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.

Hungary's public broadcaster -- long accused of being a mouthpiece for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's nationalist Fidesz party -- on Thursday (30 May) hosted its first election debate in nearly 20 years.

The vote on the UN resolution on the Srebrenica massacre in July 1995 has led to unexpected pre-election tensions in Bulgaria, with the GERB party of former prime minister Boyko Borisov (EPP) accused of adopting a pro-Russian position in the final days of the pre-election campaign.

An amended Polish resolution on the use of conscience clauses on abortion has come into force, requiring hospitals to have a doctor on site able to perform an abortion in certain circumstances - a significant change in a country with one of the strictest abortion laws in Europe.

An assassination attempt against Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on 15 May has had a significant impact on the electorate, recent polls suggest, as his Smer party seems to have gained significant ground ahead of the EU elections.

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.