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In this week’s edition: NATO summit recap, EU-Latin America head into a tumultuous summit and more.

Greece closed the ancient Acropolis during the hottest part of the day on 14 July to protect tourists as southern Europe suffered in a fierce heatwave, while more than 100 million Americans also faced a prolonged spell of sweltering weather.

Member states criticised the adjusted package of revenue streams for the EU budget, recently put forward by the European Commission, pointing to the “unfair balance” and “aggressive nature” of some of the resources proposed.

Although Ukraine was the most important item on NATO's summit agenda in Vilnius, some important developments were agreed upon that are shifting the Western military alliances' focus Eastwards, write Ben Hodges and Marcin Zaborowski.

The European Commission's communication on mental health neglected the issue of intensive care professionals’ mental health, EU lawmakers and healthcare workers have said in a declaration, demanding that the issue be addressed in all EU legislation.  

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has rejected claims that his government will only be a one-term administration despite grappling with infighting and falling popularity during the first half of his term.

If you find yourself faced with a neighbour or colleague you cannot quite get along with, you might settle for peaceful coexistence. But for organic farmers and (future) gene-edited crop growers, it is unclear whether this is even possible.

While some hope to see a slowdown in the West's support for Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin's world continues to unravel one step at a time.

The European Parliament has weighed into the row over the appointment of the American former tech lobbyist, Fiona Scott Morton, as the chief economist of the European Commission’s powerful competition department, demanding that the EU executive re-open the process. 

The European Commission wants to make vehicles easier to recycle, proposing new design rules to make it simpler to recover valuable materials, and pushing for a greater use of recycled content in the production of new cars.

Romania's Minister of Family Gabriela Firea became the second cabinet minister to resign this week after a scandal with "horror asylums" for the elderly shook the country and the ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD).

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The European Union is gearing up to revise its chemicals legislation to ban harmful substances and drive sustainability in the industry amid debates over the concept of “essential use”, which should help identify irreplaceable functions for such substances.

India announced a new multi-billion-dollar deal for French fighter jets on Thursday (13 July) as Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Paris for a two-day trip in a sign of deepening trade and diplomatic ties to counter a rising China.

The European Court of Justice recently ruled on a high-profile case with far-reaching consequences for enforcement in the fields of competition and data protection. We have discussed the verdict’s implications with Cristina Caffarra, renowned competition expert, and Johnny Ryan, senior...

A group of gas grid operators on Wednesday (12J uly) presented their plan for Germany’s main hydrogen transport network that ought to be constructed by 2032, although the government has shown little interest in funding it.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the German far-right campaigning to disband the EU, Italy wanting to reopen mines by years’ end, and so much more.

The establishment of the Forum for the Protection of Men, which socialist politician Ana Grozdanović announced on Thursday, caused a lot of controversy in Serbia, as the country faced its 22nd femicide case this year. Grozdanović announced on her Instagram page...

The largest one-time military aid package –  which includes 100 armoured vehicles from the Bulgarian police stockpile, mostly infantry carrier vehicles – was sent to Ukraine in what was Sofia’s first official decision to help Kyiv with heavy equipment, Bulgarian...

Evidence is mounting about what may be a wealth of organic molecules - a potential indicator of life - on Mars, with new findings from NASA's Perseverance rover suggesting the presence of a diversity of them at a locale where a lake existed long ago.