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Despite growing interest in the European Union for the advancement of the Middle Corridor, the bloc has much more to do in developing this trade route and securing its position in Central Asia.
Experts gathered at the EIT Health Summit for the launch of a new report ‘Implementing the European Health Data Space across Europe’, which could boost Ireland's digital healthcare transition.
Irish candidates for the upcoming European parliament elections are attending a series of health manifesto events where pharmaceutical industry experts, the press and the public are quizzing candidates’ support for innovation and sustainability.
The European Union needs to create clearer benchmarks for the rule of law and judicial reform in Ukraine, which could then be replicated for other reform areas, write Snizhana Diachenko, Liubov Akulenko, and Viktoriia Melnyk.
The European Commission is too slow when it comes to retrieving misspent EU funds, the EU Court of Auditors said in a new report published on Tuesday (7 May), noting that it takes particularly long for money that goes into third countries.
The European Parliament sent on Monday (6 May) an internal notification to its staff, seen by Euractiv, about a data breach in the application PEOPLE, used for the recruitment of the institution's non-permanent staff.
Artificial intelligence has posed serious challenges to our understanding of copyright. General-purpose models are trained on massive amounts of text and images in order to produce tools that can answer to a vast array of prompts.
Distrustful of the freshly passed asylum and migration pact, EU countries and the European Commission have turned to third-country deals to curb irregular migration, thus finally aligning with Hungary, until recently criticised as a migration hardliner.
Europeans warned Israel on Tuesday (7 May) not to attempt a full take-over of the Rafah border crossing, the sole humanitarian gateway between Gaza and Egypt, with concerns growing over more casualties and less aid reaching the besieged exclave.
Europol's recent joint declaration with European police chiefs urges action against end-to-end encryption, citing concerns of possible justice obstruction, amid an ongoing debate about balancing data privacy with combating crime.
Vladimir Putin was sworn on Tuesday (7 May) for a fifth presidential mandate that will run until 2030, pledging that Russia “will win” in the conflict he personally started by invading Ukraine, and promising to those loyal to him to take the highest positions in the country.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reiterated on Monday (6 May) his commitment to defend the Baltics in case of a Russian assault amid increasing hybrid attacks by Moscow against European countries.
In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Spain’s Sánchez urged to recognise Palestinian statehood at ministerial meeting, Czech far-right leader ready to back Ursula von der Leyen, but only if certain conditions are met, and so much more.
German State Minister for Europe Anna Lührmann (Greens) on Monday stressed the need to move to qualified majority voting to prepare for EU enlargement, citing lessons to be learned from Polish history.
Petr Mach, leader of the Czech far-right coalition for the upcoming European elections, is ready to support Ursula von der Leyen for a second term as European Commission president - but at certain conditions.
China’s Xi Jinping and France’s Emmanuel Macron had “frank” discussions over all things trade tensions and war in Ukraine in Paris on Monday, but beneath a veneer of politeness and respect, significant divisions lie.
Malta’s former prime minister Joseph Muscat and current Prime Minister Robert Abela have been called out for attacking the judiciary as charges have been filed against the former in the latest instalment of a money laundering scandal.
Money invested in cutting agrifood emissions should increase 18-fold and reach around €240 billion per year if we want to halve emissions and put the world on track for net zero emissions by 2050, according to a World Bank study published on Tuesday (7 April).
Euractiv's Transport Brief brings you the latest on the transport sector in Europe. This week, a successful time for cycling policy, but challenges remain for implementation.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez should take the historic and ambitious step of recognising the Palestinian state at Tuesday’s Council of Ministers meeting, said Deputy Prime Minister and Sumar leader Yolanda Díaz.
A US soldier who was detained in Russia on charges of criminal misconduct was arrested by a Vladivostok court on theft charges, Russia's RIA state news agency reported on Tuesday (7 May).
At least one of the four suspects involved in beating SPD’s EU lead candidate for Saxony, Matthias Ecke, on Saturday is considered to have an extreme right-wing association.
Russia said on Monday (6 May) it would practice the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons as part of a military exercise after what the Moscow said were threats from France, Britain and the United States.
Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Belgrade on Tuesday (7 May) has raised eyebrows at a time when Serbia's President Aleksander Vučić has continued to resist increasing pressure to align foreign policy with the West, in particular the EU.
