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The US's accusation that China is lying about the origins of the coronavirus is growing ever louder: according to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo evidence exists that the virus originated in a laboratory in Wuhan. The World Health Organisation criticised Bejing for not letting a WHO mission into the country but has said it considers the accusations unfounded. Commentators cast a critical look at the US.

The European Central Bank's (ECB) bond-buying programme partially contravenes German law, Germany's Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday. It said that the ECB had failed to adequately explain the appropriateness of the purchases and that the decision-making process had not been scrutinised by the Bundestag and Bundesrat. What does the ruling mean for the EU?

An imminent revision of EU state aid rules for troubled firms during the COVID-19 outbreak could either uphold the bloc's climate goals or descend into “greenwashing”, a senior EU lawmaker has warned.

Doctors and nurses around the world are asking tech giants to correct the record on health misinformation and tweak their algorithms which decide what people get to see on social media platforms.

The recent controversy over whether Beijing pressured the European External Action Service to water down a critical report on Chinese disinformation is just one piece of a bigger puzzle, write David Fernandez and Fabrice Pothier. David Fernandez is a junior...

Small farmers across the EU are increasingly turning to agritourism to diversify their economic activities but the niche business, just like the entire tourism sector, has not been spared the devastating impact of the COVID-19 crisis.

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Advocate General Hogan: the Court should reject Austria’s appeal in UK State Aid Case

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The victims of the sinking of a vessel, which sailed under the flag of Panama, may bring an action for damages before the Italian courts against the Italian organisations which classified and certified that vessel

Leaders from the EU and the Western Balkans discussed the COVID-19 crisis. They reaffirmed the EU's support to the European perspective for the Western Balkans and welcomed the region's strong commitment to EU values and reforms.

The EU-Western Balkans Zagreb summit took place via video conference on 6 May 2020. EU leaders agreed on the Zagreb declaration, with which the Western Balkans partners have aligned themselves.

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/458 of 27 March 2020 amending Decision (CFSP) 2015/1333 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Libya.

EU leaders and the leaders from the six Western Balkans partners will participate in the EU-Western Balkans Zagreb summit