After Marine Le Pen’s far-right party announced to cut ties with their German counterpart AfD following the next European elections, the German party looks for ways to calm the waves by potentially making a drastic cut with their lead candidate.

Sweden's Centre Party will push for the Swedish Liberals to be expelled from their common Renew Europe group in the European Parliament after the EU elections if they continue cooperating with the far-right Sweden Democrats at the national level, the party's MEP Emma Wiesner said on Tuesday.

Russian forces have started the first stage of exercises ordered by President Vladimir Putin to simulate preparation for the launch of tactical nuclear weapons, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday (21 May).

As the cards in Brussels are being dealt anew, Europe’s hydropower industry is shooting for a greater slice of the attention pie in the EU capital.

The Biden administration is willing to work with Congress to potentially impose sanctions against International Criminal Court officials over the prosecutor's request for arrest warrants for Israeli leaders over the Gaza war, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

Israeli forces thrust deeper into Jabalia in northern Gaza on Tuesday (21 May), striking a hospital and destroying residential areas with tank and air bombardments, while Israeli airstrikes killed at least five people in Rafah in the south.

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Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot five times in an assassination attempt that shocked Europe.

ID’s Anders Vistesen, who repeatedly sparred with von der Leyen during the first debate, mostly directed his ire last night on Renew’s Sandro Gozi, leaving the floor clear for von der Leyen to present her economic prescriptions largely unchallenged.

Georgia must repeal the ‘foreign influence’ law as it could be used to silence critical voices, according to The Council of Europe’s top constitutional law body, the Venice Commission, on Tuesday (21 May). Georgian lawmakers passed the controversial Kremlin-style law...

Polish medical innovation has seen improvements, yet significant challenges remain, according to the latest Access GAP data, with access to innovative therapies and diagnostics increasing.

In Czechia, new data shows over 16,000 patients have been included in the research efforts for new drugs and vaccines, with clinical trials most frequently focusing on oncology and immunology.

Swedish doctors fear Swedish patients may have to pay out-of-pocket for a treatment that targets a genetic cause of the neurodegenerative disease ALS. European authorities will decide this spring whether the drug can be marketed in Europe.

The Bulgarian pharmaceutical industry fears that the country's political crisis could negatively impact the protection of national interests during the negotiations on the new European pharmaceutical legislation.

The volumes exported to the bloc have already reached the limit established in the new 'trade benefits' regulation, Ukrainian producers said calling for the EU to stop importing sugar from their country for 2024.

A controversial gas transit surcharge levied by Germany will be increased again from July, the German operator announced on Tuesday (21 May), adding to tensions with Austria and Brussels. 

The European Union should not 'trade' with migrants or apply a 'self-serving solidarity' by outsourcing the management of its migration policy to third countries, including Libya or Tunisia, where human rights are not guaranteed, Amnesty International warned.

Politicians from the liberal FDP (Renew), part of Germany's three-party ruling coalition, have criticised European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for not ruling out a new debt-financed EU investment programme.

The European Union on Tuesday (21 May) signed a security and defence pact with Moldova to help the pro-Western country boost its ability to tackle threats from Russia.

A few months ago we described Qatar as a “cunning state”. Cunning means the quality or skill of being clever at planning something to reach your goals, even by tricking others. Lately, it has emerged that Azerbaijan has also resorted to cunning strategies to punch above its weight.