A coalition of member states proposed setting multiannual fish quotas for certain stocks to bring more certainty to the sector on the sideline of the deal with neighbouring partners on fish catch limits for 2023.

EU lawmakers want to put an end to the forced sterilisation of people with disabilities that is still allowed in 13 member states, according to an equal rights report that received wide support on Tuesday (13 December).

The European Union reached an agreement early Wednesday morning (14 December) on a new law that makes energy projects eligible for financing under the EU’s €800 billion recovery fund, agreed two years ago in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The European Commission and EU lawmakers will keep putting together all the pieces of the complex front-of-pack food labelling puzzle during the upcoming Swedish EU Council presidency after little progress was reached under the Czech one.

Hydrogen is here to stay. It is versatile, can be produced from almost all energy sources, and can improve energy security.

With changed geopolitical realities, the EU and ASEAN should move closer together to tackle evolving crises and bolster multilateral approaches, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, current chairman of the Southeast Asian union, told EURACTIV ahead of the two blocs' first joint summit.

The pay transparency directive is ‘a crucial tool’ to narrow the EU gender pay gap, rapporteur Kira Marie Peter-Hansen told EURACTIV in an interview ahead of the final negotiations on the EU law aimed at ensuring greater salary transparency across member states.

The lack of waste collection targets in the EU’s new packaging law risks hampering the ability to increase recycling rates and could even see packaging banned in some places if countries fail to properly collect it, the beverage carton industry has warned.

The European Parliament and EU member states are still at loggerheads ahead of decisive talks this weekend to reform the Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), the biggest carbon market in the world and the cornerstone of the EU’s climate policy.

A record number of journalists are being detained globally and the number of those killed is on the rise again, according to a new report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). 

For the energy industry, 2022 will be remembered as the year Russia's invasion of Ukraine accelerated a global energy crisis.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the nine EU member states that need to reform their pension systems, Dublin's plan to tackle energy poverty, and so much more.

The United States on Tuesday (13 December) unsealed a 16-count indictment charging five Russian nationals and two US nationals with conspiracy related to a global procurement and money-laundering scheme on behalf of the Russian government.

The European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet for their first summit on Wednesday to deepen economic ties, with European leaders pressing for firm, shared language critical of Russia.

Metsola’s office told EURACTIV that the president gave instructions how to represent the institution’s position and “nothing else”.

Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia have signed an agreement on a common protected area, creating Europe’s largest cross-border park, spanning over 240,000 hectares. The Minister of Infrastructure of Kosovo, Liburn Aliu, the Albanian Minister of Tourism and Environment, Mirela Kumbaro...

Washington is categorically against the idea, floated by Belgrade, to allow Serbian troops to return to the troubled north of Kosovo, Gabriel Escobar, special US envoy for the Western Balkans, said on Tuesday. “We are categorically against that, we categorically...

Slovenia has received forty tactical lories produced by Rheinmetall MAN from Germany for which it sent 28 M55S tanks to Ukraine as part of a swap deal agreed to earlier this year. The delivery marks the completion of the deal...

Romania’s consumer prices continued to grow in November, while the inflation rate reached a new record high of 16.8% – the highest in the past 20 years. In November alone, prices grew by 1.3%, with the highest increase noted in...

President Rumen Radev has asked US company Lockheed Martin to start industrial cooperation and technology transfer programmes so that Bulgaria can fully use the F-16 fighter jets it purchased as part of its army modernisation pledge. Bulgaria has purchased 16...