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Dans le désert de l'Atacama au Chili, les études divergent encore sur les conséquences environnementales et hydriques de l’utilisation de la ressource en eau dans la région. Le gouvernement a décidé de reprendre le sujet en main, tandis que les industriels affichent des objectifs de durabilité très ambitieux.

Poland has imposed sanctions on 365 Belarusian citizens with links to the state after the Belarus Supreme Court upheld the eight-year prison sentence for Andrzej Poczobut, a journalist and Polish minority leader. Last week, the Supreme Court of Belarus rejected...

Les prix de l’électricité en Finlande sont tombés dans le négatif à deux reprises la semaine dernière, une première historique qui a permis aux consommateurs de voir leurs factures diminuer.

As EU member states consider boosting the production capacity of the bloc's defence industry, they must also decide how much power they are ready to cede to Brussels.

Le parti social-démocrate (SPD) a une nouvelle fois coupé les liens avec l’ancien chancelier et président de parti, Gerhard Schröder, en le désinvitant de leur congrès de décembre 2023. Ces déclarations interviennent alors qu’il n’a pas été invité au 160e anniversaire du parti la semaine dernière.

EU member state governments should finally make progress on the EU's Unshell directive that is aimed at clamping down on tax avoidance tactics, argue Paul Tang, Gilles Boyer, and Ernest Urtasun.

In the highly polarised and often emotional debate around animal welfare, there are a number of sectors developing concrete solutions to deliver on demands for higher welfare for farm animals. One such sector is the animal health industry. Roxane Feller...

The governing centre-right coalition was victorious in local elections, confirming its majority in the country as the centre-left mulls possible alliances ahead of the European elections. After the first round on 14 and 15 May, the ballots held on Sunday...

Des milliers de personnes d’origine turque sont descendues dans la rue pour célébrer la réélection du président turc Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dimanche, suscitant de vives critiques de la part de la droite et des inquiétudes de la part de la gauche en Autriche.

Electricity prices in Finland fell into negative territory twice last week, a historic first resulting in consumers having their bills lowered.

Thousands of people with Turkish backgrounds took to the streets to celebrate Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s re-election on Sunday, prompting harsh criticism from the right and concern from the left. Like in other countries where people of Turkish background...

Senators from several political groups aim to extend the statute of limitations for sexual offences committed against minors, according to a bill seen by EURACTIV, though its chances of success are low. The bill, which aims to “combat impunity for...

La Russie va faire ce qu'elle peut pour empêcher l’approbation de l’accord de coopération en matière de sécurité entre les États-Unis et la République tchèque, selon le directeur du Service tchèque de sécurité et de renseignement, Michal Koudelka, lors d’une conférence de presse lundi.

More than one in three Slovaks believe Brussels is endangering public health by ordering insect protein be added to food without consumers knowing, despite the European Commission’s attempts to debunk the hoax, a new study has found. The Ipsos study...

The Security Assessment Committee’s conclusions on 5G equipment risks could be excluded or restricted, but this is up to telecoms regulator Anacom, the government told EURACTIV’s partner Lusa on Monday. Last week, the committee, in the scope of the Supreme...

The Social Democratic Party (SPD) has declared former chancellor and party head Gerhard Schröder persona non grata at the upcoming party congress although recent attempts to kick him out of the party ultimately failed. While former SPD heads are traditionally...

Faced with the dark prospect of a future landslide victory by the right and the far-right forces, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez made a tactical move: calling snap elections to rebuild the left and avoiding a total collapse, EURACTIV’s partner...

EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell on 29 May said he believed Russia will not be willing to negotiate while it is still trying to win the war in Ukraine, adding that he was "not optimistic" about what could happen this summer.

US President Joe Biden said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a call on 29 May repeated Ankara's desire to buy F-16s from the US, while Biden told him Washington wanted Ankara to drop its objection to Sweden's joining NATO.

Americas Electric Boat won a $48.6 million modification for the Next Generation Submarine Science and Technology Research effort. The contract modification adds five new option periods. The proposed effort is to develop technologies for transition to the Virginia and Columbia submarine acquisition programs, and to provide technology options for the next SSN class that improve […]