After a quarter-century of talks, the EU-Mercosur trade agreement is closer than ever to the finish line. But is it a done ...

After a long break, we are happy to be back with Brîndușa Bîrhala on her homestead in the west of Romania, where she has been ...

Following votes at both Council and in Parliament, the status of the wolf in Europe is being downgraded from “strictly protected” to “protected”. So what’s happened to conservation of this apex ...

After a long break, we are happy to be back with Brîndușa Bîrhala on her homestead in the west of Romania, where she has been busy growing and nurturing farm and family. Yet she remains as keen as ...

Celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Standing Working Group on Regional Rural Development in South-Eastern Europe. Ohrid, North Macedonia, 14 May 2025. Photo: SWG RRD An unusual political ...

The EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is once again being trimmed down to size, with the Commission reaching for the shears in an attempt to cut back what it sees as an overgrown subsidy programme ...

Polish folk culture at the European Congress on Rural Renewal and Development, Poznan, May 2025. Photo: Hannes Lorenzen The Polish Rural Parliament launched earlier this month, holding its inaugural ...

Leaner but not greener with a new era of flexibility and power to member states – these are some of the changes on the menu for the EU’s new plan to simplify the Common Agricultural Policy, according ...