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The European Union has doubled to 28 the number of aircraft available to help fight forest fires in the bloc and neighbouring countries, the EU commissioner for crisis management Janez Lenarčič said. The 10 water-bombing Canadair planes, 14 light amphibious planes...

A group of migrants, including women and children, are stuck on Poland's border with Belarus, Poland's border guard said Monday (29 May) as activists accused the officers of blocking them from seeking asylum.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Serbian foreign minister warning the international community to ‘not play hide and seek’, French senators wanting to extend the statute of limitation laws for child sex crimes, and so much more.

Armenia and Azerbaijan hurled fresh accusations at each other two days before new talks aimed at clinching a peace accord to resolve decades of disputes over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Countries grappling with the "immense" task of ending plastic pollution began a new round of talks in Paris on Monday (30 May), amid protests and warnings of the urgency to act.

Russia will likely try to prevent the approval of the security cooperation agreement between the US and the Czech Republic, Czech Security Information Service Director Michal Koudelka said at a conference in the lower chamber of the Czech parliament on...

This week, EURACTIV’s agrifood team walks you through two key votes in the European Parliament on the nature restoration law and EU rules to slash industrial emissions.

Albanian President Bajram Begaj on Monday signed three new laws for increasing salaries, including that of his own, making him the highest-paid head of state in the region with a wage of €3860 a month. The government recently tabled laws...

As teachers enter their second week of strikes and protests, the healthcare and railway transport unions prepare for protests of their own unless the government meets their demands for increased salaries and better working conditions. The teachers’ strike began on...

At least 34 NATO peacekeepers, along with members of Kosovo’s police force and members of the public, have been injured during clashes with Serbian protestors, leading to frantic calls for calm from Pristina and internationals. For its part, Belgrade has...

France will launch its first battery factory for electric cars on Tuesday (30 May), taking a big step in its race to build up a sector dominated by China.

Poland has imposed sanctions on 365 Belarusian citizens with links to the state after the Belarus Supreme Court upheld the eight-year prison sentence for Andrzej Poczobut, a journalist and Polish minority leader. Last week, the Supreme Court of Belarus rejected...

As EU member states consider boosting the production capacity of the bloc's defence industry, they must also decide how much power they are ready to cede to Brussels.

EU member state governments should finally make progress on the EU's Unshell directive that is aimed at clamping down on tax avoidance tactics, argue Paul Tang, Gilles Boyer, and Ernest Urtasun.

In the highly polarised and often emotional debate around animal welfare, there are a number of sectors developing concrete solutions to deliver on demands for higher welfare for farm animals. One such sector is the animal health industry. Roxane Feller...

The governing centre-right coalition was victorious in local elections, confirming its majority in the country as the centre-left mulls possible alliances ahead of the European elections. After the first round on 14 and 15 May, the ballots held on Sunday...

Electricity prices in Finland fell into negative territory twice last week, a historic first resulting in consumers having their bills lowered.

Thousands of people with Turkish backgrounds took to the streets to celebrate Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s re-election on Sunday, prompting harsh criticism from the right and concern from the left. Like in other countries where people of Turkish background...

Senators from several political groups aim to extend the statute of limitations for sexual offences committed against minors, according to a bill seen by EURACTIV, though its chances of success are low. The bill, which aims to “combat impunity for...

More than one in three Slovaks believe Brussels is endangering public health by ordering insect protein be added to food without consumers knowing, despite the European Commission’s attempts to debunk the hoax, a new study has found. The Ipsos study...