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This week, EURACTIV’s agrifood editor Gerardo Fortuna walks you through the key issues around the controversial ban from Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia on the import of agricultural goods from Ukraine.

Faced with mounting anger from farmers, the government has launched an effort to tone down the European Commission’s proposal to halve the use of chemicals and more dangerous phytopharmaceuticals by 50% by 2030. Last week, Slovenia’s Agriculture, Forestry and Food...

Notre pays préfère s’inspirer de nos voisins qui enquêtent, voire interdisent le chatbot. À Berne, certains demandent une action rapide.

The son of Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said in an interview published on Saturday (22 April) that he had served in Ukraine under false documents as an artilleryman in the Wagner mercenary force, the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper reported.

The EU’s Fit for 55 Agenda only benefits the richest member states and is imposed by a European Parliament led by a “Green communism” agenda, ruling party leader Jarosław Kaczyński said in a letter quoted at a rally by Infrastructure Minister Andrzej Adamczyk on Sunday.

La pollution de l'air provoque encore chaque année en Europe le décès prématuré d'au moins 1 200 enfants et adolescents, selon un rapport de l'Agence européenne de l'environnement (AEE) publié lundi (24 avril), même si la tendance est à l'amélioration.

The government has launched a public tender worth €1.48 million to purchase a platform that will manage and store information collected by bodycams and municipal video surveillance systems. The Internal Administration Ministry sent the announcement of the public tender for...

Every Spaniard will have a doctor and a school within 30 minutes of their home if ruling socialist party PSOE is elected in December, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said in a new election bid to bridge the gap between urban...

Tightening rules on EU political parties to prevent foreign interference could lead to parties from Ukraine and other pre-accession states being prevented from joining pan-EU political groups and "send a wrong message to the world", lawmakers have told EURACTIV. 

"It is increasingly clear that the 'hybrid' tribunal will be the solution," a senior EU official said, after foreign ministers of the key Western powers supported a tribunal option which is not Ukraine's preferred option.

La contraception orale pourrait bientôt devenir gratuite en Italie, mais les associations pro-natalité estiment que le gouvernement devrait plutôt investir les fonds dans le soutien aux familles, alors que le pays est confronté à une baisse de la natalité.

Elections that took place in the north of Kosovo in four municipalities with a Serb majority registered the lowest turnout ever in the country’s history at just 3.47%, sparking harsh words from Serbian President Aleksander Vucic and scathing criticism of...

Government infighting in Berlin could see Germany abandon a mandatory renovation principle in the EU's buildings directive ahead of final negotiations in Brussels.

Face à la colère croissante des agriculteurs, le gouvernement slovène s’est efforcé d’atténuer la proposition de la Commission européenne visant à réduire de moitié l’utilisation des produits chimiques et des produits phytopharmaceutiques les plus dangereux d’ici 2030.

Beijing needs the EU and the whole of Europe to be passive in the context of tensions between China and the USA. And Beijing wants exactly the same in the context of the war in Ukraine – it wants Europe to betray its key military and security ally - the United States, writes Roman Rukomeda.

Despite the EU’s emphasis on free movement, workers from the Western Balkans continue to face serious obstacles when taking up work in the EU, says Aleksandra Lakić, programme manager at the Zajedničko Platform in Belgrade.

During the week, the European Parliament special committee on foreign interference is set to adopt its proposals to fight foreign actors, particularly Russia and China, using information manipulation — which is likely to increase as the 2024 European elections approach.

Après avoir remis en question la souveraineté des pays anciennement soviétiques, l’ambassadeur chinois à Paris Lu Shaye a suscité de vives réactions dans l’Europe entière, de Paris à Kiev.

Czech President Petr Pavel has called for a joint and balanced strategy between the US, Europe and other democracies to address China’s increasing economic, political, and financial power while avoiding divisive lines between them. Pavel spoke about EU-US-China relations with...

Oral contraception may soon become free in Italy, but pro-natal associations argue that the government should instead invest the funds in family support as the country is facing declining birth rates. The Pricing and Reimbursement Committee (CPR) of the Italian...