Donald Trump was shot in the ear during a Saturday (13 July) campaign rally, streaking the Republican presidential candidate's blood across his face and prompting his security agents to swarm him.

European leaders defended US President Joe Biden after a number of gaffes during a NATO summit while the continent's media took them as further evidence he was not fit to defeat Donald Trump in November's presidential election.

The European Central Bank has overreached in pushing Italian bank UniCredit to get out of Russia, Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Friday (12 July).

The United States should realise that Iran will not respond to pressure, President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian said in a statement published on Saturday (13 July), in which he also highlighted his country's friendship with China and Russia.

Ahead of next week's European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg, German Conservative MEP Peter Liese (CDU, EPP) outlined his centre-right group's priorities for the new term, including the urgent revision of the EU's Medical Devices Regulation.

With no majority emerging in the French parliament following the July 7 legislative elections, President Emmanuel Macron has to deal with opposition parties trying to interfere in the appointment of a future French commissioner.

Recent advancements in low-carbon fuels for ships will likely mean new verification and reporting requirements. But the flexibility of ships has made for unique challenges – and opportunities.

Europe as a centre for health technology innovation has taken off in recent years with dozens of European companies leading the way in developing innovative solutions with the potential to raise the standard of healthcare and health systems globally.

For many Europeans, flipping a light switch or turning the faucet for warm water is an unremarkable action, yet around 42 million people across Europe could not warm their homes effectively, the EESC is demanding more action.

The non-inscrits are often overlooked in the European parliament, but what are they? Who are they? And what, if anything, does it mean to be non-inscrit?

The Finnish Parliament passed a controversial law, on Friday (12 July), aimed at stopping asylum seekers at the Finnish-Russian border, with Moscow being accused of using migrants to put pressure on the Finnish borders. 

On Thursday (11 July) the bloc dropped the target of making the use of photos taken by farmers with their smartphones mandatory by 2027, in a setback for ambitions to digitise Common Agricultural Policy checks on farmers.

Europe's insurance sector became the latest to join the chorus of EU interest groups calling on the next Commission to foster a more pro-business regulatory framework - first and foremost, by following through with its pledge to slash reporting obligations by 25%.

The EU Commission legally bound Apple to committments to open its 'pay and tap' technology and opened up a front with Elon Musk's X.

Germany’s plans to reduce the scope of its national supply chain due diligence law, in line with the EU directive that will enter into force later this month, could collide with EU law, legal experts told Euractiv.

The European Commission accused social media platform X of breaching the Digital Services Act (DSA) over its verified accounts policy and lapses in transparency, in preliminary findings released on Friday (12 July).

In Ukraine, the efforts by the government and international NGOs to clear mines are falling short of the urgent needs of farmers, who often do the work themselves.

Despite the adoption of the European Chips Act, the EU electronics manufacturing industry is set to decline, undermining European security, industrial resiliency, and competitiveness.

Is openness at the heart of the EU’s competitiveness strategy? Euractiv spoke with Lorenzo Frollini founder, CEO & CTO of Flywallet, a wearable technology, biometrics and AI company. Frollini explains why Flywallet supports open digital ecosystems. 

The level of disinformation in national elections, such as the recent ones in France and the UK, was higher than in the previous European elections, disinformation experts said in recently published reports.