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While leaders of the Five Star Movement (M5S) – the largest party in the Italian parliament – are backing a government led by prime minister-designate Mario Draghi, a group of dissident MPs is against Draghi taking the reins. The party...

French President Emmanuel Macron told US President Joe Biden that the leaders could broker a settlement to the long-running trade dispute between Boeing and Airbus, according to a media report on Wednesday (10 February).

To secure and increase its energy generation, Estonia is planning to have its first nuclear reactor, a small modular reactor ready within about ten years. It is set to be located some 100 kilometres east of Tallinn, on the coast...

Russia is actively testing new weapons systems that do not fit into the traditional framework of arms control treaties near the borders of Norway and Finland, according to the annual report by Norway’s Intelligence Service (NIS) released Monday. While the...

There has been an increase in both prescription sleep-inducing drugs and so-called ‘softer’ sleep aids, which are available in pharmacies without a prescription over the past year, according to a report by Febelco, the country’s largest supplier of medicines to...

Germany’s nationwide lockdown will continue until 7 March, Chancellor Angela Merkel and state leaders decided on Wednesday. Until that point, lockdown measures and contact restrictions will largely remain in place, but the current plan outlines a staggered reopening. While hair...

The Czech Republic is mulling the purchase of Russian coronavirus vaccines in order to get a head start in the event the European Medicines Agency (EMA) ends up approving the Sputnik V jab. Meanwhile, Serbia, which has already started vaccinated...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will host the start of a series of talks on Germany's post-pandemic economic development on Thursday (11 February). The topic of this first dialogue is 'Industry and climate protection using the example of the automotive industry'. 

The European Union rejected on Wednesday (10 February) most of Britain's demands for easier trade with Northern Ireland but said it was examining more flexibility on steel.

Europe needs to "get the economy up and running" to help its youth find opportunities and bridge the gap between school and the workplace, the President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) Christa Schweng told EURACTIV in an interview.

Europe's medicines regulator said Wednesday (10 February) it has asked all developers to probe whether their vaccines offer protection against new coronavirus mutations, with a view to issuing new guidelines for manufacturers.

The United Nations' top human rights body is to consider a resolution on Friday (12 February) drafted by Britain and the European Union that would condemn Myanmar's military coup and demand urgent access for monitors.

The row over the European Commission's short-lived plan to use the Northern Ireland Protocol to stop exports of COVID-19 vaccines is over for now. But it could easily flare up again, writes John Bruton.

The Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, on Tuesday (10 February) urged the EU not to wage a regulatory battle against the UK on financial services, warning that “a world in which the EU dictates and determines what rules and standards we have in the UK is not going to work.”

Ukraine has formally banned registration of Russian-designed vaccines against coronavirus, the government said in a decree published on Wednesday (10 February).

Portugal’s secretary of state for internationalisation, Eurico Brilhante Dias, defended the importance of the EU-Mercosur agreement, not only in the field of trade, but also at "geopolitical and geostrategic" level.

The world’s poorest oil-dependent countries are set to take the biggest hit in the transition away from fossil fuels, according to a new report published on Thursday (11 February).

While Western vaccine nationalism condemns the world to a lose-lose situation, India, the pharmacy of the developing world, has clearly the potential to come to the rescue, writes Gauri Khandekar.

Geert Maesmans, President of the European Specialty Food Ingredients association, explains how specialty food ingredients contribute to reaching the ambitious goals set by EU policy makers in the framework of the European Green Deal and the Farm to Fork strategy. 2.12.0.0

Germany is earning better marks than France, though not as high as the U.K.  The United States is average, landing squarely in the middle of the pack.  And Spain and Italy, well, they have quite a ways to go.