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On Tuesday, the Hungarian parliament passed a troubling piece of legislation known by its critics as the 'revenge law', which aims to punish and intimidate teachers who dare to defy Viktor Orbán's regime. This law is a brutally oppressive tool.

Poland has made little progress on the rule of law, while Hungary made only marginal improvements, says a new European Commission report.

The ruling confirms Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont and two other MEPs do not have parliamentary immunity — but they can still appeal before facing any possible extradition to Spain

Europe's biggest economy is set to cut spending and borrowing by €31bn, compared with last year — a cut of 6.5 percent.

Copa-Cogeca, which acts primarily in the interest of agribusiness and large-scale farms, along with the far-right and the European People's Party, are hell-bent on sabotaging the nature restoration law with a toxic cocktail of fear-mongering, lies, and manipulation.

An increasing number of religious leaders who see protecting the environment from corporate damage as a crucial task for modern churches and faith groups.

Hungary has all-but dropped its veto on Sweden's Nato entry, as Turkey dials down rhetoric despite a Koran-burning scandal.

Mental health problems among the young are on the rise. A proposal from the Spanish presidency, dated 23 June and seen by EUobserver, stresses the urgency of tackling the problem and sets out a series of policies to address it.

Doubts have been cast on whether Greece will carry out a proper criminal investigation into the 14 June sinking of the Adriana trawler that has likely killed over 500 people.

The European Central Bank is pursuing the severest policy of monetary belt-tightening Europe has seen in decades, with little public debate about the political and societal consequences of a policy-induced recession.

Brussels can also go further and warn Moscow that any nuclear incident — for example, at facilities such as Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, under Russian control since March 2022 — will also be considered a nuclear attack.

Undoubtedly, Greek authorities, through this policy, are instrumentalising food insecurity to deter people from seeking protection on Lesvos, and to force asylum seekers already on the island out.

Last week, the Russian General Prosecutor's Office declared our publication Novaya Gazeta Europe an "undesirable organisation". Here's what that means for us.

Bosnian Serb president Milorad Dodik has vowed to defy new Western-backed laws imposed to halt his drift into secession.

A UN expert proposes a job guarantee as a mechanism to tackle poverty, a lack of decent jobs, and the employment challenges of a 'greening' economy.

Spain's EU presidency comes at a crucial moment, with more than 250 proposals still in the pipeline. But the potential change in the government, possibly with the help of the far-right, raises eyebrows about the future of the country's leadership.

In 2009, a Russian military satellite travelling at more than 42,000 km per hour smashed into a US communications satellite. It was the first-ever in-orbit collision between two satellites. It is an event that could become increasingly common.

Delegates from 175 countries will assemble in London this week for the IMO Marine Environment Protection Commission (MEPC) meeting to try to agree a timeline for completely decarbonising the shipping industry.

With the space around planet Earth becoming ever more crowded, the chance of a catastrophic collision is increasing. The EU Commission has taken notice, and European space agencies are stepping up their efforts.

Spanish diplomats want to push through the EU's drawn-out legislative cycle any laws or drafts currently still stuck, as it is the last full six-month presidency before the EU machinery goes into hibernation for the 2024 European elections.