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The small Mediterranean island of Cyprus has an outsized problem with irregular migration, says the interior minister of the EU member state located closest to the Middle East. &#8220

This article is part of our special report How participation and digitalisation can help implement EU democracy. Citizens contributing to the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE), the EU’s…

Hundreds of researchers and organisations across Europe have repeated their demands for the EU to quickly confirm the association status of the UK to Horizon Europe, the EU’s research and…

The Capitals brings you the latest news from across Europe, through on-the-ground reporting by EURACTIV’s media network. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. Before you start reading today’s edition…

    On Tuesday, the European Commission launched its EUChipsAct to bring together research, design & testing capacities for microchips. ⛔ No chips = no digital. Microchips are everywhere –…

Democracy was born in towns and cities, and local leaders are closer to the people than national governments, Matúš Vallo, the mayor of Bratislava, told EURACTIV Slovakia. Liberal democracy is…

Several European countries are lagging behind on their strategies to tackle discrimination and inequalities faced by Roma, casting doubts they will be able to reach already “unambitious” targets, experts warn.…

Paris police said Thursday (10 February) they would ban so-called “freedom convoys” inspired by a truckers’ protest against coronavirus restrictions that has paralysed the Canadian capital Ottawa. Convoys of vehicles…

You succeeded in electing a Vice-President in the second term of the current EU Parliament. What does this mean for you politically? A new majority has not been created, but…

The Netherlands’ central bank (DNB) said on Wednesday (9 February) it deeply regretted the important role many of its early directors played in the 19th-century slave trade, as shown by…