Empowering energy-intensive industries through corporate Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) can stabilise energy costs, enhance competitiveness, and finance renewable energy projects. Implementing EU regulatory reforms and removing PPA barriers are vital to deliver Europe's successful transition to a sustainable, resilient energy system.

January farmers' rallies in Germany marked the beginning of European demonstrations, but while they have largely ebbed away, growers remain unsatisfied with how the national government works.

Belarus has taken extraordinary steps to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people this year as it finds itself excluded from the democratic world and is taking lessons from its much larger Russian neighbour.

Greeks are going to the ballots for the EU elections fuming over skyrocketing prices, especially of food and fuel, which have sparked an intense political debate among parties over how to stem the seemingly unstoppable inflation.

The European Union stands as a leader in global efforts to combat climate change, driven by a commitment to secure a sustainable future for all. At the heart of EU climate action lies the European Green Deal, a framework for transforming the EU into a carbon-neutral and circular economy by 2050.

It’s the European Week Against Cancer (EWAC) and Euractiv is taking the opportunity to highlight the issue of rare cancers in this week’s Health Brief. 

Germany and the Czech Republic are pushing the European Union to hold talks on how to eliminate the remaining energy sources Europe imports from Russia, EU diplomats told Reuters on Tuesday (28 May).

Ukraine will receive its first supplies of F-16 fighter jets "very soon", but around half of its desperately needed foreign military aid is arriving late, Kyiv's defence minister has said.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announcing the further reinforcement of borders, Sweden asked to pause plans to send Gripen jets to Ukraine, and so much more.

North Korea's rare swipe at China underscored how Beijing and Pyongyang do not entirely see eye-to-eye on the latter's illicit nuclear weapons arsenal, despite warming ties in other areas, analysts and officials said.

The Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's ruling Fidesz have expressed a common hope for increased representation of "pro-peace forces" in the European Parliament, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday.

Bulgaria has improved its work against money laundering and terrorist financing, making progress on most assessment indicators, the Council of Europe's (CoE) anti-money laundering body said on Tuesday, but it will remain one of two EU member states on the 'grey list' along with Croatia.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced plans to reinforce the EU's eastern flank after an asylum seeker attacked a Polish border guard with a knife while trying to cross the border with Belarus.

Palestinian ambassador to Lisbon, Nabil Abuznaid, said he hoped Portugal would soon join Spain, Norway and Ireland in recognising Palestine as an independent and sovereign state on Tuesday, citing the several requests Portuguese parliamentarians have made to the government in this regard.

Sweden has been asked to pause plans to send Jas Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine, Swedish Defence Minister Pål Jonson said on Tuesday, adding that the focus is now on US F-16s.

The world's first wooden satellite has been built by Japanese researchers who said their tiny cuboid craft will be blasted off on a SpaceX rocket in September.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Moldova on Wednesday (29 May) with plans to show robust support for the frontline country's Western aspirations amid alarm over Russian gains elsewhere.

Czech Defence Minister Jana Černochová (ODS, ECR) called on its European allies to contribute financially to the so-called Czech ammunition initiative, as only four countries have so far met their financial commitments. 

Spain’s Ecological Transition Minister Teresa Ribera, the lead candidate in the European elections for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s PSOE party, clarified on Tuesday that any kind of political agreement with Italian Prime Minister and ECR group leader Giorgia Meloni or any other “ultra” force in Europe is off the table.

In the coming years, the energy transition will remain vital to guarantee an independent, sustainable, and competitive European Union. Bioenergy Europe has 3 recommendations for the new EU leadership to make this happen. Irene di Padua, Policy Director at Bioenergy Europe, gives an overview of the steps the new EU leaders can take.