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China has emerged as a global leader in nuclear fusion research, driven by strong government backing, significant investment, and a focus on cutting-edge technology. Europe is playing catch-up. Are fusion partnerships the way forward for the EU?

Europe is ill-equipped to diagnose Alzheimer’s early and accurately, yet Alzheimer’s is a condition affecting millions of European citizens. Prioritising research is critical to success.

Foreign influences on EU media are part of hybrid attacks, the spread of disinformation and the undermining of institutions. What can be done to stem the tide and revitalise quality journalism across the union?

European democracy struggles to resist foreign influence attacks. EU legislative processes are bombarded daily with disinformation. Funding quality media effectively is just one approach to slow the slide to ‘the dark side’ of journalism, regulation is another.

Danish Green MEP Rasmus Nordqvist, a designer who has collaborated with many architects, spoke with Euractiv after the New European Bauhaus white paper presentation in the European Parliament about what it means for Europe’s urban spaces.

A surge in sexually transmitted infections such as gonorrhoea and chlamydia is complicating the HIV epidemic. STIs increase the risk of contracting HIV if exposed. A decline in condom use is adding to the crisis.

Problems will only deepen with new structure of Von der Leyen Commission, he warned.

If the Constitutional Court announces a rerun, the first round of voting in the presidential election could take place on 15 December and the run-off could be on 29 December.

In general terms, Richard Moore said the world was in its most dangerous state in his 37 years working in the intelligence world

Volodymyr Zelenskyy indicated that he would accept a two-phase solution under which Russia would return the occupied Ukrainian territories at a later stage "diplomatically".

In a sign of ethnic tensions between the two Balkan countries, Prime Minister Albin Kurti blamed Serbian criminal gangs without providing proof.

Georgescu best embodied the revolt against a political system associated with corruption, cronyism, and inefficiency,

“We are not insisting on creating a “zero-risk” category, as it is clear that several member states have concerns." wrote the Parliament’s lead negotiator on anti-deforestation rules.

France's borrowing costs briefly eclipsing those of Greece means Prime Minister Michel Barnier must come face-to-face with the Ghost of Crises Past.

The European Union has allocated €17 million to the ambitious EMPHATICAL project, aiming to transform the metals industry by enabling it to achieve zero emissions and circular carbon processes by 2050.

Fears of Russian election interference and wider regional instability are worrying Armenian experts.

Georgia is now more vulnerable than it has been in a long time, captured by the oligarch Ivanishvili threatening to turn the country into a Russian satellite.

If Europe doesn't approach economic security with unity and urgency, it will fall behind as the rules of the game change.

Both candidates for the 8 December presidential election runoff, Călin Georgescu and Elena Lasconi, condemned the Constitutional Court ruling.

Russia has not so far struck Ukrainian government ministries, parliament or the president's office in the course of the 33-month war.