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Estonia is pursuing the same Chinese ship as Finland in its enquiries into the latest mystery to strike Nato's underwater pipes and cables.

People of African descent continue to face "shocking levels of racism and discrimination" throughout the EU, according to a new report.

UN researchers have warned that humanity is edging perilously close to irreversible tipping points which imperil our ability to deal with catastrophes.

MEPs vote to help consumers repair products, as EU garbage-mountain of viable phones, bicycles, and vacuum cleaners grows by 35 million tonnes a year.

Indiscriminately killing Palestinian civilians is not justified. Nor is holding Gaza under siege, cutting off water, food, fuel and power, and destroying whole neighbourhoods — all of which Israel declared it will do, write European Jews for a Just Peace.

European concerns about the migratory implications of the last series of attacks in Gaza have prompted the EU to accelerate its efforts to finalise a broad economic deal with Egypt.

French president Emmanuel Macron has offered Israel to help fight Hamas in future, amid EU efforts to get more aid into Gaza.

MEPs in the environment committee backed setting binding targets to reduce pesticide use in EU member states. But they voted down a non-binding rejection of the commission proposal for the reapproval of the herbicide glyphosate until 2034.

The EU Gender Equality Index records the biggest-ever jump in its overall score, but there are major nuances behind it — such as the unpaid care burden between men and women, and the gender pay-gap.

For more than a decade the EU (and German governments for that matter) have confused friendship with Israel with de facto acquiescence to the policies of the successive Netanyahu governments.

EU presents auction redesign to help the ailing wind industry battle high inflation and interest rates and regain profitability.

Governments are increasingly trading human rights for short term political expediency, says Tirana Hassan, the executive director of Human Rights Watch.

In the same way that the clock on Israel's occupation of Palestine didn't start on 7 October, neither did the EU's friendship with Israel.

Hungary is now the last Nato ally still stalling on admitting Sweden, following a change of heart by Turkey amid the Gaza war.

Despite a raft of sanctions now in place against Moscow, the critical and strategic raw materials trade remains exempt and EU purchases persist. Investigate Europe analysis finds European companies continue to pour billions into mining firms linked to the Kremlin.

A coalition of NGOs has warned that member states' draft national climate plans will result in Europe missing its 2030 climate targets. And major member states, including France, Germany and Poland, still need to submit updated plans.

The EU-funded research lab proposes a global minimum two-percent annual tax — levied on the wealth, rather than income, of the world's 2,756 richest people (who pay far less tax than ordinary citizens relative to their income)

The European Commission's bill to curb online child sex abuse will fundamentally change the internet, says the EU's data protection chief, Wojciech Wiewiórowski.

Viktor Orbán decided to travel to Beijing and to offer his services to the Russian dictator. In doing so, he not only broke the bond of mutual trust which underlies the functioning of the EU, but also endangered its integrity.

As the ambassador of Palestine to the EU, I find myself questioning: can the European Union afford to remain divided, and as a result passive, in the face of heinous acts? writes Abdalrahim Alfarra.