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Natalizumab, the world's first biosimilar drug for multiple sclerosis, produced in Poland, has been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), adding to the biosimilar legacy that Warsaw seems to be building in the hope of improving the Polish economy, but also patients’ lives across Europe.

The sale of antibiotics in Bulgaria fell sharply by nearly 35% immediately after the introduction of digital prescriptions, which led to greater control over the sale of these drugs, Deputy Minister of Health, Ilko Getov, said.

World fossil fuel demand is set to peak by 2030 as more electric cars hit the road and China's economy grows more slowly and shifts towards cleaner energy, the IEA said, undercutting the rationale for any rise in investment.

A recent analysis suggests that the EU’s carbon market for road transport and buildings (ETS 2) may see prices rise far above the €45 promised by the EU, provoking fears that protests against fuel price hikes will follow.

Tens of thousands of Icelandic women, including the prime minister, held a strike from paid and unpaid jobs on Tuesday (23 October) in a protest against gender inequality, according to labour unions.

With expenditure on cancer medication in the Netherlands reaching record levels, organisations are calling for more research to ensure the drugs are used sustainably and for EU member states to keep pace with established plans to ensure their citizens don’t get left behind.

Russian forces on Monday (23 October) pressed their attacks on two frontline areas of eastern Ukraine, seeking to sever the sole supply route into the devastated city of Avdiivka and advance on the key town of Kupiansk farther north.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about France calling for a ‘humanitarian truce’ ahead of Macron's Israel trip, Kurti accusing the Serbian defence minister of his involvement in the attack and calling for a special court, and so much more.

Following a report showing that one in five patients received the wrong medical priority, the Swedish Medical Products Agency is investigating a chatbot that triages people seeking healthcare advice across the country.

This week’s Global Gateway Forum offers the EU a chance to show global leaders how a focus on democratic values and transparency distinguishes it from China’s Belt and Road. To succeed, this focus should be established from the start, write Sam van der Staak and Paul Maassen.

The group known as the “Clan of Novi Sad”, Serbian Defence Minister Milos Vuceci, was involved in the terrorist attack in northern Kosovo’s Banjska on 24 September, said Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, who also called for the establishment of...

Officials from the United States and China on Monday (23 October) held a two-hour long virtual meeting to discuss domestic and global macroeconomic developments, the US Treasury Department said, calling the meeting "productive and substantive".

The Southeast Multinational Corps, a component of the NATO Force Structure officially inaugurated in 2022 in response to the war in Ukraine, is ready to lead ground operations in Romania and Bulgaria in the event of a war, Major General...

The discussions about the budget for next year were very successful, and all goals have been fulfilled so far, Donal McGettigan, who heads the delegation of the International Monetary Fund, commented after a meeting with Serbian Finance Minister Siniša Mali...

Deeper cuts to the UK’s diplomatic mission in Brussels risks undermining what remains of British influence in the EU, UK MPs have warned. 

There is currently no evidence of radicalisation of the Muslim community in the Czech Republic, Czech Interior Minister Vít Rakušan (STAN) said on Sunday in light of increasing terrorism-related incidents across the EU.  “At this point, we have no indication...

The ECR-aligned Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party’s chairman, Richard Sulík, plans to step down from his post next March, meaning the party will vote on his replacement while Sulík, an EU-criticising former MEP, focuses his energy on running in the...

Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán took a swipe at the EU on Monday, describing it as a ‘poorly executed contemporary parody’ of the Soviet Union, after the EU Parliament urged the Commission to resist Hungary’s €13 billion rule of law ‘extortion’....

Hamas on 23 October said it had freed two Israeli women who were among the more than 200 hostages the terrorist group holds while sources said the US had advised Israel to hold off on a ground assault in the Gaza Strip.

Portugal’s justice minister will speed up the process of analysing the request for Portuguese citizenship made by an Israeli hostage of the Islamist movement Hamas, Foreign Minister João Gomes Cravinho said on Monday, describing the matter as one of “great...