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The world’s first comprehensive AI law is entering what might be its last weeks of intense negotiations. However, EU institutions have still to hash out their approach to the most powerful ‘foundation’ models and the provisions in the law enforcement areas.

New genomic techniques (NGTs) and their products have been rapidly developing in the last 20 years in many parts of the world, with some applications already on the market of some EU trade partners. On 5 July 2023, the European...

The European Commission has adopted a set of actions to address critical medicine shortages, including a common approach to drug stockpiling and an EU-wide shortage alert system,  in order to avoid last year's scenario.

German MEP Terry Reintke, co-president of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, kickstarted the European Green’s lead candidate race by presenting her candidacy on Wednesday (25 October), as reported by Euractiv in September, with more candidates expected by the...

An editorial word: What’s to come on health for the Spanish EU presidency By Amalie Holmgaard Mersh With just over two months left of the Spanish EU Council presidency, Spanish health minister, José Manuel Miñones Conde, visited the members of...

With gas markets anxious again, is there a cause to bring back the heat-shaming culture that dominated last winter's conversations?

Nicaraguan authorities on Tuesday (24 October) shuttered the local chapter of the Franciscan religious order as well as 16 NGOs, many with ties to Catholic and evangelical churches with which the government has been at loggerheads.

Climate change poses an "existential threat" to life on Earth, prominent scientists warned Tuesday (24 October), in an assessment on this year's avalanche of heat records and weather extremes that they said are hitting more ferociously than expected.

Climate commissioner says pace of reductions needs to speed up in buildings, transport and agriculture to meet 55% target by 2030. Euractiv's media partner, The Guardian, reports.

Slovakia's president will appoint a new government on Wednesday (25 October) led by three-time leftist prime minister Robert Fico, who won a 30 September election with pledges to end military aid to Ukraine and battle illegal migration.

Racism towards Black people is growing in Europe, with Germany, Austria and Finland showing the highest rates of discrimination and harassment, a survey of first- and second-generation Black immigrants in 13 EU countries published on Wednesday (25 October) found.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the EU planning to propose a Serb association model as Kosovo digs in their heels over the Serb attack, Macron proposing an ‘international coalition’ against Hamas, and so much more.

Former Albanian Prime Minster and President Sali Berisha did not attend court on Tuesday despite being ordered to appear on charges of corruption related to the privatisation of a former state-owned sports complex. Berisha cannot be arrested due to his...

The European Commission is set to present a new proposal for the Association of Serb Municipalities in Kosovo following recent meetings in Pristina and Belgrade, while Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti has remained firm that Kosovo’s territory must remain intact....

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić and the President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, shared their perspectives on the situation in Kosovo at the UN Security Council on Tuesday. Vjosa Osmani pointed out that Pristina wants dialogue in a fair and balanced...

Substantial investments of around €335 billion – about 3% of the country’s GDP – are required until 2050 to develop a decarbonised energy sector in Romania, according to the World Bank’s Country Report on Climate and Development for Romania (RTCD), which was unveiled during a climate change conference on Tuesday.

Bulgaria’s nationalist VMRO was found to have harassed the LGBTQI community in one of its Facebook statuses, with an administrative court ruling condemning the act of discrimination based on sexual orientation. The court went against an earlier decision by the...

Requests by the Slovak authorities for Meta to remove misleading and deceptive content ahead of elections at the end of September were met with an inadequate and ineffective response, according to a report on disinformation, which also calls for an...

Opposition leader and potential future prime minister Donald Tusk set off to Brussels to discuss the chance to launch the nation’s recovery money, which was frozen due to the rule of law concerns in Poland. As Polish opposition parties have...

The United States and Russia led international calls for a pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas to allow aid into the besieged Gaza Strip, as Israel maintained its bombardment of the enclave where Palestinians are living in harrowing conditions.