Inorganic bromides are naturally present in the environment and are essential to life. They are also essential to a large variety of industries, where they are safely used. Michael Hack, Secretary General at BSEF, explains the importance of inorganic bromides and calls for a science-based and proportionate regulatory framework.

The leaders of the Serbian List – the largest party of Serbs in Kosovo – reconfirmed on Monday that they will not participate in the local elections in the northern municipalities of Kosovo. Party members resigned en mass in November...

Greece and Turkey have decided to support each other in the UN’s Security Council and the International Maritime Organisation, respectively, in what is described as a “new era” in their bilateral relations following years of turmoil that has intensified in...

Slovakia’s government, which recently lost a no-confidence vote in December, agreed to send 13 grounded Soviet  MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine last week, though many still question whether the move was constitutional. The Constitution provides that a government that loses...

Policy measures should ensure Portugal’s labour market remains attractive to investors, while reforms facilitate the entry of investors and promote competition in “key sectors”, the OECD said in a report released Monday on the regulation of foreign investment. Although Portugal...

Drug-related issues and drug policy will be a determining factor for 57% of the voters in Finland’s upcoming April elections, a new survey by the A-Clinic Foundation has found. The A-Clinic Foundation, a non-profit, non-governmental organisation for substance abuse prevention,...

As Sweden continues to wait for the next step in its NATO application process with no new meetings with Hungary or Turkey scheduled, Finland is powering ahead in its bid to join the Alliance. Sweden and Finland simultaneously applied for...

The UK is ready to help Poland fill any gaps in the country’s air defence that resulted from sending their fighter jets to Ukraine, British Armed Forces Minister James Heappey said on Monday. London offered to send its Challengers 2...

Over 30 justice ministers gathered in London on Monday to discuss how they can support the International Criminal Court in holding Russia accountable for war crimes it is committing in Ukraine. The ICC has been investigating war crimes in Ukraine...

Agriculture Minister Norbert Totschnig said he opposes the EU-Mercosur trade agreement during the Agriculture Council in Brussels on Monday despite alleged industry pressure on the minister in charge of giving Austria’s final decision. At the EU Agriculture Council in Brussels...

Bulgaria could meet the requirements on corruption and judicial reform as the Dutch demanded to lift their Schengen veto by October, Foreign Minister Nikolay Milkov said on Monday. In December, Austria and the Netherlands vetoed accession to the visa-free Schengen...

A delegation of Czech politicians and company representatives, including the Speaker of the Czech Chamber of the Deputies, Markéta Pekarová Adamová, is heading to Taiwan this week, hoping to secure investments in the development of chip technologies in Czechia. Taiwan’s...

Italy will be independent of Russian gas by 2023, said Italian Enterprise Made in Italy Minister Adolfo Urso (Fdi/ECR), pointing to two regasifier ships, one of which arrived at the port of Piombino, allowing the country to rely on countries...

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki laid out his vision for the future of Europe in a speech at Heidelberg University, Germany, highlighting the role of sovereign nation-states against a European federation. The conservative Polish government has been on the frontline...

The two no-confidence votes tabled to topple French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne’s government were rejected on Monday (20 March), keeping her in power for the time being. Despite this, the political crisis is far from over, MPs and observers note....

With the EU's new packaging law open to lawmakers' opinions, farmers and industry are questioning the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of the proposal while green groups warn against a 'zero-sum approach' to the matter.

After the much-awaited proposal on the EU packaging and packaging waste directive (PPWD), the ball is in the court of EU lawmakers’ who are now called to tie up loose ends and tweak the draft law.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing a damaging setback to his plans to rebuild EU-UK relations after the leading Unionist party in Northern Ireland said they would vote against his deal to replace the Northern Ireland protocol. 

The Swedish presidency of the EU Council proposed narrowing down the derogation for the presumption of employment, one of the most contentious parts of the platform workers' directive, in a new attempt to bridge differences after negotiations broke down in December.

Germany’s agriculture ministry has come out against deregulating new genomic techniques and could tip the scale on the matter within the Berlin government, in a departure from its previous non-committal stance.