Delivering healthcare in conflict-hit areas has changed over the decades, thanks to technological developments. EURACTIV spoke to doctors with longstanding experience in the field to see how the sector has evolved.

While most of the waste that could be recycled is currently shipped to Asia, the EU’s batteries regulation could help kick-start the European recycling market for Critical Raw Materials.

European cities and their residents are increasingly using collaborative tools which allow inhabitants to participate in the design and management of city assets, a practice which, according to experts, can create more democratic societies and markets.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday (31 March) that the country faced "existential threats" to its security from "unfriendly states" as he presented President Vladimir Putin with an updated foreign policy doctrine.

Kenya's President William Ruto has urged the EU and national governments to increase investment in African clean energy infrastructure to ensure Africa’s most important partner in the energy transition.

Russia’s war in Ukraine has been a wake-up call in many ways, but three months into this year, there is a gloomy feeling that we’re constantly waiting for things to happen.  Over a year since the war started, few analysts...

A European Parliament resolution to support children’s ‘healthy diets’ – touched by Qatargate and caught in between Farm to Fork disputes – is slowly taking shape as the Commission’s clock to close food flagship files keeps ticking. It might have...

Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci, considered a hero by compatriots for leading the 1998-99 insurgency against Serbian rule that led to independence, will go on trial on Monday (3 April) for alleged war crimes during the conflict.

The European Greens will officially elect a candidate for the European Commission presidency ahead of next May's European elections, a process known as ‘spitzenkandidat’, a senior party source told EURACTIV on Friday (31 March).

The Italian privacy watchdog mandated a ban on the popular chatbot ChatGPT and launched an investigation on its provider OpenAI for suspected breaches of EU data protection rules. Italy’s Garante for the protection of personal data on Friday (31 March)...

Tucked away in the heart of Ireland in the sleepy rural village of Cloughjordan, you’ll find an eco village which hosts ‘Feeding Ourselves’, an annual gathering of farmers and environmentalists to discuss the future of sustainable agriculture. A number of...

The EU lawmaker spearheading the Cyber Resilience Act has produced a draft report pitching the removal of time obligations for products' lifetime and limiting the scope of reporting to significant incidents, among other significant changes.

Young people across France are increasingly mobilising against President Emmanuel Macron's pensions reform, which they see as the 'last straw' amid issues of police brutality, a saturated labour market, green issues and 'anti-youth' reforms.

Agrifood sector contributes to a great extent to climate change – 1/3 of all food purchased is wasted, 1/3 of all GHG emissions comes from the food industry and only 1/3 of the freshwater withdrawals are attributed to other sectors of the economy.

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In the Balkan region, Russian embassies are very active spreading propaganda on Facebook, but the Russian embassy in Sofia has by far the biggest impact on society, a study presented in Brussels on Thursday (30 March) revealed.

By successfully holding the early parliamentary and local elections on 19 March, four years into the presidency of Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kazakhstan has completed an overhaul of its political system in the wake of the tragic turmoil that shook the country back in January 2022, writes Berik Uali.

A Russian cybersecurity company that calls the Kremlin and its agencies clients, has been laid bare in a cross-border investigation following a disgruntled employee's leak of thousands of internal documents, giving a unique insight into Moscow's modus operandi.

Turkey’s parliament approved a bill on Thursday night (30 March) to allow Finland to join NATO, clearing the way for the country to become part of the Western defence alliance, with Sweden kept waiting. Helsinki applied to join NATO less...

Hungary has made progress on bolstering guarantees of judicial independence but is "not quite there yet", and needs to improve democratic credentials in other areas before getting billions worth of blocked European Union funds, officials said on Thursday (30 March).