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No progress was made in discussions on whether to extend the COVID-19 vaccine waiver to include diagnostics and therapeutics at the latest meeting of trade officials.

Unlike the proverbial grass, the EU’s next long-term budget – or as insiders like to call it, the multi-annual financial framework (MFF) – is not expected to be ‘greener’, to the chagrin of many Green Deal enthusiasts.

The economic models used to calculate the risks of climate change to economic growth and financial stability are "disconnected" from climate science and perpetuate an inaction bias in policymakers, a new report by the financial policy NGO Finance Watch warned.

In this edition of EU Politics Decoded, we look at how Egypt's economic crisis is likely to drive an EU support package to cope with refugee flows from Gaza.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Thursday (2 November) that Kyiv was confident about its quest to open EU membership talks this year, touting reforms it made even in the face of the Russian invasion. Speaking ahead of a conference...

Experts have criticised a new report by the European Innovation Council (EIC) on emerging deep technologies, breakthrough innovations, and early-stage research projects, calling into question its approach to quantum computing and semiconductors.

In Slovakia, a dispute has resurfaced over who should foot the bill for highly expensive drugs - with patients and their caregivers struggling under the unclear regulatory system.

As the focus across the EU is usually on the prevention of stroke, post-stroke survivors are often left behind, without no national plans that take into account the need for a continuation of treatment after their discharge from medical institutions.

Most European countries lack a plan for how to care for stroke survivors, missing out on an opportunity to ease a big burden weighing on already stretched health systems.

Tattoo inks still contain potentially carcinogenic and allergenic substances in forbidden concentrations despite the introduction of an EU regulation in January 2022, according to an analysis by the Swedish Medical Products Agency.

Poland’s strategies for managing chronic pain seem to be insufficient and the use of strong opioid analgesics for acute and chronic pain is significantly below the European average, health experts have noted, emphasising that more action is needed.

The European Data Protection Board said Wednesday (1 November) it had adopted a binding decision that will ban Facebook and Instagram owner Meta from using the personal data of users for targeted ads without their explicit consent.

Editorial word: A calm before the storm By Giedrė Peseckytė After an eventful last week, this one has been rather calm. Even the main policy development, which came from the Council – an agreed position on the revision of safety...

If Western countries are serious about sanctioning Russia, they should make it clear that profits are not a justification for trading with war criminals and terrorists, write Anna Romandash and David Cortright.

Full justice has been achieved in fewer than 5% of murders of journalists since 1992, with four unsolved cases in the EU, the media freedom association the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) found in its 2023 Global Impunity Index.

Half of the world's countries are suffering democratic decline, ranging from flawed elections to curtailed rights including freedoms of expression and assembly, an intergovernmental watchdog group said on Thursday (2 November).

Ukraine said on Wednesday (1 November) Russian warplanes had dropped "explosive objects" into the likely paths of civilian vessels in the Black Sea three times in the last 24 hours, but that its fledgling shipping corridor was still operating.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Austria looking to the UK to learn how to outsource asylum application process to third states, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni getting pranked by Russian comedians, and so much more.

Greece plans to abolish the institution of “rural doctors”, utilising young physicians as “personal physicians” to boost the numbers and increase population coverage, but doctors warn about the implications.

Ukraine's war with Russia is moving towards a new stage of static and attritional fighting, a phase that could allow Moscow to rebuild its military power, Ukraine's commander-in-chief has said.