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Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra and Justice Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius unveiled the country’s new security strategy that urges citizens to be vigilant, the companies to take also their own measures and warn of the challenges to Europe’s “geopolitical, economic and digital...

Austria’s special corruption prosecutor has launched investigations into ex-chancellor Sebastian Kurz allegedly bribing various media to get favourable coverage in exchange for amending laws. Last week, the Prosecutor’s Office for Economic Affairs and Corruption (WKStA) searched the management premises of...

President Emmanuel Macron wants a bill on the end of life that improves palliative care to be ready by the end of the summer after a proposal from citizens that assisted dying should be allowed. In September of last year,...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban publicly expressed support for former US President Donald Trump via Twitter on Monday ahead of his court appearance on Tuesday.

Women dominated Finland’s general election that took place on Sunday, with the most successful candidates, including the winner, being female.

Montenegro’s new president and former economy minister Jakov Milatović will go to Brussels for his first trip abroad, he said Monday, underscoring his election night pledge that he would take the small Adriatic country into the EU “within the next...

Two-hundred Ukrainian civilians who on Monday graduated from their five-week-long basic military training at Toledo’s Infantry Academy will now be heading off to fight. The 200 graduated Ukrainian soldiers, former civilians recruited from different parts of Ukraine and with an...

The Swedish government nominated three new members to Vattenfall’s board on Monday, putting two former board members critical of nuclear power out of a job as the centre-right Swedish government vows to ramp up the country’s nuclear capacity.

German Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck (Greens) discussed forming a deeper partnership on energy and reconstruction as he and a business delegation arrived for a surprise visit to Kyiv on Monday. Ukraine should be given a clear sign “that we believe it...

NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Tuesday and Wednesday (4 and 5 April) are set to focus their attention on stepping up support to Ukraine on a long-term basis, according to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. NATO members will discuss...

Bulgaria’s election winners remain profoundly silent just over a day after election day ended, despite tradition dictating that the winner laughs loudly in front of the cameras and dances (preferably over the body of the defeated). Things are very different...

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has launched an investigation into the use of illegal Predator spyware in a wiretapping scandal that has shaken Greek politics, EURACTIV has learnt. Several sources confirmed to EURACTIV that upon the request of the...

Spain will seek a deal on the EU’s proposed power market reform during its six-month EU Council presidency ending on 31 December, a less hurried timetable than that of the European Commission.

French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to China will start tomorrow (4 April), a high-risk operation that may dent his international stature. But just like Tintin, the globetrotter character of Hergé, Macron will do his best to keep the Chinese dragon away from the evil in Ukraine.

For the EU's Global Gateway to work, it requires a radical shift in the way the EU, member states and private sector actors work together outside the bloc, writes Chloe Teevan.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Romania on Monday (3 April) to underscore Western support for a key NATO ally that borders Ukraine and also for neighbouring Moldova, which has looked especially vulnerable since Russia's invasion last year.

Russia on 3 April accused Ukraine of organising the murder of a war blogger in a St. Petersburg cafe and arrested a woman who was shown in a video admitting planting the bomb that killed him and injured over 30 others.

Finland will officially become a member of the military alliance on Tuesday (4 April) as foreign ministers gather for their meeting in Brussels, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters on Monday.

Chatbots and other human-imitating artificial intelligence (AI) applications are conquering an increasingly important place in our lives. The possibilities raised by the latest developments are fascinating, but the fact that something is possible does not yet make it desirable. Given the ethical, legal and social implications of AI, questions on its desirability are increasingly pressing.

Mark Twain is often quoted as saying history does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. We should listen to the past to avoid the repetition of missteps and errors. Joakim Reiter is Chief External and Corporate Affairs Officer at...