Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's approach to the war in Gaza is a "mistake," US President Joe Biden said in an interview published on Tuesday (9 April), offering further criticism of Israel's handling of the conflict.

Europe's top rights court on Tuesday (9 April) said Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change in a historic decision that could force governments to adopt more ambitious climate policies.

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating a Boeing whistleblower's claims that the company dismissed safety and quality concerns in the production of the planemaker's 787 and 777 jets, an agency spokesperson said on Tuesday (9 April).

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Bulgaria appoints new caretaker government with sudden foreign minister switch, Sánchez to embark on European tour to push for Palestinian recognition, and so much more.

Speaking from the United States on Tuesday (9 April), EU Competition Commissioner Magrethe Vestager announced new investigations into Chinese-supplied wind farms in Europe and pitched a fresh international approach to protect clean tech from unfair competition.

Last year's coup in Niger could bring about a surge in irregular arrivals to the EU, Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said on Tuesday (9 April), the eve of a key vote on overhauling the bloc's migration rules ahead of a June election.

The candidates of the extremist party Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), running in the European and local elections on 9 June, have pledged to "combat globalists and Satanists" while defending Romanian values such as sovereignty, family, and church.

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev appointed the new caretaker government on Tuesday, which included a last-minute change in the foreign minister's post, which will remain in place until early elections in June.

The government of Prime Minister Robert Fico is engaged in “an extremely tough professional and political discussion” regarding the changes to the Criminal Code and the abolition of the Special Prosecutor’s Office, Fico said in a recent press conference.

Driven by political motivations and the upcoming EU elections, European regulators have unleashed a storm of enforcement actions and investigations related to the Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA), experts told Euractiv.

New research by Statistics Poland (CBOS) found that 74.8% of Poles oppose the army of Poland or any other NATO country getting involved in the conflict, with only 10.2% favouring such support.

The UN nuclear watchdog's Board of Governors will hold an emergency meeting at the request of both Ukraine and Russia to discuss attacks on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, after the enemies accused each other of drone attacks.

In an unprecedented move, the Italian government released its Economic and Financial Document (DEF) without any programmatic targets on deficit and debt and excluding the impact of the measures the government plans for the budget law. 

Backed by more than 600,000 signatures and with the support of numerous NGOs, the Spanish parliament on Tuesday took the first legislative step towards approving a citizen’s initiative calling for the regularisation of half a million undocumented foreigners living in Spain.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will embark on a trip to rally European allies behind Madrid’s initiative to recognise the Palestinian state, with visits to Norway, Ireland, Belgium, and Slovenia, and a meeting in Madrid with Portugal’s new prime minister, Spanish government sources confirmed on Tuesday.

The head of the Czech Confederation of Industry told Euractiv.cz that he hopes the upcoming European Elections will “generate” politicians who prioritise easing the industry’s growing regulation burden.

Russia and Kazakhstan ordered more than 100,000 people to evacuate after swiftly melting snow swelled mighty rivers beyond bursting point in the worst flooding in the area for at least 70 years.

The head of the EU’s auditing body warned that there is “absolutely” a risk that recent news of the alleged embezzlement of hundreds of millions of euros from the bloc’s pandemic recovery fund could reoccur in future.

In this episode of our ‘Today in the EU’ podcast we’re looking into the vote of the controversial migration pact.

EU leaders are expected to put food security at the heart of bloc’s agricultural policy for the next five years, according to a leaked draft of the outline of the EU’s Strategic Agenda obtained by Euractiv.