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This week, together with Pavlina Pavlova, Public Policy Advisor at the CyberPeace Institute, we look at cybersecurity issues, the phone hacking of the European Parliament's defence committee, predictions for the upcoming European Parliament elections, and the United Nations Cybercrime Convention.

While other political forces have already launched their campaigns for June's EU elections, the hard-right conservative faction has just started and is eyeing collaboration with the centre-right European People’s Party.

Moldova's Parliament on Thursday (21 March) endorsed an appeal to press on with a drive to join the European Union, but the opposition walked out of the vote and separatists in the Transnistria region urged authorities to drop their claim to the enclave.

NATO Military Committee Chief Rob Bauer said during a visit to Kyiv on Thursday (21 March) that Ukraine's allies should not be too pessimistic about its ability to repel Russian troops and called for important aid to be delivered quickly.

Two thirds of the German electorate have a high or very high interest in the European elections, according to a new survey conducted three months before the vote.

On this episode our daily podcast Today in the EU we are taking a deep dive into the upcoming presidential elections in Slovakia.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, ramping up EU defence industry production has been on the agenda of member states' leaders, but it is only slowly beginning to gain traction.

Slovakia needs investment in a comprehensive oncological care network aligned with the Europe Beating Cancer Plan and the National Oncology Programme, according to the head of Slovakia's National Oncology Institute.

Pharmacy owners would be able to register vending machines for over-the-counter medicines to be placed in towns and villages in Bulgaria where no pharmacies are available, the Ministry of Health told Euractiv.

As businesses and investors digest the volumes of climate legislation adopted in the 2019-2024 term, can they bank on predictability, or are there more changes to come?

Europe’s wind power installations must produce 37 gigawatts annually to keep the EU on track towards its 2030 renewables goal. Build-out rates are far lower than needed, coming in at 17 GW total for 2023. Can the industry catch up?

In a breakthrough, EU leaders called on Thursday (21 March) for an “immediate humanitarian pause leading to a sustainable ceasefire” in Gaza and urged Israel not to launch a major ground offensive in the southernmost city of Rafah. “The European...

EU leaders gave the political green light on Thursday (21 March) for opening membership talks with Bosnia and Herzegovina but also made clear the Western Balkan country would have to undertake more reforms before the actual talks could start.

this pivotal moment for Ukraine’s economy, society and future prospects, multilateral donors and policymakers have a responsibility to ensure money flows towards building better than before. Investment criteria that prioritizes sustainability is not a box-ticking exercise: it’s about meeting people’s needs: for employment, independence, long-term security and resilience, and to restore hope and opportunity for the people of Ukraine.

The French Senate has rejected by a large majority the trade agreement between the EU and Canada, provisionally in force since 2017, because of its potential impact on French livestock farming, signalling more difficulties for the final ratification of the agreement by the EU.

Germany’s federal parliament, the Bundestag, adopted on Thursday (21 March) a law implementing the Digital Services Act (DSA), an EU legislation regulating how online platforms should handle illegal and harmful content.

The French, parliament reached an agreement on Thursday (21 March) to ban so-called 'puffs', single-use electronic cigarettes. The prohibition will be expected to come into force, at the end of September, according to Green MP Francesca Pasquini.

A fisheries agreement between the EU and Morocco should be cancelled as it does not consider the disputed territory of Western Sahara and its waters as “separate and distinct” from the North African kingdom, an advocate general at the EU’s top Court said in an opinion issued on Thursday (21 March).

The European Union is committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, signaling a crucial turning point in the fight against climate change.

Another EU summit starts today, and as usual, I will spend two days in a newsroom with colleagues from most EU countries, many of whom will ask me what is happening in Bulgaria.