The United Nations' highest court on Friday (2 February) ruled that it will hear a case in which Kyiv has asked it to declare it did not commit genocide in eastern Ukraine, as Russia claimed as a pretext for attacking its smaller neighbour.

The US military launched airstrikes on Friday (2 February) in Iraq and Syria against more than 85 targets linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and the militias it backs, in retaliation for last weekend's attack in Jordan that killed three US troops.

A Serbian appeals court acquitted four former intelligence officers jailed for the brutal 1999 murder of journalist Slavko Curuvija, a fierce critic of late strongman Slobodan Milosevic.

The changes to the Slovak criminal code being hurried through parliament by Robert Fico's government have seen weekly protests led by the opposition, expressions of concern by the Prosecutor General's office and even backlash from within the ranks of the ruling coalition.

The European Council and Parliament reached a provisional agreement on Thursday (1 February) on legislation aimed at ensuring the smooth functioning of the single market during crises.

Germany’s largest opposition party, the conservative CDU, blocked a decisive vote on parts of the annual budget scheduled for Friday (2 February), leaving unresolved the feud over agricultural subsidies that had led to mass protests of farmers in recent weeks.

Diplomats agree that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni played a key role in taming Viktor Orban during the extraordinary EU summit on Thursday (1 February). Their ideological closeness helped – which possibly augurs a bright future for Meloni.

Last week, Spanish lorries full of fruit, vegetables, wine and ham were dumped by French farmers during blockades in south-east France and Brittany. The row continued this Tuesday.

The European Commission published on Friday (2 February) its annual work programme for European standardisation, with four out of eight policy priorities addressing standard setting in technology, and quantum computation infrastructure topping the list.

The ambassadors of the 27 countries of the European Union unanimously adopted the world’s first comprehensive rulebook for Artificial Intelligence, rubber-stamping the political agreement that was reached in December.

In a letter dated Tuesday (30 January), MEPs expressed their concerns about the independence of Hungary’s appointed authority to enforce the EU’s Digital Services Act.

2024 will be a busy year for French green policy, according to the broad outlines of the agenda presented by Ecological Transition Minister Christophe Béchu on Wednesday (31 January).

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European consumers will have the right to have common household appliances, including mobile phones, repaired, while EU countries will have to produce schemes to boost repair rates according to a new law adopted on Friday (2 February).

At a time of increasing geopolitical uncertainty, is predicting the future of the world economy useful - or even possible?

Following a political provisional agreement on the migration pact reached by EU institutions last December, the European Parliament will hold the first vote of formal approval in its plenary session in April, according to a note from the Parliament's agenda-setting body, seen by Euractiv.

In the heart of Europe lies a society held captive by its own leadership, a tale of deepening division under the watch of Hungary's self-proclaimed 'street fighter' Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, writes Gergely Hajdu.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the Bulgarian PM saying a mini Schengen between Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece would be illegal, the Swedish NATO application being on Hungary’s agenda but delays are still expected, and so much more.

Army chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi laid out a set of priorities for Ukraine and named challenges blighting the country's war effort in an opinion piece published on Thursday after several media outlets reported that he could be dismissed from his post.

Negotiations on the EU-Mercosur common free trade agreement have been halted, confirmed French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday following the European Council meeting, effectively cancelling an EU Commissioner’s trip hours before he was meant to travel to Brazil to sign it.