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Pakistan is mediating between Iran and the United States

In today's edition: The policy week ahead

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The urgency is real. The latest Deloitte monitoring report shows that 83% of Europe’s competitiveness indicators have not improved in the last two years. The chemical closures and investment radar by Cefic, the European chemical industry association, shows a wave of capacity being shut down while investment flows to regions with clearer industrial policy and […]

Commission eyes inference role alongside original AI training hub plans

Europe has been soul-searching for years. Now it has to settle on an answer, and print it

Italy recruits are being told to lay off the hair gel or hairspray

‘We are calling for a reassessment of the relationship and a renegotiation of the status on the terms of 2026,’ said lawmaker Chrisis Pantelides

Agricultural sensitivities on both sides reflected in the deal

The European Investment Bank aims to invest €5 billion on defence and security projects this year

"The narrative according to which fossil fuels were seen as stable ... is fully flipping now"

Overconsumption can lead to nausea, headaches and kidney damage

In 2024, Greece announced a plan to splash 26 billion euros by 2036 to modernise its armed forces

Is Pakistan’s mediation effort a diplomatic breakthrough or an act of geopolitical opportunism?

"Impossible that an operation of this kind was carried out without the knowledge of the party's highest authorities"

The warning came after US President Donald Trump threatened to devastate civilian infrastructure in Iran

The centre-right New Democracy government has been hit hard by another scandal involving 11 of its lawmakers

There will be a period of around 40 minutes where all communication with Artemis 2 will be cut off

Orbán has sought to portray his chief rival Magyar as the "puppet" of the EU and Ukraine