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Leading digestive cancer experts, policymakers and the MEP Digestive Health Group (MEP DHG), discuss challenges and policy opportunities for digestive cancer prevention across Europe, prompting action to reduce the burden of digestive diseases.

On the day the new government took office, the ruling Fidesz-controlled Hungarian parliament amended the constitution allowing Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán to proclaim a state of emergency on the same day. On Tuesday (24 May), the Hungarian parliament approved...

The number of Ukrainian refugees entering Bulgaria has reached its peak, Refugee Agency Chair Mariana Tosheva told state television BNT in an interview on Monday. In Bulgaria, most Ukrainian refugees are staying in state-paid hotels in cities across the Black...

Two-thirds of young Slovaks aged 18-25 want or are already studying abroad due to the quality of education, with most of those who already left having picked neighbouring Czechia, a new survey has found. In the past 15 years, more...

The European People’s Party (EPP) group in the European Parliament has lost its visibility and its leadership needs to be renewed, Czech EU lawmaker Tomáš Zdechovský – who wants to run for vice-president of the Parliament’s largest group – told...

Russia signalled on Tuesday (24 May) it was bedding in for a long war in Ukraine as the conflict entered its fourth month with heavy fighting in the east but signs of some normality returning elsewhere.

Portugal has “unique conditions to be a great location platform” for the reindustrialisation of Europe due to its geographical position, security, focus on qualifications, and climate transition, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Tuesday. Speaking at the Olga Cadaval Cultural Centre in...

The Italian District Anti-Mafia Directorate searched on Tuesday, the newsroom and home of the journalist who authored the report on the Capaci Mafia attack, TV anchor Sigfrido Ranucci announced on social media. The search came after Rai 3 broadcast the...

Spain has reported the most monkeypox cases among the 17 non-endemic nations outside Africa as of Tuesday. The total of confirmed infections has risen to 131, with a further 106 suspected cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, EURACTIV’s partner EFE...

Denmark is contributing a Harpoon launcher and missiles to support Ukraine, said US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, after 20 countries pledged to send Ukraine fresh military aid in a virtual meeting on Monday. Twenty different countries, including Denmark, have announced...

Sweden’s elderly and at-risk groups will receive a fifth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Social Affairs Minister Lena Hallengren announced at a press conference on Monday. From 1 September, the elderly and people in risk groups are recommended to receive...

Austria further relaxed COVID-19 measures on Tuesday, while Vienna chose to keep its obligation to wear FFP2 masks on public transport and in shops. At a press conference on Tuesday (24 May), Health Minister Johannes Rauch from the Green party...

France’s new Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, travelled to Germany on Tuesday to highlight the importance of the Franco-German relationship. At a joint press conference with the German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Colonna said she wanted to follow “in the footsteps...

Germany’s federal election commissioner has argued that last September’s parliamentary elections should be repeated in six Berlin districts that have been plagued by mishaps around the polls. During a session of the Bundestag’s election control committee, Chief Election Commissioner Georg...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to face the verdict on lockdown-breaking parties on Wednesday, when Sue Gray, the senior civil servant tasked with investigating parties held at his Downing Street residence at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, is...

Spain is ready to cope with the impact of Russian gas shortages Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez told the Davos summit as part of a joint and coordinated “Mediterranean front” together with Italy, Portugal and Greece. In an exclusive interview with...

Tensions around the Northern Ireland Protocol appear to be a “manufactured issue” and it is now “up to London to help us all find a solution,” US Congressman Richard Neal told reporters in Dublin on Monday. Neal is leading a...

A Dutch coalition filed a petition on Tuesday calling on the EU Court of Justice to look into the sanctions Brussels imposed on Russian state media like Russia Today and Sputnik. The Dutch coalition, which includes the Dutch Association of...

The Serb member of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s tripartite presidency has called for “a peaceful break-up” of the country, saying it had no future. Milorad Dodik, who has repeatedly made secessionist threats over the past decade, spoke to journalists in Banja...

The Commission is set to unveil plans on 25 May which will make it easier to confiscate frozen assets linked to serious illegal activities and suspected criminals, including those evading EU sanctions against Russia, according to documents seen by EURACTIV.