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Political ad providers in the European Union will have 48 hours to address notifications and provide information about political ads in the month leading up to votes, under the compromise text on the EU directive regulating political ads. 

Stricter antitrust measures can be taken against US giant Meta, Germany's Bundeskartellamt announced on Wednesday (4 May), after similar measures were taken toward Google. Meanwhile, Germany is lobbying for stricter EU competition rules.

EU lawmakers revisited on Wednesday (4 May) new revelations of spying on European officials by the Pegasus software, criticising the lack of action by the European Commission, which prefers to leave the affair to the member states to handle.

In past weeks, the European Commission has been making a series of presentations, obtained by EURACTIV, to EU countries that have requested further clarity on how the new data law will apply and how it will interact with other legislation....

The EU health world is facing a paradigm shift, as policymakers have taken several significant steps forward into the sphere of data and artificial intelligence.

In 2017, Scottish councils agreed to spend 1% of their budgets through participatory budgeting (PB). But how does the process work in Scotland and what are the obstacles authorities and communities face when they carry it out? As part of...

The war in Ukraine will end at some point, but the way Europe diplomatically deals with Russia will never be the same again.

A widely criticised document produced in international negotiations is set to be presented to all 164 World Trade Organisation (WTO) members in the next step of talks on a waiver on intellectual property (IP) rights for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.

The armed forces of Belarus began sudden large-scale drills on Wednesday (4 May) to test their combat readiness, the defence ministry of Ukraine's neighbour said.

France's Socialist Party has joined the New Popular Ecological and Social Union formed by Jean-Luc Mélenchon's La France Insoumise ahead of the legislative elections in June but the news has not been well-received by all. EURACTIV France reports.

As the European Union is preparing a full-scale embargo on Russian oil imports, EURACTIV takes a closer look at some of the companies that have so far profited from the trade within the bloc.

Ecological planning and a "golden climate rule" that aims to establish environmental primacy over EU law are key to the programme of France's new Green-Left Union spearheaded by Jean-Luc Mélenchon's La France Insoumise. EURACTIV France reports.

The European Union is considering additional military support to Moldova, to cope with the spillover from Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, European Council President Charles Michel said on a visit to Chisinau on Wednesday (4 May).

Russian state media content is still being spread on social media, despite sanctions introduced by the EU in March, according to a new report. 

Data protection, citizen rights, and digitalisation are at the forefront of the revolutionary European Health Data Space (EHDS) presented by the EU executive on Tuesday (3 May), according to involved stakeholders.

The Romanian cloud project is the centrepiece of the government's digitalisation plan, set to attract €500 million from the EU and bring the country closer to Europe's e-governance targets. However, the proposal has so far mostly succeeded in stirring up controversy. 

Hundreds of Ukrainian women have been raped by Russian soldiers, often in front of children. Rape and sexual violence are being used as a ‘weapon of war’. We must ensure victims get all the help they need, including emergency contraception.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday (4 May) made a pitch for a post-war recovery package for Ukraine to help it rebuild after the war Russia is waging on its neighbour ends.

The European Commission is set to present a legislative initiative to make content-heavy platforms contribute to the cost of telecom networks before the end of the year.

The European Union announced further steps in broadening the sweeping sanctions against Russia on Wednesday (4 May), by proposing a gradual ban on Russian oil, excluding Russia's biggest bank from the international network and banning three state-owned Russian broadcasters.