On the latest episode of Euractiv’s Today in the EU we’re focusing on the the ill-starred nature restoration law.

The West should aim to create more "strategic difficulties" in a bid to reign in Russia's behaviour, with the first priority being to "stop the aggression against Ukraine", an area where NATO is not doing enough, Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billström told Euractiv.

Chinese rail giant CRRC has withdrawn from a tendered project in Bulgaria after the EU last month launched a probe into it over suspected subsidies, the European Commission said on Tuesday (26 March).

Bosnia's international peace overseer on Tuesday (26 March) imposed changes to the country's election law to ensure its integrity, including barring convicted war criminals from running, ahead of a vote in October.

On Monday, the Council of the EU unanimously voted to adopt the revised Waste Shipment Regulation. This text, which now becomes EU law, aims to encourage more local waste management and greater recycling of raw materials, while exports of waste to non-EU countries will be reduced. 

Paris is prepared to requisition "personnel, stocks or production tools" to accelerate the production of armaments by the domestic industry, France's Minister for Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, said on Tuesday (26 March).

The European Commission issued guidelines on Tuesday (26 March) under the Digital Services Act, outlining recommended measures to mitigate online risks that could impact election integrity, ahead of the upcoming European Parliament elections in June.

With the Senate having just rejected the trade agreement with Canada (CETA) and a new rejection looming in the National Assembly just before the European elections, France could ignore this decision. The opposition is denouncing this as an anti-democratic move.

With China and the US striving to dominate the world’s future clean-tech markets, European politicians have developed a renewed appetite for protectionism - and Europe’s wind power industry is poised to harvest this drive.

Last month, the European Parliament approved a revised version of the EU’s Geographical Indications (GIs) regulation, which protects the names of products that come from specific regions and have specific qualities and a certain reputation through special labels.

Moldova’s decision to join the EU's sanctions regime against Russia last November has fueled Moscow's already vast campaign of disinformation and hybrid warfare against the EU candidate country

Spain's decision to recognise Palestine as an independent state is not rewarding terrorism, Israel's claims otherwise are "nonsense", according to Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares in an interview on Tuesday (26 March)

EU countries endorsed a proposal to ease the environmental requirements of the bloc's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the 2023-2027 period, reaching a quick deal on the sidelines of Tuesday’s (26 March) EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council.

Seven lignite-fired power plant units with a combined capacity of 3.1 gigawatt will be shut down in Germany at the end of March, after their decommissioning had been postponed due to the energy crisis.

Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) technologies are crucial for Europe to achieve its climate targets for 2040 and 2050. CCUS solutions can also enhance industrial competitiveness and bolster energy resilience.

Euractiv's Transport Brief brings you the latest roundup of news affecting the transport sector in Europe.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Czech Senate Speaker suggesting Prague should host the Belarusian oppositional government, the European Commission raising concerns over the Lufthansa-ITA deal., and so much more.  

Meetings between Kosovo and Serbia in Brussels on Monday over the use of the Serbian dinar in the country yielded no results, with Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bislimi stating he hopes the EU envoy for Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, will schedule another meeting for next week.

As of 20 May 2024, camps in Albania that will process the asylum applications of individuals rescued by the Italian authorities will be up and running, as a recently published tender document reveals more details about the deal and how the site will function.

The Greek centre-right government (EPP) will face on Tuesday a no confidence vote pushed forward by opposition parties following a press report suggesting that the conversations between train workers at the night of an accident that killed 57 people were distorted.