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The European Commission said it will mobilise some €600m aid to help African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries to soften a food crisis created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It said €150m will go to humanitarian assistance, €350m on food and €100m to other types of support. "Russia is still blocking millions of tonnes of desperately needed grain," said EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, in a statement.

Germany's competition watchdog on Tuesday launched an investigation into potentially anti-competitive restrictions by Google Maps. "We have information to suggest that Google may be restricting the combination of its own map services with third-party map services," said federal cartel office chief Andreas Mundt. The investigation will focus on whether restrictions, for example to the embedding of Google Maps location data, were used by Google to expand its market power.

More than half of Europeans agree that public money should not be used to fund marketing campaigns promoting meat consumption, a poll by Greenpeace France revealed on Tuesday. The new findings, resulting from a survey in eight EU countries, come amid discussion over how to green the EU agri-food promotion. Last month, EUobserver revealed that the EU had spent €143m to promote meat-eating over the last five years.

According to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), two suspects, identified as a senior official in the secretariat of the cabinet of ministers and a department head at the chamber of commerce, have been detained over suspicions of being part of an alleged Russian spy network. "These officials passed on various intelligence information to the enemy... of our defence capability," the SBU said in a statement on Telegram.

MEPs in a sometimes agitated hearing on Tuesday with EU transparency commissioner Věra Jourová called on her to reveal Covid-19 vaccine prices.

Ukraine has received a shipment of 35 Yugoslav-era infantry combat vehicles, the largest donation of weapons to Ukraine by Slovenia to date. The vehicles were developed and produced in the former Yugoslavia in the 1980s and are armed with 20...

Croatia’s oil and gas company INA, co-owned by the Croatian state and the Hungarian energy group MOL, denied media reports that the country is heading for petrol shortages due to the international sanctions against Russia. A number of local media...

Ukraine’s EU candidate status is pivotal for a united Europe and strengthened pan-European leadership, write Yuliya Tyshchenko, Volodymyr Lupatsiy, Oleh Saakyan, and Oleksandr Moskalets.

Double-digit inflation will continue in Slovakia until next year if the government does not cap rising gas prices and if Russia stops gas supplies then inflation will rise even more, Slovak National Bank estimates in a new prognosis. The prognosis is not...

Privé de majorité absolue à l’Assemblée nationale, le président Emmanuel Macron a entrepris des consultations avec les partis mardi (21 juin) après avoir refusé la démission de la Première ministre.

No EU country is against giving Ukraine candidacy status, European Affairs Minister Mikuláš Bek said after a General Affairs Council meeting on Tuesday. Candidacy status for Ukraine will be discussed by EU leaders during the European Council summit on 23-24...

Greece's first climate law, passed on 26 May, aligns the country with other EU Member States in the fight against climate change. However, the legislation fails to ensure a new, scientifically independent and socially open climate co-governance framework, write Vlasios Oikonomou and Haris Doukas.

The Atlantic Alliance will show a great demonstration of strength towards building an auspicious future, Portuguese Admiral and Chief of General Staff of the Portuguese Armed Forces Silva Ribeiro said on Tuesday. “In military terms, what I can say is...

A nine-day strike in July was organised after negotiations on salary conditions stalled, EasyJet’s Spain-based cabin crew announced on Tuesday, EFE reported. The move threatens to add further disruptions to European air travel when holidaymakers from across Europe flock to...

Prime Minister Mario Draghi confirmed Italy’s continued support for Ukraine in an address to the Senate on Tuesday, ignoring the 5 Stars Movement (5SM), which wants Italy to stop sending weapons. “The Italian government, together with the EU and G7,...

Denmark supports Ukraine’s status as an EU candidate country, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said during an address to the Ukrainian Rada on Tuesday. Last week, the French, German, Italian, and Romanian heads of state visited Kyiv and publicly supported candidacy...

The production of bioethanol in Europe has led to greater yields of animal fodder than fuel in 2021, new figures show – further evidence that biofuels can also contribute to food stability, according to the industry.

Recycling and green transition took a step forward when a Finnish company announced its plans to build a factory re-using textile waste. New technology enables cotton-rich textile waste to be transformed into a new regenerated textile fibre. The factory, the...

Austria is not seeking a reform of the EU accession process, and the non-paper submitted by Vienna has led to “misunderstandings,” Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg has explained. Critics said the non-paper Schallenberg and EU affairs minister Karoline Edtstadler sent to...

Tank howitzers from Germany have arrived and are in use in Ukraine, the country’s defence minister announced on Tuesday, after Berlin drew criticism for a delay in the delivery of weapons. The German Panzerhaubitze 2000 “are finally part of [the] 155 mm...