Ukraine has received less than a third of the one million artillery shells the EU has promised to deliver by March, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday (26 February).

Rare Disease Day, 29 February, marks a moment in which Europe is facing a generational opportunity to scale up programmes capable of improving millions of lives. A new data-led, 360-comprehensive strategy is called for by rare disease experts.

For the fifth consecutive year, Poland is swimming in the slow lane, ranking last in the latest edition of the Contraception Policy Atlas Europe 2024. 

Despite Belgium's prominent position as Europe's second-largest biotech industry and its significant achievements in medical innovation, the pursuit of fast and sustainable access to life-saving therapies remains problematic, for Belgium and Europe.  

Under pressure from the member states, the European Commission is preparing "a series of actions" aimed at improving the position of farmers in the food chain and protecting them against unfair trading practices.

Hungary gave its green light on Monday (26 February) for Sweden to join NATO, thereby removing the final hurdle and paving the way for Sweden to become the military alliance's 32nd full member.

Pushing back against domestic pressure, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz openly spoke out on Monday (26 February) against the delivery of Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine, citing the risk of Germany becoming involved in the war.

EU agriculture ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday (26 February) urged the EU executive to ‘reorientate’ the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after the Commission's 'simplification' package was deemed insufficient and farmers took to the streets of Brussels once again.

The European Socialists group's final draft electoral manifesto, obtained by Euractiv, reshuffled its foreign policy priorities while adding various measures to support the agricultural sector amid protests across the continent.

EU sanctions on Russia are being “massively circumvented” via third countries, a study released on Monday (26 February) revealed, corroborating mounting concerns that large portions of European exports to other jurisdictions are ultimately re-directed to Russia.

The West has often been misguided about Belarus, just as it has been about Russia, but Vladimir Putin has also miscalculated in his plans to create a string of vassal states at Russia’s Western borders, modelled on Minsk.

Lately, Europe’s political agenda has been dominated by new deals for industry and competitiveness, where acting for increased sustainability is pitched against economic profitability - this is a false narrative, argues Adeline Rochet.

As heads of state travel to Paris for Monday's (26 February) extraordinary summit on Ukraine, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico slammed the West's broader strategy towards the conflict, claiming that it had opted for a "total escalation of tensions".

Europeans should have more say when it comes to spending the EU budget, as a way to boost citizens' participation in EU policymaking, a panel of experts on democratic processes said during a Euractiv event on Thursday (22 February).

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As the European Parliament works on a revision of the regulation on microplastics, EU lawmakers and NGOs travelled outside Brussels to see for themselves the scale and impact of plastic pellet pollution on site.

Effective enforcement mechanisms to combat deepfakes are vital, considering the transnational nature of deepfakes and the potential for circumventing regulations, writes Cristina Vanberghen.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Bulgaria having a real shot at entering the eurozone in 2025, former Czech commissioners calling for the euro adoption, and so much more.

The world's trade ministers gathered in the UAE on Monday (26 February) for a high-level WTO meeting with no clear prospects for breakthroughs, amid geopolitical tensions and disagreements.

In a year of European elections, it’s time to shape the social Europe we want. A new social contract, empowering skills and appropriate regulation to handle digitalisation: these are the needed ingredients for futureproof labour markets that work for all.