EU national governments agreed on Friday (15 March) to a new regime of packaging waste rules, following a dramatic few weeks during which the European Commission threatened to veto an agreement reached between governments and the European Parliament.

The war in Ukraine is laying the ground for a divide between “war” and “peace” camps at the national and European level which may replace the usual political division between left and right.

The Council of the EU gave its final approval on Monday (18 March) for a strategy to secure a sustainable supply of raw materials critical for the green transition, digital industries, and defence sectors, it said in a press release.

Polish farmers blocked two major border crossings with Germany on Monday in a protest against farm imports from outside the European Union and the bloc's environmental red tape.

Despite the passing of the Critical Raw Materials Act in 2023, Europe's reliance on importing critical raw materials remains a concern. In this series, Euractiv explores the EU's different routes to close the competitiveness gap in raw materials and decrease reliance on unpredictable suppliers.

As she closes out her first term, Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission has seen industrial competitiveness come into sharp focus with new initiatives to better connect industry to the European Green Deal, but what effect will they have?

On International Women's Day, the European Commission released its 2024 Report on Gender Equality in the EU, offering insights into the advancements made in implementing the Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025. This report looks at women's rights and gender equality in the EU.

Heralding a manifesto steeped in diversity and regional representation, the European Free Alliance (EFA) General Assembly 2024, held on International Women’s Day in Brussels was presented by co-spitzenkandidaten, Maylis Roßberg, and Raül Romeva.

The promoters of the citizens’ initiative ‘End the Cage Age’ on Monday (18 March) filed a case at the European Court of Justice against the EU executive for failing to deliver a promised proposal to phase out cages for farm animals by the end of 2023.

Europe is way off track to meet its target of halving road deaths by 2030 (versus 2019), a new European Court of Auditors (ECA) analysis has concluded. Instead fatalities are projected to fall by just -25%, compromising Europe’s ultimate goal of close-to-zero road deaths by 2050.

Is the race for the future already run & lost? Find out at the launch of the latest edition of ERT’s bi-annual Competitiveness and Industry Benchmarking Report.

As Europe faces the biggest security challenge since the Second World War, it must build its defence readiness, writes Charles Michel.

The European Commission presented a set of ideas aimed at bolstering farmers in the food supply chain in a document shared with EU member states, responding to demands growers voiced in recent protests for fairer compensation for their work.

South Ossetia, a region that broke away from Georgia and calls itself an independent state, has discussed becoming part of Russia with Moscow officials, Russian news agency RIA cited the head of South Ossetia's parliament as saying on Sunday (17 March).

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the German coalition splitting over the country's Ukraine policy, the European Commission bemoaning Kosovo and Serbia for lack of progress on EU integration, and so much more.

Hundreds in Cuba's second-largest city, Santiago, engaged in a rare public protest on Sunday (17 March), according to social media and official reports, prompting Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel to call for dialogue in an "atmosphere of tranquility and peace."

Bulgarian nuclear experts are questioning the economic feasibility of the country’s plan to build two US nuclear reactors at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant, raising questions on funding and whether the country has the means to purchase energy from these plants.

This election year, Europe needs to step up action against the silent pandemic of diabetes. Whereas 32 million people in the European Union currently live with diabetes, this figure is set to rise to 33.2 million by 2030.

The Polish arms industry will receive about €2 million for ammunition production under the European Commission’s decision, compared to €170 million for German companies, an issue the Polish opposition says the government needs to explain.

Former health minister and Catalan Socialist Party candidate Salvador Illa has vowed to usher in a new era of ‘hope’ for the Spanish region and help it overcome its troubled relations with Madrid if he is to be elected in the regional elections on 12 May, he announced on Saturday.