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The European Parliament’s leading parliamentary committees have green-lighted the AI Act in a vote on Thursday (11 May), paving the way for plenary adoption in mid-June. The AI Act is a flagship legislation to regulate Artificial Intelligence based on its...

After the European Parliament adopted a new anti-deforestation regulation in April, concerns have been raised over how it will apply to the still unratified EU-Mercosur free trade agreement and whether it might hamper the final deal.

As electoral fault lines emerge ahead of presidential elections in Turkey, can its democratic process prevail?

A standoff over raising the US debt ceiling overshadowed a meeting of Group of Seven (G7) finance leaders starting on Thursday (11 May), heightening US recession fears as central banks seek a soft landing for the global economy.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about yet another immigration spat between France and Italy, Austria wanting to combat inflation by taxing energy profits, and so much more.

With just one day before Albanian political parties close their campaigns for crucial local elections, allegations of vote buying have surfaced, leading to sharp reactions from internationals in Tirana. Albanians are set to go to the polls on Sunday to...

Kosovo has recorded stable economic progress while reducing the poverty rate and increasing per capita income, according to The World Bank, which approved the new Country Partnership Framework for the fiscal years 2023-2037. The World Bank found an increase of...

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić announced to hold the country’s biggest political rally a day before his party takes “big and important decisions”. A week after two mass shootings shook Serbia, Vučić criticised the protests held by the opposition but announced...

Spouses of European leaders gathered in Zagreb on Wednesday to attend a summit organised by the World Health Organisation to launch an initiative to combat the growing problem of childhood obesity in Europe. Childhood obesity rates will seriously affect future...

A Ukrainian unit said on Wednesday (10 May) it had routed a Russian brigade near the stronghold of Bakhmut in an incident underlining the task facing the Kremlin as it carries out what it calls a "very difficult" military operation.

As the amount of hardware on and around the Moon increases, so does the need for coordination, writes Daniel Mackisack. Daniel Mackisack is a former diplomat and social entrepreneur. He has worked with the World Bank, the UK and New...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis admitted for the first time that there was no national security reason for the secret services to bug the phone of socialist leader Nikos Androulakis in the so-called “Greek Watergate”.

The growing migration of doctors outside Poland has not influenced yet the healthcare system, stakeholders told EURACTIV Poland, adding though that if the trends continues then the impact will be more visible.

The Chamber of Deputies adopted a draft bill to prevent the separation of children from their families on Wednesday despite the far-right party AUR falsely claiming the bill included provisions legalising child abduction. The draft law stipulates that a child...

North Macedonia has contradictory entry rules, said Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ivan Kondov in reaction to the recent refusal to let Bulgarian MEP Andrey Kovatchev (EPP) into the country. On Tuesday, North Macedonia’s Ambassador to Bulgaria, Agneza Rusi Popovska was summoned...

Low-cost economies in eastern and southern Europe are being increasingly favoured for investment as companies around the world revamp supply chains to make them more resilient and cost-efficient, a study by professional services group EY found.

Industrial production rose by 2.5% in March after a 4.7% decline in February, with the increase being driven by Slovakia’s key car manufacturing sector, the Slovak Statistics Office said. According to the figures, industry output rose year-on-year in March, despite...

To overcome populism, generational change must be accelerated by empowering the youth, particularly regarding political participation, Portuguese President Rebelo de Sousa told MEPs in Strasbourg on Wednesday. “Time is pressing, and Europe cannot afford to waste any more time” in...

Finnish authorities did not infringe the religious rights of Jehova’s witnesses by labelling their data collection practices during house visits as illegal, the Strasbourg-based human rights court ruled after a decade-long back-and-forth. The decision ended a long and complicated dispute...

Former Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström left the Swedish Liberal Party on Wednesday as the party has been constantly criticised in Brussels and Stockholm for its complacency with the far-right populistic Sweden Democrats. Malmström served as EU Trade Commissioner from 2014...