Majority killed in Lisbon streetcar crash were foreigners, police say
Chris Harris
All you need to know on Europe's deadly air pollution problem
Key decision are expected in June around EU-wide limits for air pollution.
Brexit or Bremain? 11 ways the EU affects our daily lives
The UK’s referendum on whether to leave the EU has been littered with claim and counter claim about the benefits of staying or leaving the…
Brussels lobbying not transparent enough, admit lobbyists
Brussels lobbyists have taken the unusual step of admitting the openness around how they seek to influence EU decision-making is neither credible nor…
All you need to know about the Universal Basic Income
Switzerland will become the first country to hold a national vote on whether to introduce a Universal Basic Income (UBI).
ADVERTISEMENT
Five key trends in Europe’s drug market
Europe’s drugs agency has today released an 84-page report about the latest developments around narcotics on the continent.
Portugal 'keeps lights on using only renewable energy'
Portugal has become the first EU country in the modern era to reach a major clean energy milestone – powering its electricity needs from 100 percent renewable sources over several…
Europe has biggest life expectancy gender gap in world, says report
Women in Europe can expect to live a healthy life for five years longer than men, according to a new report.
British MPs 'hiring their relatives on higher wages than other staff'
British MPs who employ their family members pay them on average €7,000 (£5,600) more than other staff, it’s emerged. In total, 139 parliamentarians
EU emissions rise revealed just months after COP21 climate deal
Carbon emissions increased in the EU last year, new data published just months after the COP21 climate deal has revealed. Green campaigners say it is
Simplify MPs expenses to improve transparency, says campaigner
Salah Abdeslam 'as bright as an empty ashtray', says his lawyer
“He has the intelligence of an empty ashtray, he is abysmally vacuous.” That was the stinging character assassination of Salah Abdeslam, the man
Turkey, Malta and Italy 'worst' when it comes to work gender gap
New employment figures have raised questions over equality between men and women in Turkey, Malta and Italy. The trio have the biggest gaps when it
Quiz: How much do you know about MPs' income in the EU?
Five ways MPs’ real income is concealed
Here we detail some of the ways EU states are being less-than-clear over what their MPs earn, something we uncovered during our investigation into
Handing MPs cash lump sums for expenses 'opens door to cheating'
Exclusive: MPs across Europe are riding an “unaccountable” system of perks that entitles them to claim tens of thousands of euros a year, Euronews
Who are the best-paid MPs in the European Union?
Exclusive: Huge differences exist between MPs’ salaries and expenses across the EU with some countries paying their parliamentarians ten times more
Brussels 'not discriminating against German language'
Pay MPs too little and you attract the under-qualified, says expert
Paying Europe’s MPs too little could see only the independently wealthy get involved in politics, an expert has claimed, just like Donald Trump in
Autistic kids losing out in France as ‘retrograde vision’ leaves country lagging behind rest of Europe
France lags behind the rest of Europe when it comes to autism with around just one fifth of children getting the support they need, it’s been
How ISIL is turning to children for its next breed of jihadists
Author says women are being kidnapped, used as sex slaves and impregnated solely to boost ISIL's future manpower
ADVERTISEMENT