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The EU should use its influence to convey a message to Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority to stay out of Israel’s fight in Gaza, the Israeli ambassador to the EU and NATO told Euractiv on Tuesday (10 October). “A key...

The British Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a preliminary enforcement notice against Snapchat last Friday (6 October) due to the social platform possibly failing to assess the privacy risks of “My AI”, its artificial intelligence (AI) bot. My AI is...

A subsea gas pipeline and a telecommunications cable connecting Finland and Estonia have both sustained damage, and the location of the outage has been identified, the Finnish government said on Tuesday (10 October).

Paris and Berlin will aim to clear their differences over the EU’s proposed power market reform by November, the leaders of the two countries announced on Tuesday (10 October).

Europe is a safe haven for spyware companies due to ineffective action from the European Council and Commission in regulating the export of spyware and surveillance technology, according to a report published Monday (9 September) by Amnesty International.

Liberians began voting Tuesday (10 October) on whether to give football legend George Weah a second term as president, with peace among voters' main concerns in a nation still scarred by back-to-back civil wars.

PFAS has recently become a hot topic with more and more research being done into the subject. However, in the recent restriction proposal one key stage of the substance’s life is being underestimated: the waste stage. To fully understand the impact of a ban, it is crucial that we pay attention also to the presence of PFAS in waste.

Ahead of a crucial vote on Thursday (12 October), the centrist Renew group has signalled they will align with the centre-right EPP and ultraconservative ECR groups in backing a milder version of the Euro 7 proposal.

When China announced a surprise deal restoring ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran this year, it signalled Beijing's desire to be a diplomatic heavyweight. However, the crisis in Israel and Gaza threatens to expose the limits of that ambition.

The German government aims to tackle the issue of high patient costs and mediocre life expectancy with the help of a new disease prevention institute, a move that is broadly supported by the health community while the financing aspect is left unclear.

Members of the European Parliament from both industry and budget committees voted in favour of the creation of a Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) on Monday (9 October), largely broadening its scope from the Commission proposal and asking for more fresh cash from member states.

Students in the Netherlands are taking ADHD medication without a doctor’s prescription in an attempt to help themselves study.

Germany’s two most influential business associations, BDEW and BDI, have launched a last-minute push in support of the EU buildings directive, in a bid to persuade lawmakers to adopt an ambitious stance on housing renovation.

According to the World Health Organisation Europe, some 36 million Europeans – or one in 30 – may have experienced the so-called long COVID so far. Now a major Swedish research study will try to determine if Pfizer’s anti-viral Paxlovid has any effect on patients suffering from long COVID.

Major international air carriers suspended or scaled back flights to or from Tel Aviv, while Russia banned night flights to Israel, after a surprise attack by Hamas terrorists over the weekend and a threat of escalating conflict raised safety concerns.

Whoever leads the Commission once von der Leyen’s current term ends in mid-2024 will thus face budget woes that, if not addressed, risk putting the entire EU project in jeopardy.

Europe's focus on synthetic fuels to make combustion engine vehicles carbon neutral is a dangerous distraction, one that will see EU industry cede further ground to Asian electric vehicle manufacturers, argues Julia Poliscanova.

The Council of Europe on Monday (9 October) awarded its top rights prize to jailed Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala, who has come under repeated attack from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the German far-right eyeing government responsibility after huge election gains, Albanian medical students protesting ongoing controversial university policy., and so much more.

Medical students in Albania are protesting against recent government changes to a law aimed at stopping the mass immigration of doctors and nurses and strengthening the local healthcare system. Albania has the lowest number of doctors and nurses per capita...