections on Sunday giving them a historic absolute majority, but with the further collapse of the leftist opposition, combined with the rise of the far-right, dark shadows are now cast over...

This week, EURACTIV’s agrifood team talks you through the leaked draft of one of the most contentious proposals from the European Commission in the past months: gene editing. EURACTIV’s Paula Andres talks to Mette Uldahl, Vice President of the Federation...

The three Kosovo police officers detained by Serbian authorities in Kosovo will not escape without charge, said President Aleksandar Vucic amid growing calls from the international community to release. According to Kosovo authorities, the police officers were near an illegal...

A citizen in the Medvegja region of southern Serbia, inhabited predominantly by ethnic Albanians, has reported an attempt to illegally seize their property and transfer it to a Serbian owner amid ongoing challenges relating to the removal of Albanians from...

The mining industry has failed to earn the broad-based trust of society. Changing that is first and foremost the industry’s responsibility but it is in everyone’s interest to see that happen because the success of the energy transition depends on it, writes Rohitesh Dhawan.

The anti-government “Serbia against violence” protests, ongoing for two months since violent shootings shocked the country, expanded to 10 other cities over the weekend and show no sign of stopping. Major roads were blocked in the cities of Belgrade, Novi...

The number of births in Slovenia has been declining in the past five years as its fertility rate fell to 1.55 in 2022 compared to 1.64 the year before, the latest Statistics Office data show. Slovenia’s fertility rate has been...

Burnout impacts Romanian doctors, with 36% of them in a state of high or very high burnout and those most at risk being women and young doctors, while 58% say they are physically exhausted, the largest survey made by the...

European Conservatives hope that there will be a right-wing majority in the next European Parliament, Nicola Procaccini, the co-president of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group at the European Parliament, told EURACTIV in a video interview.  Looking ahead to...

The EU needs to accelerate the implementation of the European Green Deal if it is to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, according to a new flagship report released on Monday (26 June).

The clock of industrial energy consumers is ticking. The EU manufacturing cannot wait longer before reaping off the benefits of renewables. If we are to enable the net-zero economy, we need a bridge solution for the transition.

Slovakia’s Finance Ministry is worried about the European Commission’s proposal to revise the EU budget with an extra €68.5 billion for the 2021-2027 period, wondering why there is a need to replenish migration reserves with an additional €15 billion. Last...

The opposition in Poland has criticised the PiS-led government for its inadequate reaction to the coup attempt orchestrated by Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner soldiers against Russian President Vladimir Putin. The recent developments in Russia, where a powerful mercenary group...