The United States on Thursday (30 May) condemned a decision by Venezuela to revoke an invitation for the EU to observe its July presidential election, calling on Caracas to reconsider the move.

The Czech National Committee of the International Press Institute (CZ IPI) has expressed concerns about possible violations of the principles of free journalism at Slovakia's television Markíza, which is owned by the Czech investment group PPF, as its editors threaten to go on strike.

In the most heated moments of the first German EU election debate on Thursday (30 May), centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) chief Manfred Weber was at pains to reconcile his opposition to the EU’s combustion-engine ban with his support for Ursula von der Leyen, who notably abstained.

Europe is facing a “generational shift” in its economic architecture that will cause inflation to be structurally higher than at any period since the early 1980s, two leading BNP Paribas economists told Euractiv, warning that high price pressures and high interest rates will be the new normal.

Portugal’s Securities Market Commission (CMV) has fined Alpac Capital, the owner of Euronews and Nascer do Sol newspapers, and two managers more than €100,000 for failing to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.

Nearly one in ten of Italian youth live in poverty with 60% believing a job will do little to lift them out of it according to a new report that starkly contrasts with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s remarks that her party has reduced the risk of poverty.

Intense shelling and gunfire rocked Rafah in southern Gaza on Thursday (30 May), after Israel declared it had seized a strategic corridor along the Palestinian territory's border with Egypt.

The Liberal candidate in the Danish European elections, Alexandra Sasha (Venstre/Renew Europe), announced on Thursday that she was withdrawing from the race after the press reported that she had links to Russia, allegations she has denied.

European Commission and Baltic countries' representatives gathered in Tallinn on Wednesday (29 May) to lay the foundation stone for the Ülemiste passenger terminal, a key part of the 'Rail Baltica' project that aims to connect Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania with the European network via high-speed rail.

Ukraine’s environment has been the “silent victim” of the Russian invasion, according to Ukrainian environment minister Ruslan Strilets, but thanks to app-wielding Ukrainian citizens, he can now put a price on the damage – more than €56 billion so far.

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Pig producers across the EU should deliver higher welfare standards than the EU Pig Directive currently requires, say activists who are now calling for better practices and additional measures to ensure pig welfare.

Donald Trump became the first US president convicted of a crime on Thursday (30 May) when a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying documents

To mark the European Week Against Cancer, Euractiv met with Professor Jean-Yves Blay, Director of Public Policy for the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) to assess what has been achieved to date and what is still on the ‘to do’ list for combating cancer.

EU leaders reaffirmed their support for free trade on Thursday (30 May) despite the US's top trade official's recent explicit denial that Washington would continue to support barrier-free commerce.

With only a small part of the pledged shells to be delivered to Ukraine next month under the Czech ammunition initiative, Prague stepped up calls on its European allies on Thursday (30 May) to fulfill their commitments and help shop ammunition abroad for Kyiv.

Seventeen years ago the European Council made a commitment to construct up to twelve carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration plants by 2015. Heads of government agreed that greenhouse gas emissions could not be reduced to the extent needed without use of the technology. Yet today there is still no CO2 being stored within the EU on anything other than a pilot basis.

While EU policymakers hope to mobilise more private capital for investments through the Capital Markets Union (CMU), high capital requirements prevent insurance companies from “playing a bigger role”, industry association Insurance Europe said.

On Thursday (30 May), the EU executive made it easier to exempt farmers from the requirements to receive subsidies in case of exceptional weather events, and will next week propose relaxing the obligation to use geo-tagged photos for control purposes.

A controversial amnesty law passed by the Spanish parliament on Thursday may have to overcome the hurdle of the EU Court of Justice, as well as other legal barriers before Spain's Supreme Court and Constitutional Court, to which Partido Popular (EPP), the main opposition force, will appeal to try to stop it.