Defence and security 24-11-2023
Global Europe 26-11-2023
Politics 24-11-2023
Russia said on Sunday (25 November) that it had thwarted a major Ukrainian drone attack with at least 20 drones shot down over Russian regions, including Moscow.
Thirteen Israelis and four Thai nationals arrived in Israel on Sunday (25 November) in the second release of hostages from Hamas captivity in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in a deal briefly endangered by a dispute about aid delivery into Gaza.
The leaders of Canada and the European Union reiterated on Friday (24 November) strong support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia's invasion, while pledging to deepen coordination on climate efforts.
The German Greens have selected Terry Reintke, co-president of the Greens in the EU Parliament and the group's likely European spitzenkandidat, to lead their list for next June's EU elections.
The Commission's proposal for a Cyber Solidarity Act is languishing in the EU Council of Ministers, where the scarce enthusiasm is evidenced by the slow progress at the technical level - despite there being no major political hurdle.
*Content-Type: Underwritten / Supported Often linked to hard work and manhood, smoking in Japan reached record levels in the 1960s with almost half of the population being smokers, especially men. Similarly to other parts of the world, smoking in Japan started to …
With a Trump 2.0 administration considered an increasingly realistic scenario in Brussels, Europe has started looking to future-proof its relations with Washington while Eurosceptics are hoping for a field day.
Welcome to Euractiv's Special CAPitals edition of the Agrifood Brief, dedicated to education and training available to farmers across Europe:
As of July 2023, the new EU Energy Efficiency Directive has been officially adopted by EU co-legislators, marking the culmination of a two-year legislative process. Central to this revision are targeted transparency provisions specifically addressing data centres. Owners and operators …
Stakeholders from international and regional organisations, government, the private sector, academia, and civil society participated in a joint event organised by CISPE and EUDCA, supported by SPAIN DC, and co-sponsored by AWS in Zaragoza, Spain. The goal of the event was …
Welcome to Euractiv’s Tech Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. “In Parliament, there is a clear majority position in wanting obligations, perhaps limited but clear, for the developers of the …
While the economic exchange of critical raw materials between the EU and Kazakhstan is mutually beneficial, both actors agreed on the need to go beyond this relationship in order to strengthen it in the future. As part of the EU Raw …
The MEPs involved in the negotiations on the EU's AI rulebook circulated a working paper detailing their proposed approach to regulating the most powerful Artificial Intelligence models on Friday (24 November). The AI Act, a landmark bill to regulate AI based …
A temporary ceasefire between Israeli and Hamas took hold in the Gaza Strip on 24 November, the first in 48 days of conflict that has devastated the Palestinian enclave, but both sides warned that the war was far from over.
The EU's Hydrogen Bank has begun operations and is offering €800 million to hydrogen producers to kickstart demand for the fuel crucial to industrial decarbonisation. By 2030, Europe wants to produce 10 million tonnes of renewable hydrogen annually. To get companies …
In an interview with Euractiv France, Manon Aubry, lead candidate of the left-wing party "La France insoumise" ("France Unbowed", GUE/NGL) for the 2024 European elections, reflects on the current European mandate (2019-2024) and her wishes for the next one (2024-2029).
Building on its experience with government-led industrial development, South Korea uses direct government funds to nurture venture capital investments.
Annual net migration to the UK hit a record of 745,000 last year and stayed at elevated levels since, data showed, heaping pressure on PM Rishi Sunak to act to reduce it in the run up to an election.
The United States recently intervened to stop Amsterdam's Schiphol airport from restricting flight numbers, arguing it would unfairly affect US airlines. But rather than meddling in European affairs, the US should concentrate on its own aviation climate problem, argues Jo Dardenne.
The re-explosion of the Middle East's conflict has brought a flood of illegal and harmful content across the web. We discussed how this crisis is, for the first time, testing the Digital Services Act, the EU's content moderation rulebook, with …
Three major Greek shipping firms have stopped transporting Russian oil in recent weeks in order to avoid US sanctions now being imposed on some shipping firms carrying Russian oil, four traders told Reuters and shipping data showed.
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Czech conservatives rejecting euro adoption, Germany announcing it will suspend its 'debt brake', and so much more.
In this episode, the Beyond the Byline podcast looks into the results of the Dutch elections, which saw the party of anti-Islam populist, Geert Wilders, lead the polls. The success of Wilders' Freedom Party (PVV) signalled a notable rightwards shift in …
People with ties to Prime Minister Robert Fico’s Smer party who were prosecuted for corruption allegations could be left with a slap on the wrist instead of jail time as the Slovak Justice Ministry works on criminal code reforms - …
