Fruit and vegetables in the EU are increasingly contaminated with toxic PFAS - the so-called ‘forever chemicals' that the Commission dropped plans to ban last year -  a study by the European Pesticides Action Network (PAN Europe) has found.

Fisheries ministers reiterated the importance of protecting the EU from imports of illegally caught fish, calling on third countries to adopt the digital catch certification system, which will become compulsory for EU national authorities in 2026.

A coalition of centre-right, far-right and national conservative EU lawmakers have failed to vote down the EU’s controversial nature restoration law amid a surge of farmers’ protests and European elections looming.

This year's election for NATO's new chief differs from past ones and calls for a bold symbolic decision to elect a secretary general from Eastern Europe, writes Orhan Dragaš.

The EU's Satellite Centre (SatCen), responsible for analysing satellite images from crisis zones, is stretched for resources and cannot meet all the requests unless EU countries redefine its priorities and provide it with new technologies, its director, Sorin Ducaru, told Euractiv.

In the past five years, we've witnessed the Green Deal's (r)evolution. Landmark legislation has been passed, priorities have been established, commitments agreed and ambitious emissions targets set. This month's 2040 CO2 emission reduction goal was the most recent example of our collective engagement. The next legislature will have to make sure that momentum is not lost.

Europe’s heat pump industry is flagging and has been forced to cut, or temporarily freeze, 3000 jobs following investments into production capacity that overshot demand growth.

In case you have a driving licence in your wallet, you might want to dedicate some attention to Strasbourg this week, where the European Parliament is having its plenary.

With EU elections looming in 2024, reforming social media recommender systems is crucial to protect democratic discourse and the future of democracy, write Jan Nicola Beyer and Sofia Calabrese.

The European Union is expected to agree to seize Russian profits generated in the bloc, a key step to backing Ukraine that stops short of calls to confiscate assets outright, a Greek envoy told AFP on Monday (26 February).

The United States on Monday (26 February) cautioned Pacific Islands nations against assistance from Chinese security forces after reports that Chinese police are working in the remote atoll nation of Kiribati, a neighbor of Hawaii.

Qatar's planned expansion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) production could see it control nearly 25% share of the global market by 2030 and squeeze out rival projects including in the United States where President Biden paused new export approvals, market experts say.

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US President Joe Biden said on Monday (26 February) he hopes to have a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza start by next Monday as the warring parties appeared to close in on a deal during negotiations in Qatar that also aim to broker the release of hostages.

The EU is considering defining post-consumer plastic waste as "plastic waste placed on the market of a Member State or a third country" - a definition which could threaten the entire recycling industry in Europe, write Lauriane Veillard and Joan Marc Simon.

Less than two weeks after Belgrade and Zagreb entered a spat over the burning of the effigy of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić at the carnival in Kaštela, Croatia, the diplomatic row continued over the weekend.

Only 10% of parents hosting Ukrainian refugee children in Romania can meet all their basic needs, while 26% can meet most of their needs, and 60% can meet only some or part of their needs, according to an analysis carried out by Save the Children Association throughout February.

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was "killed" because he was close to being freed in a prisoner swap and President Vladimir Putin could not tolerate the thought of him being released, a close ally alleged on Monday (26 February).

The European Parliament's plan to use TikTok in campaigning for the June EU elections, despite prior cybersecurity bans, raises questions about its secure implementation as specifics regarding the Parliament's approach remain undisclosed.

Hungary’s now ex-president Katalin Novák, embroiled in a pardon scandal, officially ceased to be head of state when the country’s parliament accepted her resignation and immediately elected her successor.