Ilaria Salis, an Italian anti-fascist activist on trial in Hungary for allegedly attacking neo-Nazis last year, returned to Italy on Saturday after being released from house arrest a few days earlier following her election as a member of the new European Parliament.

The Spanish government has no intention of calling snap elections before the 2027 general election, even if Catalan separatists withdraw their support from the executive and the 2025 national budget is not approved, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (PSOE/S&D) said in an interview on Sunday.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expects Ursula von der Leyen to be re-elected as President of the European Commission after emerging as a strong contender from the EU elections while reiterating his pre-conditions to nominate his fellow countrywoman.

France's centre-right former president Nicolas Sarkozy has spoken out against current President Emmanuel Macron's decision to dissolve the National Assembly following his crushing defeat to Marine Le Pen’s far-right Rassemblement National in the European elections.

Opposing rallies took place in Kyiv on Sunday (16 June), illustrating persisting divisions in Ukrainian society on the issue of LGBTQ rights.

The new Apple and OpenAI partnership aiming to ingrate ChatGPT into Apple's operating systems, virtual assistant, and writing tools poses important questions about competition and privacy, experts told Euractiv.

Russian special forces freed two prison guards and shot dead six inmates linked to the Islamic State militant group who had taken them hostage at a detention centre in the southern city of Rostov on Sunday (16 June), Russian media said.

European environment ministers will gather in Luxembourg this morning (17 June) for the final Environment Council meeting of Belgium's EU Council Presidency, aiming to progress several outstanding Green Deal files.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticised plans announced by the military on Sunday(16 June) to hold daily tactical pauses in fighting along one of the main roads into Gaza to facilitate aid delivery into the Palestinian enclave.

As EU leaders meet on Monday (17 June) evening to discuss the bloc's top institutional jobs after the European election, a quick 'political agreement' might be in the cards.

Today, the heads of state and government of the 27 European Union member states will meet at an informal European Council dinner, and one of the topics on the agenda will be who will take the top jobs in the next Commission.

Environment Minister Leonore Gewessler announced that Austria would support the Nature Restoration Law, on Sunday (16 June), in the following day’s meeting with her 26 EU counterparts, opening the possibility that the contested text may be approved into European law

Though the Ukraine peace summit on Sunday (16 June) outlined a roadmap to peace, many key Global South countries - including Saudi Arabia, Mexico, India, Brazil, South Africa, and Indonesia - did not sign the final declaration.

In this week's edition: Ukraine peace push in Switzerland, G7 aftermath and accession talks progress.