The parliament of Spain's Catalonia region is set to elect a new leader this week, although the event may be upstaged by the return of its former leader from self-imposed exile, despite a pending warrant for his arrest.

With Giorgia Meloni, Italy has probably the most openly anti-abortion prime minister in western Europe, but terminating pregnancies in the majority-Catholic country that hosts the Vatican has never been easy.

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her newly selected vice presidential running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, campaigned for the first time together on Tuesday (6 June) in Philadelphia.

According to Swedish specialists, prioritising care for osteoporosis patients reduces fractures and saves lives and money. More investment is needed to deal with under-diagnosis and under-treatment in Sweden, they say. 

European Union governments approved on Tuesday (6 August) the first regular payment to Ukraine of €4.2 billion ($4.58 billion) of the €50 billion the EU has set aside as financial support for Kyiv.

A deadly virus affecting sheep and goat continues to ravage Greek and Romanian farms, prompting both governments to impose restrictions on animal transport to curb the disease’s spread.

The European Medicines Agency's human medicines committee has triggered outrage among patients by recommending the revocation of a market authorisation for a medicine used in the treatment of a rare liver disease.

A return of Donald Trump to the White House could fragment the global economic order and potentially trigger a full decoupling between US-allied countries and China, say experts.

OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, has developed a text watermarking tool that could help it comply with the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, but the company has yet to release it, reportedly because it fears losing users. 

Venezuela's opposition leaders on Monday (5 August) appealed to the army, the main pillar of support for President Nicolás Maduro, to turn on him and "take the side of the people" after his disputed reelection.

Digital technologies are transforming urban governance. European cities leverage Local Digital Twins and Platforms for smart transition, but face strategic, procurement, and implementation challenges. European Commission initiatives can help bridge the digital divide and promote inclusive and smarter urban environments.

A Polish man will stand trial in Denmark on Tuesday (6 August) over an attack on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in central Copenhagen in early June, facing charges of assaulting a public official.

Chinese tech giants including Huawei and Baidu as well as startups are stockpiling high bandwidth memory (HBM) semiconductors from Samsung Electronics in anticipation of US curbs on exports of the chips to China, three sources said.

The British government said on Monday (5 August) officials were examining the role foreign states had played in amplifying disinformation online which had helped fuel violent protests, while warning social media firms they had to do more to stop it.

At least five US personnel were injured in an attack against a military base in Iraq on Monday (5 August), US officials said, as the Middle East braced for a possible new wave of attacks by Iran and its allies.

Bangladesh's military was in control of the country on Tuesday (6 August) after mass protests forced longtime ruler Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee.

A Russian pianist and anti-war activist has died in prison after going on hunger strike, his mother said, in what the European Union called a shocking case of political repression.

Israeli’s policy of strategic ambiguity over its nuclear weapons arsenal makes it “difficult to know” how close the current crisis in the Middle East is to escalating into a nuclear war, a leading anti-nuclear weapons group has warned.

Consumer organisations allege X's artificial intelligence (AI) tool is in violation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in a complaint filed with the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Monday (5 August).

Tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EV) will likely boost investments in new European factories, which is good news but could also undermine Europe’s industrial base, to address this challenge the EU needs to strengthen and unify its investment rules, writes Tobias Gehrke.