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Germany’s most important business confidence index recorded an unexpected dip in the optimism of businesses in June, adding to a recent string of bad luck befalling the German economy. The ifo Index is Germany’s most important index for business confidence,...

Llanos Massó, a member of the far-right VOX party (ECR) and known for her anti-feminism and staunch rejection of abortion, was elected on Monday as the new president of the Valencia regional parliament, following an agreement struck with the Partido...

New early local elections in northern Kosovo are the next step to defuse the simmering crisis between Belgrade and Pristina, EU's chief diplomat Josep Borrell said on Monday (26 June) as the EU welcomed the release of three kidnapped Kosovan policemen.

France will see the comeback of the glass bottle return scheme by 2025, according to a recent government announcement, which has already been welcomed by NGOs who now expect new initiatives to meet EU plastic waste reduction targets.

Ukraine's work with allies to build broad international support for a peace blueprint has made progress but any summit to endorse a document is at least months away, officials said.

The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive has the potential to make a real difference in the process of decarbonizing the building stock, as long as high standards for zero emissions and minimum energy performance are maintained, writes Oliver Rapf. 

The boss of Russia's Wagner mercenary group, two days after leading an aborted mutiny, on Monday (27 June) said he never intended to overthrow the government, while Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Wagner fighters who stood down.

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are fine-tuning the obligations a new cybersecurity legislation will impose on product manufacturers and how it will apply to open-source software.

EU countries have so far filed only vague plans to meet their climate targets, with early indications pointing to a significant financing gap to meet the EU’s objective of reducing emissions 55% below 1990 levels by 2030, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) said in a new report on Monday (26 June).

Participatory budgeting – the democratic tool allowing citizens to decide how to spend a part of the municipal budget – has not yet been implemented in Thessaloniki, the second largest city in Greece. Yet, its inhabitants would be open to...

Europe’s forests are threatened by the growing frequency of pests, fires and droughts caused by climate change, raising concerns as to whether they are resilient enough to continue sustaining biodiversity as well as human activity.

In this special report, EURACTIV looks at how the EU’s proposed Nature Restoration Law can help strengthen Europe’s forests and make them more resilient to shocks caused by climate change – including pests, fires and drought.

The "Ride of the Valkyries" is considered one of Richard Wagner's best-known pieces of music, but arguably the shortest. The ride of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenaries through Russia started surprisingly in the early hours of Saturday (24 June), finishing - even more astonishingly - the same day.

The role of the chief financial officer is one that ensures integrity in the financial affairs. The reality is different. ACCA and BDO have considered how the role of the CFO is changing. Are they now a chief value officer?

The Irish government added a last-minute amendment to a bill allowing the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) to label all their procedures as confidential.

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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