The European Commission is too slow when it comes to retrieving misspent EU funds, the EU Court of Auditors said in a new report published on Tuesday (7 May), noting that it takes particularly long for money that goes into third countries.

The European Parliament sent on Monday (6 May) an internal notification to its staff, seen by Euractiv, about a data breach in the application PEOPLE, used for the recruitment of the institution's non-permanent staff.

Artificial intelligence has posed serious challenges to our understanding of copyright. General-purpose models are trained on massive amounts of text and images in order to produce tools that can answer to a vast array of prompts.

Distrustful of the freshly passed asylum and migration pact, EU countries and the European Commission have turned to third-country deals to curb irregular migration, thus finally aligning with Hungary, until recently criticised as a migration hardliner.

Europeans warned Israel on Tuesday (7 May) not to attempt a full take-over of the Rafah border crossing, the sole humanitarian gateway between Gaza and Egypt, with concerns growing over more casualties and less aid reaching the besieged exclave.

Europol's recent joint declaration with European police chiefs urges action against end-to-end encryption, citing concerns of possible justice obstruction, amid an ongoing debate about balancing data privacy with combating crime.

Vladimir Putin was sworn on Tuesday (7 May) for a fifth presidential mandate that will run until 2030, pledging that Russia “will win” in the conflict he personally started by invading Ukraine, and promising to those loyal to him to take the highest positions in the country.

Germany's biggest companies said Tuesday (7 May) they have formed an alliance to campaign against extremism ahead of the European Parliament elections, when the far right is projected to make strong gains.

Law enforcement officers raided the offices of far-right AfD lead candidate Maximilian Krah's team in the European Parliament in Brussels early on Tuesday (7 May) to search for evidence against his former aide, suspected to have worked for Beijing.

The EU must overcome its “ideological prejudice” against government spending and adopt state-led industrial policies similar to those in the US and China to boost its faltering economy, according to the vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs José Gusmão.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reiterated on Monday (6 May) his commitment to defend the Baltics in case of a Russian assault amid increasing hybrid attacks by Moscow against European countries.

In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Spain’s Sánchez urged to recognise Palestinian statehood at ministerial meeting, Czech far-right leader ready to back Ursula von der Leyen, but only if certain conditions are met, and so much more.

High-level Polish judge Tomasz Szmydt, loyal to the previous PiS (ECR) government, has requested political asylum in Belarus on Monday, calling it an act of “protest against Poland’s unjust and harmful policy” towards Moscow and Minsk.

Journalists at Italy's public broadcaster RAI went on strike on Monday to protest against staff shortages, budget cuts and the denial of fair contracts for those working on the network's news programmes - or what they called "suffocating control" by the government.

Ukrainian refugees under temporary protection in Sweden will be able to register much faster and receive a higher settlement allowance, the Swedish government announced on Monday, much to the dismay of the far right.

German State Minister for Europe Anna Lührmann (Greens) on Monday stressed the need to move to qualified majority voting to prepare for EU enlargement, citing lessons to be learned from Polish history.

Petr Mach, leader of the Czech far-right coalition for the upcoming European elections, is ready to support Ursula von der Leyen for a second term as European Commission president - but only if she is ready to accept a revote on the Green Deal and the Migration and Asylum Pact, Mach told Euractiv Czechia in an interview.

Friedrich Merz was re-elected as leader of Germany's conservative CDU on Monday, but the party's annual conference showed that it remains uncertain whether Merz will ultimately win the chancellorship.

China’s Xi Jinping and France’s Emmanuel Macron had “frank” discussions over all things trade tensions and war in Ukraine in Paris on Monday, but beneath a veneer of politeness and respect, significant divisions lie.

Malta’s former prime minister Joseph Muscat and current Prime Minister Robert Abela have been called out for attacking the judiciary as charges have been filed against the former in the latest instalment of a money laundering scandal that has sent shockwaves through the country and the Malta Labour Party (PES).