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Agriculture and Food Minister Maria do Céu Antunes signed the order recognising a drought situation in 40% of the country’s southern region on Friday, which will also activate measures to support farmers, she announced on Monday. According to the minister,...

In the run-up to next year’s EU elections, Vice-Prime Minister Matteo Salvini’s Lega has started an internal reflection to reposition itself in Brussels and finally obtain strategic political positions that until now have been precluded. Part of the party believes...

Sweden’s Chief of Naval Staff praised the British marines who have been involved in the Aurora 23 military exercises designed to ready the defence of the Stockholm archipelago in case of a crisis. The Aurora 23 military exercises, which have...

The second week of negotiations to form Finland’s new government got off to a bad start, amid volatile social media spats between members of the four parties in the running for the coalition. Coalition negotiations are ongoing between the liberal-conservative...

Belgium still has not made progress on the thorny pension reform issue even though it would unlock much-needed EU funds under the country’s recovery plan. On Monday, the government decided to increase its borrowing by €408 million to implement the...

Austria’s government and industry leaders failed at a food summit on Monday to find a consensus on tackling the ever-soaring inflation on food and drink products. In March, the cost of food and non-alcoholic beverages in Austria rose by an...

Following a quiet Victory in Europe Day ceremony at the Champs Elysées in Paris that lacked the usual crowd, French President Emmanuel Macron faced protests in Lyon as he paid tribute to resistance fighter Jean Moulin on Monday. Macron led...

European Commission Vice President Margrethe Vestager, a lead candidate – or spitzenkandidat – of the liberals during the 2019 EU elections, told journalists on Monday that she was sceptical about the process. The process allows European political parties to select...

Spain’s main employers’ association, CEOE, and the two key trade unions, CC.On Monday, OO and UGT gave their initial green light to a new bilateral agreement for employment and collective bargaining that establishes a wage increase of 4% in 2023...

Madrid’s regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso (PP/EPP), would obtain the absolute majority in the upcoming municipal election and could govern the region, for a second term, without the support of the far-right VOX party, a fresh poll by 40dB published...

Employment Minister Georges Engel (LSAP/S&D) is looking into Luxembourg potentially adopting a 38-hour workweek so the country can remain competitive and continue attracting the foreign workforce it needs. Two weeks ago, the Luxembourgish Employment Ministry received the results of its...

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner will no longer travel to Beijing as his Chinese counterpart Liu Kun, whom he was set to meet Wednesday, cancelled at the last minute – a move experts speculate could run deeper than a simple...

EU lawmakers have been finalising the text of the AI regulation ahead of the vote in the leading parliamentary committees on Thursday (11 May). The AI Act is a landmark legislative proposal to regulate Artificial Intelligence based on its potential...

The coexistence of gene editing with organic production systems remains a point of contention within the European Commission. While proponents of the technology maintain the two can go hand in hand, the EU's organics sector warns coexistence requires robust traceability and liability mechanisms.

Gene editing – also referred to as new genomic techniques (NGTs) – describe a number of new scientific methods used to alter genomes with the aim of genetically engineering certain traits into plants, such as drought tolerance or pesticide resistance.

European Parliament’s Renew Europe group adopted its common position on the review of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) on Monday (8 May), in an effort to strike a middle ground between German and French positions.

The perfect way to celebrate tomorrow's Europe Day is to eat a centuries-old Portuguese delicacy that has an unsuspecting link with a foundational moment of the EU’s integration process.

Digital labels and QR codes are becoming increasingly popular among European consumers, yet the incorporation of digital labelling into the European Union's digital and green transitions is advancing slowly and shines a light on the inherent opposition between those who embrace innovation and those who – for a wide variety of reasons – hesitate.

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang will visit Europe this week, Beijing said on Monday (8 May), as China pushes to act as a mediator in the Ukraine conflict and rebuild ties with the continent.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed Monday (8 May) that Russian forces would be defeated in Ukraine just as Nazi Germany was beaten in 1945, during an address commemorating the end of World War II.