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Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, find out how the European Parliament is working to reduce the gender pay gap.

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On Wednesday, climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke at a meeting in the Parliament’s Environment Committee.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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On Wednesday, climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke at a meeting in the Parliament’s Environment Committee.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Source : © European Union, 2020 - EP

EU environment ministers will debate on Thursday (5 March) whether the EU directive on water protection is still up to date. However, the European industry lobby is trying to influence ministers to change the directive, according to a leaked letter seen by EURACTIV Germany.

EU finance ministers promised on Wednesday (4 March) a coordinated response to address the economic impact of coronavirus but postponed any decision at least until their formal meeting in mid-March.

Panel I As a key part of our society, sport not only offers opportunities for physical activity but it also promotes good health and well-being. It provides a means of social contact and opportunities ranging from intense competitiveness to casual...

This week is the super climate week in Brussels: Greta Thunberg is in town, the Commission has just presented its long-awaited and much-commented climate law, the Environment Council is meeting tomorrow.

The latest draft of the EU's Farm to Fork strategy (F2F), obtained by EURACTIV, specifies that mandatory targets for the reduction of use and risk of synthetic chemical pesticides will be established using the existing Harmonised Risk Indicator 1 (HRI1), whose suitability was contested in the past.

The European Commission's proposed climate legislation "is a surrender", Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg said in the European Parliament on Wednesday (4 March) and urged MEPs to do more.

The European Commission wants to look at all greenhouse gases responsible for global warming and not just carbon dioxide, EU Commission vice-president Frans Timmermans said in response to criticism by teen activist Greta Thunberg.

The European Commission officially unveiled its Climate Law on Wednesday (4 March), aimed at making the EU carbon neutral by 2050. But Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg criticised the plan as "surrender".

A video featuring a pizzaiolo coughing and spitting on a "pizza corona" was broadcast on French satirical show Groland, sparking outrage across the Italian peninsula and forcing the TV channel Canal + to publicly apologise. EURACTIV's partner Ouest-France reports.

The European Commission said on Wednesday (4 March) that train travel should be given special attention in 2021 as part of the EU executive's Green Deal environmental agenda, suggesting that next year should be the 'European Year of Rail'.

A staff member at the Brussels-based European Defence Agency has contracted the coronavirus Covid-19. A spokesperson at the agency said the staff member had been diagnosed over the weekend and "is feeling fine." Agency staff members, who had been in close contact with the person, have been asked to self-isolate themselves for 14 days as a precaution. The EU agency is headed by the EU's foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell.

Kazakh police detained dozens of people in the country's largest city Almaty on Sunday (1 March), after the death of an imprisoned civil activist triggered anti-government rallies and diplomatic concerns.

Air pollution is the world's leading cause of mortality as it reduces a person's lifespan by three years on average, according to a study published on Tuesday (3 March). EURACTIV's partner Le Journal de l'Environment reports.

LUKOIL Vice-President for Strategic Development Leonid Fedun presented the 2035 Energy Outlook with a focus on oil markets and climate issues and initiate a discussion on the future of energy markets and possible ways of tackling global challenges. The Outlook...

A new support programme for farmers, during the election campaign to the European Parliament promised by Jaroslaw Kaczyński, president of PiS, will enter into force on March 15. The programme offers monetary incentives for improving animals welfare conditions. For example,...

Generational renewal, young farmers and digitalisation were the key topics of the fifth National agricultural conference, Slavonika, held in Osijek on Tuesday (3. March). ”What I want to tell young people is that agriculture is vulnerable, that the situation is...

In an internal mail seen by EURACTIV, the European Defence Agency (EDA) confirmed that one of its staff members has tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and it therefore cancelled all meetings to be held at its premises until 13 March as a precautionary measure.