Albania’s extraordinary biodiversity is a shared European asset. Europe must recognise its value, understand it as part of our common future and act decisively to protect it.

Good news: Wind power is now the most important source of electricity in Germany. Twenty years ago, no one would have imagined this. There's still more to come.

Queer life in Azerbaijan has been repeatedly disrupted by police raids, public intimidation, and the erosion of spaces where intimacy and community can exist. This article follows seven “ruptures” shaping how queer lives are lived and remembered in Baku.

When the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan five years ago, the EU set out conditions for engagement, but the prospect of them being fulfilled is more remote than ever. Nevertheless, ties are growing closer.

China’s heavy-duty gas turbine industry offers a more complex story than the familiar narrative of “forced technology transfer” — one shaped by commercial bargaining, market access and negotiated interests. As the EU and China navigate growing competition.

Chinese air conditioners kept Europe cool. At the same time, concerns over supply chain resilience are growing. The key question is no longer whether Europe should trade with China, but where economic security should take precedence over efficiency.

Since Germany’s last federal election in 2025, its centrist parties have lost large numbers of voters to the fringes – particularly to the Right. At the same time, the Greens have also regained ground. A new study gives clues as to how a centre-left political platform can secure a strong governing majority.

What is lost, beyond their modesty, when non-sexual images of women and queer people are captured, circulated, or manipulated without their consent? 

For rural communities and the farming sector, saving water and energy is a key pillar of adaptation to climate change. Agroecology goes beyond the limits of organic farming by linking agricultural, environmental, social and economic choices into a unified system.

Syria’s agricultural reconstruction is shaped by competing visions: international food security agendas versus grassroots food sovereignty rooted in care, collective control, and local resilience.