Geothermal energy is the first item on the agenda of an informal meeting of EU energy ministers on Friday and Saturday (16-17 July) in Budapest, where they will discuss how to overcome barriers to the deployment of this under-exploited energy source.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will reveal her position on whether she will support a second term for Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after the latter presents her programme to Meloni's hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group on Tuesday, just days before EU lawmakers confirm her candidacy in a secret ballot.

US President Joe Biden used the formal setting of the White House Oval Office on Sunday (14 July) to ask Americans to lower the political temperature and remember they are neighbors after a would-be assassin wounded Republican rival Donald Trump.

Although geothermal energy plays a small part of the EU’s renewable energy mix, it has significant potential as a stable and local source in the Unions quest for energy independence.

Ahead of a discussion on the future of cohesion policy with German Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP/Renew) in Brussels on Monday (15 July), Bavarian CSU has warned against centralising the funds, mulled by the Commission, or cuts, mulled by Berlin.

The "arc of conflict and instability" threatening Europe's borders will be the focus of the upcoming European Political Community (EPC) meeting near London, the UK's new government said on Saturday (13 July).

An Israeli airstrike killed at least 90 Palestinians in a designated humanitarian zone in Gaza on Saturday (13 July), the enclave's health ministry said, in an attack that Israel said targeted Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif.

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%.