.The EU border agency Frontex is unable to "fulfill its fundamental rights obligation" due to its reliance on EU member states when a migrant boat is in distress, EU Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly highlighted in a report following an investigation into Frontex's operations at sea.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked Western Balkan countries on Wednesday (28 February) to start producing military equipment to help his country fight Russia, as the EU and US continue to grapple with providing military and financial aid.

Global suppliers of natural gas have shown significant interest in the EU’s aggregated demand for natural gas, with suppliers' offers outstripping the bloc's demand by three times - a heartening result for the bundling scheme proposed following the energy crisis.

Farmers’ protests making the headlines these days brought back agriculture in the EU political agenda.

Gas consumption in France in 2023 has fallen by more than 10% in one year and by around 20% compared to 2021, according to the latest figures from France's main transmission operator, GRTgaz, published Tuesday (February 27).

Following the adoption of the latest revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III), the European Commission is ramping up its work on a critical tool for the renewable fuels industries: The Union Database (UDB).

In a speech to the European Parliament, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pushed to prioritise "joint defence procurements" to reassure Europe's defence industry that it will be able to find buyers for its increased production.

In the midst of an agricultural crisis and farmers' protests, France published a decree banning the use of meat names for plant-based products, while the EU's top court is still due to issue a ruling clarifying the compatibility of such a move with the EU legal framework.

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The latest study from the Joint Research Centre (JRC) suggests that paper food packaging outperforms plastic reusables when robust and representative data is used. The scientific findings suggest there is no justification for bans and reuse targets.

Flushed with their successful defense of the watered-down nature restoration law, progressive lawmakers in the European Parliament would have you believe that the Green Deal is alive and well: a misleading narrative at best.

Ukraine's military said on Tuesday (27 October) it had withdrawn from two more villages near the eastern town of Avdiivka which was captured earlier this month by Russian forces, losing more territory as support from its Western allies runs short.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Polish government saying it will accept farmers' demands, Romanians under 18-year-olds no longer being allowed to buy electronic smoking devices, and so much more.

Veteran Russian rights activist Oleg Orlov was sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison on Tuesday (27 February) for "discrediting the armed forces" by protesting against the war in Ukraine and accusing President Vladimir Putin of leading a descent into fascism.

After Mistral AI and Microsoft announced their strategic partnership on Monday (26 February), sparking an outcry from lawmakers in the European Parliament, French MPs have voiced concern over the partnership's impact on competition and sovereignty in the cloud sector.

Despite tensions and increasingly diverging opinions over key issues such as Russia's war in Ukraine, the Central European Visegrad Four (V4) Group has so far managed to live on.

Serbs in northern Kosovo reported being unable to withdraw dinars on Tuesday as queues formed outside ATMs, while negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina continued in Brussels over Kosovo’s decision to uphold its constitution and reject the use of any foreign currency other than the euro.

The Western Balkans is ready to contribute to the fight against Russia amid European and Western “excuses” and “constraints” over aid, adding that EU member states need the region for its security, according to Prime Minister Edi Rama in an interview before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to the country.

The European soft drinks sector’s Manifesto for the upcoming 2024-2029 EU political term is grounded in our ambition to promote balanced diets, drive environmental sustainability across our supply chain and uphold our position as a globally competitive sector that is essential to the European economy.

Fuelled by consumer optimism and supported by wage growth, economic activity in Croatia last year grew more than economists previously predicted.