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The Czech government opposes the proposed EU directive to harmonise penalties for corruption across the EU, with Czech Justice Minister Pavel Blažek (ODS, ECR) saying his country doubts some of the measures presented in the proposal. The European Commission proposed...

Prime Minister and Socialist candidate Pedro Sánchez has refocused his messages on the problems of young people and women’s rights, while his rival and leader of the centre-right Partido Popular, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, is trying to woo “disaffected” Socialist voters...

Droughts are emptying groundwater reserves, which are seriously under the usual monthly average, a trend that continues to lead to wildfires and shortages of freshwater for consumption, the French authority monitoring water resources has found. Winter and summer rainfalls in...

Eurosceptic Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, who also serves as attorney general, has decided to release a 21-year-old far-right activist and neo-Nazi sentenced to three years in prison for attacking a woman at an LGBT event in 2020. Marika Matuszak and...

Traffic was stopped on the Russian-built Crimean Bridge due to "an emergency" situation, Russia-installed officials said on Monday (17 July), while Ukrainian media reported blasts on the bridge.

The clock is ticking down Monday (17 July) on the deal that allows Ukraine to export its grain via the Black Sea, with the agreement set to expire at midnight Istanbul time (2100 GMT).

The European Union and Tunisia on Sunday (16 July) signed a memorandum of understanding for a “strategic and comprehensive partnership” on irregular migration, economic development and renewable energy. The deal, which includes financial assistance, came as Tunisia has been under...

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.