Pursuing her goal for gender balance on the EU high table, European Commission President  Ursula von der Leyen has been able to make smaller member states change their mind, as three of them withdrew their male candidate, however, gender balance is unlikely to be achieved.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who visited Poland on Thursday (12 September), did not confirm that the United States will permit Ukraine to fire Western-supplied missiles into Russian territory, but left the possibility open.

Millions of Europeans are depriving themselves of essential goods such as healthcare and food due to lack of money, a new survey published by Ipsos and French charity Secours Populaire on Thursday (12 September) reveals.

The EU is trusting those benefiting from human smuggling and trafficking through Libya to stop it. Unsurprisingly, the result is shaky and unsustainable, writes Anrike Visser.

The European Union’s top court ruled on Thursday (12 September) that a Hungarian decree setting regulated prices for basic foodstuffs undermines fair competition, in a dispute first brought before a national court by international retailer SPAR.

French Economic and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire announced on Thursday (12 September) that he would not stay in post after the new government is announced next week, taking on a professorship in economic policy and geopolitics at the University of Lausanne, saying "love you and leave you" in his farewell speech.

Europe's transition to renewable power is rapidly accelerating, with a growing range of technologies and actors coming together in innovative ways to power our cities, homes and businesses. This map shows inspiring examples of successful local energy solutions.

United Nations chief António Guterres has defended the work of body’s Security Council amid talk of its ineffectiveness in the current global context,  in an interview with Euractiv's partner EFE.

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) launched a cross-border inquiry into Google's compliance with privacy laws in processing EU citizen's data for its artificial intelligence (AI) model PaLM 2, according to a Thursday (12 September) press release.

Turkey said it condemned this week's signing of a roadmap to boost two-way defence co-operation between the United States and the Republic of Cyprus.

The EU Migration Pact did not close the debate on Europe and its borders. This week, both in national and EU politics, it has been proven that migration remains as potent an issue as ever.

The US supports creating two permanent United Nations Security Council seats for African states and one seat to be rotated among small island developing states, US Ambassador to the UN will announce on Thursday (12 September).

Presidential elections in the United States (US) always bring uncertainties and surprises, and this one is no exception. From Trump’s judicial cases to his attack, as well as the sudden shift from Joe Biden's Democratic candidacy to Kamala Harris, the whole world is watching – and rightly so.

Europe prides itself on leading the charge for sustainability but when it comes to transitioning to a circular economy it has been stagnating. Despite consistent legislative efforts and ambitious rhetoric, the EU is still far from reaching its ambition to double its circularity rate by 2030.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Bulgaria giving Ukraine more time to buy its Russia-made nuclear reactors, Berlin eyeing the rollback of its liberalised power market, and so much more. 

The US and British foreign ministers met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday (11 September), unveiling new support but no breakthrough on the long-range strikes into Russia desperately sought by Ukraine.

Russia should clearly state its willingness to use nuclear weapons against countries that "support NATO aggression in Ukraine", according to an influential foreign policy hawk.

As Germany is to start checks at all its land borders, clarifications from the authorities on how such checks will work suggest that the actual disruption to those crossing the border could be less than anticipated.

Italy will not present its new budget plan until next month, missing the European Union's September deadline, because parliament wants the Treasury to factor in upcoming revisions to economic growth data for 1995-2023, a minister said.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is certainly no poster child for democracy in Europe and most Americans have never heard of him, but he does have at least one fan in the United States: Donald Trump.