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The EU is expected to add more pressure on Seoul to send ammunition directly to Ukraine during a visit by European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen later this month, EURACTIV has learnt.

The new four-party government in the making has agreed to raise the funding for research, development and innovation, which has been trailing behind compared to competitor countries. The next Prime Minister and the Chair of the NCP, Petteri Orpo announced...

The UK is sending over 1,500 troops to train alongside thousands of others from NATO Alliance countries as part of a major exercise in Estonia. Exercise Spring Storm is the largest annual military exercise involving the UK-led NATO-enhanced Forward Presence...

Germany and Ukraine  reiterated their willingness to further strengthen their economic relations in a joint declaration by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Berlin on Sunday. On his first visit to Germany after the start of...

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Sunday (14 May) that two of its military commanders were killed in eastern Ukraine, as Kyiv's forces renewed efforts to break through Russian defences in the embattled city of Bakhmut.

French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated his military and diplomatic support to Ukraine for as long as necessary following a dinner in Paris with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but the Elysée said that sending fighter planes is still “premature”. The...

Bulgarian Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev may be dismissed by the month’s end after six Prosecution College members of the Supreme Judicial Council demanded that he be fired on Friday after he interfered in an ongoing investigation. He has been accused...

Around 6.3 million Italians were called to elect the mayors of 790 municipalities from Sunday to Monday, and the election outcome could change the power balance in the government majority and influence alliances in the opposition. It is the first...

Member states have until the end of 2023 to define the kind of enlargement mechanism that would work for countries looking to access the EU while ensuring the EU stays true to itself, French EU Minister Laurence Boone told EURACTIV...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s recent comparison of European integration to Hitler’s plans were rejected by Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský, who pointed out that nobody is forcing Hungary to be a part of the European community. Meanwhile, EU Commissioner...

Holding the G7 in Hiroshima without advancing on nuclear disarmament would simply be a political failure, write Merle Spellerberg and Max Lucks.

Caution is needed to prevent the EU's ongoing electricity market reform from creating regulatory uncertainty and hindering future investment in renewables, argue Christopher Jones and Klaus-Dieter Borchardt.

European Council President Charles Michel spoke of progress in talks between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Brussels on Sunday (14 May), adding that "momentum should be maintained" towards a final peace deal.

Poland’s renewable energy capacity is increasing, but the country’s power and heat production is still dominated by coal and forms the biggest contribution to its emissions, according to a report by Polish think tank Forum Energii.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked Pope Francis on Saturday (13 May) to back Kyiv’s peace plan, and the pope indicated the Vatican would help in the repatriation of Ukrainian children taken by Russians. “It is a great honour,” Zelenskyy told...

The EU must be prepared for the major shift toward a democratic government in Turkiye, a clear objective of which will be to strengthen its ties with EU institutions and member states, as well as to revitalise the EU membership negotiations, writes Kader Sevinç.

A decision by the Eurovision organisers to block Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from addressing the competition's grand final on Saturday (13 May) on the grounds of keeping it "non-political" has irritated many  – including the British government.

Politics at the Eurovision song contest (ESC) cannot be avoided but the integrity of the voting system had to be guaranteed after a wilful voting bloc was uncovered last year, a representative of the competition’s organisers told EURACTIV.

EU foreign ministers backed on Friday (12 May) a plan to reduce the EU's economic dependence on China but, as the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said, will now have to figure out how to make that a reality.

Turkey's elections on Sunday (14 May) are a key moment not just for the country itself but also for its European neighbours.