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President Klaus Iohannis will advocate for the opening of EU accession negotiations with Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova at the European Council summit in December, he said during an official visit to Bucharest from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on...

France’s Socialist Party said it would take a temporary break from the left-wing alliance NUPES after Jean-Luc Mélenchon and his party La France Insoumise (LFI) caused controversy with their reaction to the Hamas attack on Israel. During the attacks on...

EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell accused the Israeli government on Tuesday (10 October) of breaking international law by imposing a total blockade of Gaza in the wake of a Hamas attack on Israel while underlining the need for the bloc...

The Equality Commissioner urged EU countries to find an agreement with the Parliament on the directive to prevent and combat violence against women, urging for rape to be included in the file. 

Despite high ambitions to make farming greener, progress in the EU sustainable agriculture is stalling, according to a new Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which calls to tie the bloc’s extensive farming subsidies more strongly to measurable outcomes.

EU lawmakers, stakeholders and patient representatives called for a cross-sectoral approach and specific funding when addressing mental health at the EU level, with the Parliament wanting specific benchmarks for following the process. 

France and Germany held a two-day cabinet retreat this week looking for ways to revitalise Europe's economic potential, but despite the apparent show of unity, they remained preoccupied with atmospheric problems and policy divisions.

The EU should increase cooperation with third countries as a means to implement a more effective return policy at the continental level, the Swedish Migration Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard told Euractiv.

The European Commission said on Tuesday (10 October) it was 'on track' to lay out its defence strategy next month, a long-term approach to boosting defence investment and production after the urgency created by Russia's war in Ukraine.

The Brussels job market is at the cusp of a 'Suits' moment, as the ever-poignant Franco-German-Belgian production 'Parlement' is about to begin its third season, lifting the lid on the inner, albeit fictional, workings of the EU bubble.

The EU should use its influence to convey a message to Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority to stay out of Israel’s fight in Gaza, the Israeli ambassador to the EU and NATO told Euractiv on Tuesday (10 October). “A key...

The British Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a preliminary enforcement notice against Snapchat last Friday (6 October) due to the social platform possibly failing to assess the privacy risks of “My AI”, its artificial intelligence (AI) bot. My AI is...

A subsea gas pipeline and a telecommunications cable connecting Finland and Estonia have both sustained damage, and the location of the outage has been identified, the Finnish government said on Tuesday (10 October).

Paris and Berlin will aim to clear their differences over the EU’s proposed power market reform by November, the leaders of the two countries announced on Tuesday (10 October).

Europe is a safe haven for spyware companies due to ineffective action from the European Council and Commission in regulating the export of spyware and surveillance technology, according to a report published Monday (9 September) by Amnesty International.

Liberians began voting Tuesday (10 October) on whether to give football legend George Weah a second term as president, with peace among voters' main concerns in a nation still scarred by back-to-back civil wars.

PFAS has recently become a hot topic with more and more research being done into the subject. However, in the recent restriction proposal one key stage of the substance’s life is being underestimated: the waste stage. To fully understand the impact of a ban, it is crucial that we pay attention also to the presence of PFAS in waste.

Ahead of a crucial vote on Thursday (12 October), the centrist Renew group has signalled they will align with the centre-right EPP and ultraconservative ECR groups in backing a milder version of the Euro 7 proposal.

When China announced a surprise deal restoring ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran this year, it signalled Beijing's desire to be a diplomatic heavyweight. However, the crisis in Israel and Gaza threatens to expose the limits of that ambition.

The German government aims to tackle the issue of high patient costs and mediocre life expectancy with the help of a new disease prevention institute, a move that is broadly supported by the health community while the financing aspect is left unclear.