Estonia, France, Germany and Spain support the Emissions Trading System, the EU’s major climate policy tool, but want clearer, simpler and possibly more flexible rules to protect industrial competitiv...
Brussels now considers current trade relations with China unsustainable. A series of EU laws and measures have so far failed to shift the dynamics, while drawing Beijing’s ire. Here are five key takeaways on the increasingly heated EU-China relationship....
Published on 29/05/2026 - 15:58 GMT+2 The six largest economies in the European Union have called for an acceleration of the Capital Markets Union, in a bid to speed up......
Giorgia Meloni's government is changing course on military spending and has decided to send a clear message to Brussels. Italy had reserved 14.9 billion euros under the EU's "SAFE" defence loan scheme, but......
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar reached an agreement with the European Commission to unblock nearly all recovery and cohesion funds that had been frozen under his predecessor, Viktor Orbán.
A Supreme Court ruling has found that Italian businesses are not required to provide drinking water from the tap, unlike in much of Europe. Here is an overview of the different national rules.
By Méabh Mc Mahon & Alice Carnevali Published on 29/05/2026 - 10:00 GMT+2 Residents cooling off in the Canal de Saint-Martin in......
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All 27 European Commissions will debate EU-China trade relations Friday to mitigate dumping and overdependencies, while the Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar is in Brussels to discuss with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen releasing frozen EU funds for Budapest....
Hungarian negotiators are making a last-minute push to secure as much as possible from the €17 billion frozen EU funds, as Péter Magyar prepares to meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday....
EU Commission chief von der Leyen is pulling her team together this morning for urgent talks on whether the EU should take on a tougher economic stance towards China. The closed-door discussion is seen as a first step towards potentially stricter trade measures. Mared Gwyn reports on the story....
While parts of the Balkans like Croatia and Montenegro have seen a surge in tourism numbers in recent years, Kosovo remains one of the least-visited countries in Europe, with just over 450,000 travellers......
EU commissioners will meet on Friday for crunch talks aimed at imposing new restrictions on imports from China amid growing concern that Beijing is fuelling conditions for US-style rust belt towns in......
Several EU countries argue that planned cuts to free emissions allowances under the EU Emissions Trading System are too severe and do not reflect the technological limits faced by sectors such as steel, cement, chemicals and aluminium....
The EU's revamped Chips Act shifts focus from supply to demand to boost European chip demand, especially for AI. The draft law covers demand aggregation and crisis tools, as part of a broader tech sovereignty push also covering cloud services and open source....
Investing in the electrification of transport and heavy industry is the right energy strategy if the European Union wants to preserve its economic sovereignty and revive struggling industries, International......
The comments by the EU’s justice commissioner, Michael McGrath, come ahead of talks between Peter Magyar and Ursula von der Leyen aimed at securing the release of €17 billion in EU funds that were frozen due to concerns over corruption and shortcomings in the rule of law....
If the name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio meant little to you, it probably does now. "DMTF", "NUEVAYOL" and "El Apagón" may be the biggest hits, but Bad Bunny brings Puerto Rico’s history and culture to Portugal....
If Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio meant little to you, it doesn’t now. “DMTF”, “NUEVAYOL” and “El Apagón” may be his biggest hits, but there is far more than reggaeton. Bad Bunny has brought Puerto Rico’s history and culture to Portugal....
If the name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio meant little, it won’t now. “DMTF”, “NUEVAYOL” and “El Apagón” may be the biggest hits, but Bad Bunny has brought Puerto Rico’s history and culture to Portugal....
