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Members of the European Parliament closed several critical parts of the AI regulation at a political meeting on Thursday (13 April), but the prohibited uses of AI could potentially divide the house.

The EU's infectious disease health agency has linked an outbreak of botulism across Europe to a controversial procedure for losing weight practised in Turkey, strongly advised against by medical experts and EU authorities.

Volkswagen called on Thursday (13 April) for the implementation of new EU emissions standards to be pushed to at least autumn of 2026, slightly over a year later than planned, with the aim of all new cars meeting the standards by autumn 2027.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more EU government stances on ChatGPT, the EU's Charles Michel giving explanations for his regular and expensive trips, and so much more.

Behind great Artificial Intelligence, there is great computing power. Computing capacity is a much under-discussed aspect of the AI race, on which we tried to shed some light with Vili Lehdonvirta, professor at the Oxford Internet Institute.

Serbia and the US expect a strategic partnership, which would even open up the possibility of visa liberalisation between both countries, Serbia’s Ambassador to the US, Marko Đurić, said in an interview for Kurir. Đurić met with the special adviser...

Education and Sports Minister Evis Kushi, with representatives from the Italian Embassy in Tirana and UNICEF Albania, announced a new project to stop children from dropping out of school. Figures from UNICEF in 2022 found that some 17% of those...

NATO should play a bigger role in security in the Black Sea, and integrate Ukraine's air and missile defences with those of alliance members, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Thursday (13 April).

According to the government, the regulation of retail prices of electricity and gas for households, small business consumers, and protected users and the regulation of electricity prices for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) will be extended until the end of the year.

The parliament of Andalucia, with the support of far-right Vox (ECR) and centre-right Partido Popular (EPP), approved on Wednesday (12 April) the urgent processing of a new law that would expand the irrigable land around the national reserve.

The government has decided to recall its delegates from the Russian-controlled International Investment Bank following US sanctions on Wednesday, the Economic Development Ministry confirmed on Thursday. The Hungarian government discussed the situation and decided that, although the international bank played...

The European Commission rejected the government’s application to halt the daily €1 million fines Poland pays for not complying with an interim EU Court measure to suspend the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court, Polish media report. If Poland were...

Senior officials from the United States, Europe and Britain met on 13 April with financial institutions to brief them on efforts by Russia to evade Western sanctions imposed over its invasion of Ukraine, a senior US Treasury official told reporters.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, together with a business delegation will on Saturday commence a 10-day working trip to the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to create a certain counterbalance to Chinese dominance. Fiala will be accompanied by...

National Bank Governor Petr Kažimír was found guilty of bribery and ordered to pay a €100,000 fine or risk prison for two years, according to a court order from the Specialised Criminal Court that prompted President Zuzana Čaputová and Prime...

Spain’s ruling socialist party PSOE (S&D) is not worried about losing votes to the new left-wing platform Sumar in the general elections in December as it views the grouping as an opportunity to sway undecided voters to the left, several...

The Plenary Assembly of the Portuguese Bishops’ Conference starts on Monday in Fatima and is expected to set up a body that will replace the Independent Commission for the Study of Sexual Abuse against Children in the Portuguese Catholic Church....

For the second time since February, a convicted murderer escaped during a medical visit, prompting calls for tougher security, including armed guards, in Swedish prisons. The 17-year-old boy, who is convicted of murdering a 54-year-old, fled together with two masked...

Finnish state-owned company Fortum has hit back at Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas in the ongoing arbitration case over the construction of wind farms in Russia, saying that the Danish are only using Russian sanctions as an excuse not to pay for the wind turbines it failed to deliver.

Denmark will withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) as it creates more uncertainties about investments than certainties, the Danish government announced on Thursday.