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Human Rights Watch on Thursday (12 October) accused Israel of using white phosphorus munitions in its military operations in Gaza and Lebanon, saying the use of such weapons puts civilians at risk of serious and long-term injury.

Wealthier European Union regions are concerned that enlargement could result in a reduction in cohesion funds, but the European Commission said it is still too early to start talking about money. 

Germany has suggested splitting off the more controversial parts of the draft regulation aiming to prevent and combat child sexual abuse material online, according to the country’s position paper dated Thursday (12 October) and seen by Euractiv. The proposed regulation...

The European Parliament’s environment committee voted Thursday (12 October) to water down proposed pollution standards for vehicles, as conservative and liberal lawmakers joined forces to block green and socialist ambitions.

To cool down the “overheated” debate on the protection of wolves, Germany’s Green Environment Minister Steffi Lemke has presented a proposal to make the shooting of wolves that killed livestock easier within existing EU law.

National healthcare systems must be integrated into the EU's approach to rare diseases, EU lawmakers and stakeholders urged on Wednesday (11 October), underlining the importance of the European Reference Networks (ERN).

It’s incredible how quickly the war in Ukraine disappeared from news feeds since the terrorist group Hamas attacked Israel early in the morning on 7 October. Even for all-news TV channels that used to churn out news items on Ukraine...

“Europe’s Amazon” is threatened by a waterway project across Poland, Belarus and Ukraine. On the verge of parliamentary elections in Poland, 135 thousand people signed a petition calling politicians to stop the project of the E40 waterway.

Minors are especially vulnerable to manipulation by terrorist organisations and more action is needed to respond quickly to this growing threat, according to a document by the Spanish EU Council Presidency, dated 10 October and seen by Euractiv.

With a spike in disinformation on the Israel-Hamas conflict challenging social media platforms and EU institutions tasked with enforcing new content moderation standards, some politicians are considering moving to different platforms.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged Turkey on Wednesday (11 October) to abide by its own deal and let Sweden join the Western military alliance this month, after more than a year of delay.

The European Commission has called on member states to adopt policies aimed at lengthening the life expectancies of citizens, but it did not make any concrete proposals and shied away from tackling controversial topics such as an increase in retirement ages. 

European passengers were forced to wait longer to reach their destination in 2022, as a post-COVID rebound in air traffic, restrictions prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and an acute lack of airspace capacity combined to cause delays.

Israel said there would be no humanitarian exceptions to its siege of the Gaza Strip until all its hostages were freed, after the Red Cross pleaded for fuel to be allowed in to prevent overwhelmed hospitals from "turning into morgues".

The World Food Programme on Wednesday called the recent Afghanistan earthquakes a 'disaster on top of a disaster,' urging the international community to provide humanitarian aid to the war-torn nation.

Some were on their honeymoon, others were studying abroad, many were building new lives in foreign countries. But when Israel called up its reservists and declared war this week, the response was swift and overwhelming.

Europe currently still has substantial windows of opportunity to kill two birds with one stone and diversify its energy supply towards a more sustainable future, whilst also strengthening its independence through newly globalised energy partnerships. But truth be told: the...

The European Union wants to reduce waste by encouraging recycling and reuse in its new packaging law, but the pressure is on to get the right definition and criteria for what constitutes "high-quality" recycling.

Commissioner Thierry Breton supported the need to find a financing model for investment in the EU telecom sector and advocated for more control and security in its infrastructure in view of the sector's growing geopolitical significance and competition with the US and China.

In a show of diplomatic strength, the prime ministers of Sweden and Finland have invited EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen to visit their country's forests and refrain from overburdening the sector ahead of an election year.