The EU Commission legally bound Apple to committments to open its 'pay and tap' technology and opened up a front with Elon Musk's X.

Germany’s plans to reduce the scope of its national supply chain due diligence law, in line with the EU directive that will enter into force later this month, could collide with EU law, legal experts told Euractiv.

The European Commission accused social media platform X of breaching the Digital Services Act (DSA) over its verified accounts policy and lapses in transparency, in preliminary findings released on Friday (12 July).

In Ukraine, the efforts by the government and international NGOs to clear mines are falling short of the urgent needs of farmers, who often do the work themselves.

Despite the adoption of the European Chips Act, the EU electronics manufacturing industry is set to decline, undermining European security, industrial resiliency, and competitiveness.

Is openness at the heart of the EU’s competitiveness strategy? Euractiv spoke with Lorenzo Frollini founder, CEO & CTO of Flywallet, a wearable technology, biometrics and AI company. Frollini explains why Flywallet supports open digital ecosystems. 

The level of disinformation in national elections, such as the recent ones in France and the UK, was higher than in the previous European elections, disinformation experts said in recently published reports.

The German hydrogen funding vehicle H2Global has contracted an UAE-linked firm for a quarter million tonnes of hydrogen for €200 million, to be delivered from 2027.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the far-right VOX breaking off regional deals with the right-wing PP party, the new Patriots for Europe group facing its first rift, and so much more.

Ukraine seized a foreign cargo ship on the Danube River and detained the captain on suspicion of helping Moscow export Ukrainian grain from Russian-occupied Crimea, officials said on Thursday (11 July).

Romania's government on Thursday approved a national artificial intelligence strategy for 2024-2027, falling in line with EU ambitions for the bloc to become a global leader in the field.

Poland, Germany, France and Italy signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday to develop ground-launched cruise missiles with a range of more than 500 kilometres as they gathered on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington.

US intelligence discovered that Russia planned to assassinate the chief executive of German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall, which has been producing artillery shells and military vehicles for Ukraine, CNN and the New York Times reported on Thursday (11 July).

Cracks are appearing in the newly formed far-right Patriots for Europe group, with France’s Rassemblement National opposing Italy’s Lega’s proposal for the vice presidency of the group.

Smer-SD (NI) will not join Viktor Orban's new Patriots for Europe group, said party leader and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, citing a lack of alignment with left-wing or social-democratic principles while criticising the European Socialists for rejecting Smer's re-entry.

The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) remains optimistic about its candidate Ursula von der Leyen reaching the necessary EU Parliament majority next week to get re-elected at the EU Commission’s helm; However, work is being done to convince the suspected deviants as “nothing can be taken for granted”.

Spain's far-right VOX party has broken off its coalition agreements with the centre-right Partido Popular (PP/EPP) in five regions, VOX leader Santiago Abascal said on Thursday, after the PP agreed to the government's proposed measure to take in hundreds of unaccompanied minors, despite VOX previously saying it would not accept it.

Opposition protesters pelted Albania's government building and a mayor's office with petrol bombs late on Thursday (11 July), accusing Prime Minister Edi Rama of corruption and demanding his resignation.

European Movement International (EMI) will send a new letter to European Commission Vice-President Věra Jourová, along with several other European and journalist organisations, requesting an investigation into the state of press freedom in Italy, Euractiv has learnt.

Northern and Eastern EU countries will not send any minister to Hungary during the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU in protest with Viktor Orban’s rogue trip to Moscow.