Macron: We won’t negotiate ‘with a gun to our head’ over US tariffs
The EU’s temporary exclusion from punitive US tariffs on steel and aluminium “did not appear satisfactory to us,” French President Emmanuel Macron said after an EU summit on Friday (23 March). “Europe...
View ArticleDozens arrested as Belarus opposition marks ‘Freedom Day’
Belarusian authorities on Sunday (25 March) arrested around 30 protesters in Minsk ahead of a banned opposition march while detaining activists across the country, human rights group Viasna said.
View ArticleMore than 10,000 rally to unify Romania and Moldova
The former president of Romania Traian Basescu joined more than 10,000 people in the Moldovan capital on Sunday (25 March) to rally in support of reunification between Romania and Moldova.
View ArticleMigrants take new Balkan route through Bosnia
A new Balkan route through Bosnia has opened up for migrants, four years after a crisis in which more than one million people landed on Europe's shores.
View ArticleThe plastic heart of Europe’s industrial renaissance: The role of...
In light of the increasing global competition across all markets there is a broad consensus between the Council, the European Commission and EU Member States that one of the key priorities for the...
View ArticleBritain’s post-Brexit passport, fabriqué en France?
A French company might win the British government’s call for bids to print blue post-Brexit British passports, a decision that sparked controversy in the UK. EURACTIV’s partner Ouest-France reports.
View ArticleThe Brief, powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) – Pining for the Brexit fjords
Norway just signed up to the EU’s energy rules as part of its complex relationship with the bloc, despite the fact it threatened to create a mini political crisis and may scupper a project worth...
View ArticleCommission opens the door to solve US tariff dispute
The European Commission is ready to discuss “any issue” the US Administration wants to raise as it seeks to obtain a permanent exemption from the tariffs announced by President Donald Trump.
View ArticleUS, EU to expel more than 100 Russian diplomats over UK nerve agent attack
The United States said on Monday (26 March) it would expel 60 Russian diplomats, joining governments across Europe in punishing the Kremlin for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Britain.
View ArticleHow to save the transatlantic alliance
To save the transatlantic alliance, it is essential for the EU to deal with its internal problems in order to become a more reliable and credible partner for the US in the future, writes Fraser Cameron.
View ArticleFarmers say CAP simplification and digitisation will attract investment
A revamped European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) with less paperwork and more long-term policy perspective focused on digitisation will attract more investment and more young people to the sector,...
View ArticleWHO urged to end ‘ineffective’ tobacco plain packaging
The removal of brands from packaging is a "gross violation" of intellectual property rights and has failed to achieve its intended goals, the Property Rights Alliance argues in a letter to the World...
View ArticleWould Brexit have come about without Cambridge Analytica?
Christopher Wylie, a former employee of Cambridge Analytica, said British voters would not have chosen to leave the EU in such large numbers without the coordinated action of far-right networks that...
View ArticleTensions as Kosovo police arrest senior Serbian official
Kosovo police arrested a senior Serbian official in the flashpoint town of Mitrovica on Monday (26 March), raising fresh tensions between the former foes who are trying to relaunch a dialogue.
View ArticleIEA analyst: A heating and cooling target ‘could make a big difference’
As talks on the EU’s renewable energy rules resume, one of the main talking points is how to decarbonise the heating sector, and deploy technologies like heat pumps and district heating. The...
View ArticleVarna to become permanent venue for EU-Turkey talks
The Varna summit held on Monday (26 March) between EU institution leaders and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan failed to yield any notable outcomes. But Bulgaria's PM said the port city could...
View ArticleCroatia’s Bosnia-bypass bridge progresses as Chinese bid gets green light
An EU-funded bridge project that will connect Croatia's southernmost tip with the rest of the Adriatic nation moved up a gear on Monday (26 March), when a public procurement body signed off on a...
View ArticleMogherini discusses future of Afghanistan at Central Asia forum
EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini arrived in the Uzbek capital Tashkent yesterday (26 March) and met with the foreign ministers of the five Central Asian countries, ahead of a conference on...
View ArticleLand degradation threatens wellbeing of two-fifths of humanity, major report...
Land degradation caused by human activities undermines the well-being of at least 3.2 billion people, costs more than 10% of annual global GDP in lost ecosystem services and endangers food security,...
View ArticleMigration control must be at heart of next EU-Africa pact, says EU
The EU will put migration and security at the heart of its agenda in talks on a successor to the Cotonou Agreement with African, Caribbean and Pacific nations (ACP), a leading EU official said on...
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