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The Islamist militant Hamas movement threatened to execute an Israeli captive every time Israel bombs a Palestinian home without warning, as Israel called up an unprecedented 300,000 reservists and imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip.

Almost half of Spanish citizens would prefer a repeat of the general elections after noting the enormous difficulty of the country’s two main political formations, the Socialist Party and Partido Popular, to form a stable government, a fresh poll published...

UNICEF France and a dozen civil society associations sent a letter to Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Tuesday, on the occasion of World Mental Health Day, asking her to urgently develop an ambitious national strategy for the mental health of...

Coinciding with World Mental Health Day, Jacopo Andreose, CEO of Angelini Pharma, shares the latest findings from the Headway Report relating to mental health in the workplace and schools.

The Sumar party, an ally of Spanish acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in the country’s future government, called out the EU’s ‘double standards’ on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Monday. Sumar spokesman Ernest Urtasun stated at a press conference in Madrid...

The first and probably only election debate in Poland, involving six parties, immediately became a bickering match between ruling Law and Justice (PiS) Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and opposition leader Donald Tusk. Despite Tusk’s insistence, PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński refused...

The success of the far-right AfD, which made impressive gains in regional elections in two German states, has raised urgent questions about how long the party can be kept out of government, as its leaders lobbied for a future right-wing...

Slovakia’s populistic Socialist Smer party published a wave of negative posts targeting journalists on social media in the two months leading up to Slovakia’s snap election which Robert Fico’s party won. According to the Investigative Center Ján Kuciak, former prime...

The EU is running out of patience with Serbia and has drafted measures that will impact it politically, economically, and in terms of its EU accession, while more evidence emerges from the 24 September terrorist attack, including the involvement of...

Divisions among EU member states and a lack of convergence from EU institutions were on display on Monday (9 October) over plans to halt aid to Palestine in response to Saturday's attack on Israel by Hamas.

France's energy import bill rose from €58 billion to €148 billion between 2019 and 2022, according to the latest figures from French customs published on Friday (6 October), reflecting a rise in gas prices.

The attack launched by Hamas against Israel on 7 October cannot be the beginning of another full-scale conflict between Israel and Palestinians. It must be the start of a war on terrorism.

The urgency of the environmental challenges confronting us has reached an unprecedented level, shining a glaring spotlight on the unsustainable nature of our current single-use packaging practices. Accepting the status quo is no longer an option and profound shift towards reusing packaging, to complement but also take us beyond the limitations of recycling, is imperative.

Virtual AI assistants are poised to become virtual companions in people’s lives but legislators and regulators should adopt flexible principles to promote technological innovations while minimising risks, ensuring a favourable future for the virtual AI assistant revolution, writes Christophe Carugati....

Everybody talks about cleantech, including politicians who stress the need for more investment in green technologies. Yet, the reality is that we are at an all-time high when it comes to investments in gas, oil and even coal, writes Jorgo Chatzimarkakis.

The European Commission said on Monday (9 October) it has put all of its development financing for Palestine under review following the weekend's Hamas attack on Israel that drew general condemnation from the West.

With China's and Russia's influence rising on NATO's southern flank, the alliance is considering new and improved security relations with countries in Africa and the Middle East, but it faces an uphill task as well as its own internal divisions.

In less than 50 years, Ireland has become the largest net exporter of pharmaceuticals in the EU and a strong international player, thanks to a consistent government strategy that made it attractive for investment.

Today entire business models are under pressure and companies are testing new product portfolios in new technological directions. This analysis applies to the automotive and supplier industries in particular. Dr. Daniel Hay is the Academic Director of the Institute for...

**This is a developing story. EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell said an emergency meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers will be convened on Tuesday afternoon (10 October) on the situation in the Middle East after the Hamas attack on Israel....