Slovak farmers are prepared to join their European counterparts in the week-long protests that have rocked many countries in recent weeks, the Slovak Chamber of Agriculture and Food (SPPK) said, adding that the EU’s “green fanaticism” was to blame.

On Sunday, Parisians voted to increase parking charges for sport utility vehicles (SUVs), but the opposition jumped to call it a democratic, ecological and social farce.

Spain’s minimum wage will rise from the current €1,050 to €1,134 gross per month, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (PSOE/S&D) announced at a rally on Saturday.

Taylor Swift trended again. This time not for her music but due to violent deepfakes of the artist that flooded the platform X. EU policymakers now have a historic chance to protect women from sexualised deepfakes – if they are up for the task.

The leader of Germany’s conservative Christian Democrats, Friedrich Merz, is convinced his party will lead the next federal government, he said in his weekly newsletter on Saturday, outlining potential coalition partners.

Following failed interinstitutional negotiations over the platform work directive last week, the Belgium Presidency circulated yet another draft text, which significantly waters down the file’s flagship chapter on the legal presumption of employment.

Protesters and police clashed in the Senegalese capital Dakar and at least one senior opposition figure was arrested Sunday (4 February), a day after President Macky Sall announced the indefinite postponement of the presidential election.

Poland has introduced stricter controls on agri-food products at the Ukrainian border to protect its domestic market from an uncontrolled influx of  products, Deputy Agriculture Minister Michał Kołodziejczak said over the weekend.

The European Union is failing to supply Ukraine with enough ammunition on time, and the logical solution is to use EU funds to buy ammunition abroad, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský told Czech reporters over the weekend.

European solar panel manufacturers have warned they are “poised to shut down manufacturing lines” unless the EU takes emergency measures to save the sector, such as a buy-out of their inventories, which have piled up in recent years due to an influx of cheaper versions from China.

The European Green Party has renewed its pledge to cater for farmers and agreed to try to bring forward the EU's climate neutrality targets at this weekend's congress in Lyon in an attempt to fend off right-wing 'attacks' on the party and the Green Deal.

ResQ Biotech has become the first Greek company to receive a European Research Council Proof of Concept Grant, for the enhancement of its innovative biotechnologies, and the development of new drugs against diseases caused by protein misfolding.

Adoption of the European Health Data Space regulation is expected soon, but Sweden is scrambling to prepare for the digital leap, unsure of an implementation timeline or the financial cost.

Bulgaria's parliament has adopted measures to reduce the misuse of public money in the purchase of drugs for cancer patients, attempting to sidestep an infringement procedure launched by the European Commission.

Czechia is making significant strides in the fight against cancer, leveraging the EU's recovery funding to enhance its oncology infrastructure.

The EU’s new pharma legislation may well be the medicine Europe needs to reinvigorate biotech innovation, but has it got its prescription right?

In this week's edition: EU's Middle East struggle, Ukraine aid and a bunch of 'increasingly uncomfortable' member states.

Northern Ireland's parliament appointed an Irish nationalist as First Minister for the first time on Saturday (3 February), a historic milestone in a state established a century ago to ensure the dominance of pro-British unionists.

Azerbaijan will hold snap leadership elections Wednesday (7 February) with President Ilham Aliyev poised to secure a fifth term on a wave of popularity fuelled by his army's sweeping victory over Armenian separatists.

The United States and Britain launched strikes against 36 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday (3 February), in the second day of major US operations against Iran-linked groups following a deadly attack on American troops last weekend.