53+ min ago (58+ words) High prices scarred South-Eastern Europe last year Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Ab corporis deserunt exercitationem in itaque rerum ullam voluptates. Asperiores at consectetur dolores harum magnam maiores possimus quam veniam voluptatum. Alias, iusto laudantium neque perspiciatis similique tenetur! Want to keep reading? Get a subscription on Euractiv Pro and elevate your political insight!...

54+ min ago (66+ words) Austria, Spain, and others warn health risks being pushed aside by the EU's competitiveness focus Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Ab corporis deserunt exercitationem in itaque rerum ullam voluptates. Asperiores at consectetur dolores harum magnam maiores possimus quam veniam voluptatum. Alias, iusto laudantium neque perspiciatis similique tenetur! Want to keep reading? Get a subscription on Euractiv Pro and elevate your political insight!...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago (522+ words) Ambassador Vassilenko's remarks at a recent event at the Press Club in Brussels. It'serves as a comprehensive framework for our political, economic, and sectoral cooperation across'29 areas. I would like to point out'a very dynamic political dialogue'that we have'established'with the European Union. Our leaders'participated'in the'Central Asia " European Union Summit, where the partnership between the two regions was elevated to'a strategic level. Last September, President Tokayev met with'Ant'nio Costa'on the sidelines of the 80th'session of the United Nation's General Assembly in New York. Kazakhstan supplies around'13% of the EU's oil consumption'and approximately'16% of its uranium needs, making us a stable pillar in Europe's diversified and resilient energy architecture. In this regard, we reaffirm our commitment to ensuring the'continued, secure, and uninterrupted supply of Kazakh oil to the EU market. In our talks, particular attention'is being'devoted to the'Middle Corridor" a vital and…...

1+ hour, 23+ min ago (210+ words) Peramato is regarded as one of Spain's top experts on protecting the rights of women, minors and vulnerable groups MADRID " Prime Minister Pedro S'nchez on Tuesday nominated veteran prosecutor Teresa Peramato as Spain's new attorney general, following last week's conviction of her predecessor that leaked confidential data from a tax investigation. Garc'a Ortiz, appointed in 2022, resigned on Monday "after the Supreme Court banned him from office for two years and imposed a fine for unlawfully disclosing information linked to an alleged tax fraud case involving the partner of Isabel D'az Ayuso, the conservative president of Madrid and a fierce adversary of S'nchez. According to Spain's prosecutors' associations, her nomination offers an opportunity to restore the credibility and independence of the Public Prosecutor's Office, which has faced heavy political scrutiny following the Garc'a Ortiz ruling. However, critics accuse the government of…...

1+ hour, 26+ min ago (428+ words) Patriots spots an opportunity to break the firewall once and for all The far-right Patriots for Europe have an offer for European Parliament President Roberta Metsola: If you give us more power, we'll help you keep the job in 2027, when MEPs elect a new president. Centre-right Metsola, as first reported by Euractiv, is chasing an unprecedented third term at the helm of the hemicycle until 2029, though her path to the presidency is narrowing. The Patriots, sensing leverage, are moving in. Anders Vistisen, a senior Danish MEP in the Patriots for Europe group, told Euractiv's Rapporteur on Tuesday that Metsola could get their 85 votes, but only if the firewall blocking his group from power is lifted. "We have not ruled out giving Metsola a third term, but it depends," Vistisen said in an interview in his parliamentary office in Brussels. "If…...

1+ hour, 32+ min ago (86+ words) Jacob Wulff Wold is covering tech at Euractiv as part of the Tarbell fellowship. He has a masters degree in applied physics and worked with AI policy in Norway before coming to Brussels to join Euractiv. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Ab corporis deserunt exercitationem in itaque rerum ullam voluptates. Asperiores at consectetur dolores harum magnam maiores possimus quam veniam voluptatum. Alias, iusto laudantium neque perspiciatis similique tenetur! Want to keep reading? Get a subscription on Euractiv Pro and elevate your political insight!...

1+ hour, 35+ min ago (69+ words) A letter from MEPs to the parliament's president, obtained by Euractiv, name-checks European alternatives to buying Microsoft products Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Ab corporis deserunt exercitationem in itaque rerum ullam voluptates. Asperiores at consectetur dolores harum magnam maiores possimus quam veniam voluptatum. Alias, iusto laudantium neque perspiciatis similique tenetur! Want to keep reading? Get a subscription on Euractiv Pro and elevate your political insight!...

1+ hour, 37+ min ago (370+ words) Turkey also lashed out at Cyprus' objections to its presence in the islands north, calling it a security guarantee "in the face of Greek Cypriot attempts to Hellenise the entire island" Turkey is ready to discuss with Greece the size of its'territorial waters in the Aegean Sea, which Athens has used to object to Ankara securing greater access for its industries to the EU's "150 billion military procurement loan instrument.' Currently, Turkish manufacturers can only produce up to'35% of the cost of components'of a final product purchased through the scheme. Eligible products purchased with'SAFE defence loans'must have at least'65% of their components' costs manufactured in the EU, Norway, or Ukraine.' Ankara'applied in June to give its arms makers greater access to deals funded by the loans, Turkey's permanent delegation to the EU wrote Euractiv on Tuesday.' But Greece and Cyprus'have opposed'Ankara's…...

1+ hour, 52+ min ago (388+ words) Obama allegedly pledged that Washington would "intervene behind the scenes if required" to prevent a political ejection of Greece from the single currency Former US President Barack Obama privately warned Greece's then-Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in 2015 that a powerful bloc inside the EU was pushing for the country's removal from the Eurozone, according to Tsipras' newly published memoir. The revelations have jolted Greek politics and reopened debate over how the 2015 debt crisis was handled. Ithaca " named after Odysseus' island, a symbol long-awaited homecoming " recounts the dramatic months surrounding the bailout standoff, the referendum and the negotiations that split both Europe and Greece. The book's release on Monday comes amid speculation that Tsipras, who resigned from parliament in October, may be preparing a political comeback. Pre-order figures reportedly exceeded those of Harry Potter in Greece. ATHENS " The prospect of former Prime…...

1+ hour, 58+ min ago (443+ words) Across Europe, governments are facing a new reality. Disasters are becoming more frequent, more severe, and more costly. The question is no longer whether the next emergency will come, but how prepared will we be when it does. Building resilience today means acting before a crisis occurs. It requires visibility at scale. An understanding of how land, infrastructure, and communities are changing over time. That is why governments are increasingly turning to Earth observation data not only for national disaster response and recovery " but also as a foundation for resilience strategies. Leading Planet's government team in Europe provides first-hand experience of this shift. Governments are now using satellite data to strengthen preparedness, coordination, and recovery across the disaster-management cycle. THE URGENCY OF DISASTER RESPONSE When disasters occur, the demand for information is immediate. Satellites are directed to capture new images,…...