The European Commission announced that online fashion retailer Temu has been designated as a “very large online platform” (VLOP) under the Digital Services Act (DSA) on Friday (31 May).

An initiative to secure EU mobility rights for British musicians is gaining traction after Labour's shadow economy minister spoke in favour on Tuesday (28 May).

During a visit to Stockholm for a summit with Nordic leaders on Friday (31 May), Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson signed a bilateral security deal as part of a series of Swedish commitments to Ukraine made in recent days.

France's regulator Arcep is not fully on board with the European Commission's 'one-size-fits-all' approach to deregulating its telecoms sector, said president Laure de la Raudière, in a speech.

Big Tech should be made accountable for their environmental footprint at an EU level, by being incentivised to design digital services in a sustainable way, said Arcep’s President Laure de la Raudière, in a speech.

Ahead of the European Elections in June 2024, EHPM calls on the EU to recognise food supplements as important allies for European citizens’ health, and to promote policies that empower consumers, and enable the continued growth of the European food supplement sector in the next mandate.

Although the centre-left Lithuanian Social Democratic Party is currently polling well ahead of the rest in the run-up to the European elections, the outcome will largely depend on voter turnout, which is currently expected to be among the lowest, that could favour the current ruling Homeland Union-Christian Democrats of Lithuania.

On World No Tobacco Day (31 May), several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have joined to call for a swift EU action on tobacco control.

EU energy ministers committed to work towards deeper integration of the European electricity grid and to facilitate longer-term and more cross-border planning at Thursday's (30 May) meeting of the Energy Council, the last under Belgium's six-month Council presidency.

As thousands of Georgians are protesting their country’s shift towards an anti-Western policy and the adoption of Russian-style laws, the ruling Georgian Dream government has ramped up its disinformation tactics. Despite calls from the West and the biggest protests since...

At a breakfast meeting before Thursday's (30 May) Energy Council, the EU’s pro-renewables countries agreed to push the incoming Commission for more policies favouring their technology.

Attempts of European People’s Party (EPP) members to exclude the Greens from the post-election coalition majority “will backfire” in post-election negotiations, Green lead candidate Terry Reintke told Euractiv, after EPP members doubted the Greens’ suitability as a partner.

Against a backdrop of hybrid warfare and continuous security crises, Armenian civil society is striving to institutionalise mechanisms to combat disinformation.

Forests, trees and wood have always played a critical role for humanity and our future is intertwined with theirs. The coming years will reveal whether we manage to restore a most sustainable relationship with them and secure healthy forests for future generations.

Moldova's parliament denounced Russia's invasion of Ukraine as "genocide" in connection with Moscow's treatment of children in occupied areas, but the assembly's Moscow-friendly opposition parties refused to take part in the vote.

China has confirmed it will not attend a Ukraine peace conference to be hosted by Switzerland next month, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

President Joe Biden has quietly authorized Kyiv to launch US-supplied weapons at military targets inside Russia that are supporting an offensive against the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, four US officials said on Thursday (30 May).

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Poland restricting its conscience clause on abortion, a last minute attempt to reverse Bulgaria's position on the Srebrenica massacre causing pre-election tensions, and so much more.

The Slovenian government on Thursday (30 May) approved a decision to recognise an independent Palestinian state, Prime Minister Robert Golob said, following in the steps of Spain, Ireland and Norway.

The European Commission kicked off plans to boost investments in its AI sector back in 2018. But they were neither clearly defined, nor well coordinated, argued the European Court of Auditors (ECA) in a report released this week.