Category: EuroActiv

The Belgian state didn’t violate the rights of a person suffering from depression when it accepted her decision to go ahead with a euthanasia procedure, the European Court of Human Rights found Tuesday. Judges ruled in favor of Belgium in three out of four counts — only finding fault over how the government conducted a […]

Germany has taken a major step toward ending coal-fired power in 2030 — while sacrificing a village the country’s climate movement regards as a red line.  Climate Minister Robert Habeck announced in a press conference on Tuesday that a phaseout agreement had been reached with energy giant RWE in North Rhine-Westphalia, Europe’s largest lignite mining region.  […]

LONDON — A member of the U.K. government took a sideswipe at Liz Truss after the prime minister saw her first weeks in the job descend into chaos. Trade Minister Conor Burns suggested Truss prioritized presentation over substance in her time as trade department chief, as he tipped one of her former leadership rivals as […]

LUXEMBOURG — Germany on Tuesday poured cold water on a proposal by France and Italy’s European commissioners to issue new EU-denominated debt to tackle the economic fallout from the energy crisis. Berlin is in the eye of a growing political storm after it unilaterally announced a cash injection of up to €200 billion into its […]

The European Parliament adopted new rules Tuesday introducing a common charger for small electronic devices like smartphones and tablets. The new law means that starting in the fall of 2024, USB type-C will be the standard charging port for smartphones, tablets, e-readers, keyboards, computer mice, GPS devices, digital cameras, headphones, headsets and earbuds, hand-held video […]

Ukraine will join Spain and Portugal in their bid to host the 2030 soccer World Cup, the Times reported late Monday. If the joint bid is successful, the war-torn country would host one of the eight groups in the tournament. The plan is understood to have been backed by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the […]

Ukrainian officials, including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, shot back at Elon Musk on Monday after the billionaire SpaceX and Tesla CEO tweeted out a poll proposing that Ukraine cede some of its territory and hold new elections in areas annexed by Russia in order to achieve peace. “This is highly likely to be the outcome in the end […]

The European Union could face blackouts this winter as the continent faces an ongoing energy crisis amid Russia’s war in Ukraine, but Brussels is preparing for worst-case scenarios, according to EU Crisis Management Commissioner Janez Lenarčič. Asked in an interview published Tuesday by Germany’s RND media network whether EU countries would need disaster relief due to […]

Biopharmaceutical drugs hold transformative potential. Since they first emerged in the 1980s, biopharmaceutical drugs, or biologics, have made a significant impact on treatment for patients suffering from debilitating conditions in immunology, ophthalmology and oncology, among many other disease areas. While pain, progressive disability and the loss of ability to work are par for the course […]

What a difference a decade makes. Ten years ago, when Europe was in the throes of the eurozone crisis, Germany led the drive for austerity. Now the rest of Europe is fuming about Germany’s heavy spending on energy subsidies that they fear could exacerbate the Continent’s politically explosive rich-poor divide. It hardly helps these growing […]