US President Joe Biden for the first time publicly vowed to withhold weapons from Israel if its forces make a major invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza.

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EU member states should focus on the implementation of the recently agreed migration pact which creates a “win-win” situation, an EU official told Euractiv commenting on reports that some EU capitals are pushing to outsource migration procedures to third countries.

The second semi-final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Sweden on Thursday (9 May), with Israel's performance expected to draw attention due to large pro-Palestinian protests planned in host city Malmö.

Russian missiles and drones struck nearly a dozen Ukrainian energy infrastructure facilities on Wednesday (8 May), causing serious damage at three Soviet-era thermal power plants and blackouts in multiple regions, officials said.

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) is seeing a sharp drop in support and is set to lose three of its five MEP seats, according to a new poll published on Wednesday ahead of the 9 June vote, which also predicts that the number of MEPs for the two largest parties - the conservative GERB and the Turkish minority party DPS - will remain unchanged.

Funding abortions for women seeking treatment in other EU member states with limited services is “unacceptable”, conservative opposition MP Karina Bosak told Euractiv.pl, referring to a recently registered EU citizens’ initiative.

EU enlargement is key for Portugal, Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel said on Wednesday, citing possible economic opportunities, solutions to the problem of food sovereignty and that candidate countries have an Atlantic vision.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday, but the statement issued by Meloni’s office after the meeting made no mention of the NATO chief’s pressure on Italy over low defence spending, with experts saying after the meeting that it is more about how it is spent, not the amount.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, pressed by the opposition and members of his own coalition, claimed on Wednesday to be taking very seriously accusations of a “troll farm”, allegedly run by the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) on whom his majority depends, despite the party denying any illegal activity.

Ursula von der Leyen and her party, the German CDU, are approaching the EU election campaign united in an alliance of convenience, with the party making it clear that the Commission president must now deliver policies that are more to its liking.

Let's remember the innovative spirit that laid the foundation of the EU, as we near elections. With far-right eurosceptic parties building their influence on anti-immigrant rhetoric, it is imperative to honour the monumental efforts made to ensure peace in Europe by creating, together, a more compelling story about migration.

Spanish companies doing business with Israel should take all the necessary measures to ensure that their commercial relations with the state “do not contribute to the genocide in Palestine”, warned Social Rights Minister Pablo Bustinduy of the left-wing Sumar platform, provoking a harsh response from Tel Aviv.

China and Serbia agreed to follow a "shared future" as President Xi Jinping visited the Balkan country as part of his bid to forge stronger relations with allies at the edge of the EU.

The outgoing US Envoy for the Western Balkans, Gabriel Escobar, has commented on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to France, Hungary, and Serbia, agreeing that it was carefully timed to increase tensions with the West and aimed at creating a new axis against the European integration of the region.

North Macedonia appeared to be on a collision course with its EU neighbours Greece and Bulgaria, as the nationalist opposition swept parliamentary and presidential elections on Wednesday (8 May).

Kyiv is looking for European Union funds to boost support for its domestic arms industry and tap into additional non-contracted capacities,  Ukraine’s Minister of Strategic Industries, Oleksandr Kamyshin, told Euractiv. “[Our] objective is to find more funds to procure from...

The European Union decided Wednesday (8 May) to not renew the mandate of a military training mission in Mali, given the "evolving political and security situation", the commission said in a statement.

The EU is a significant player in the global leather market, with a diverse range of products and industrial processes within its leather industry, but how are Europe's tanneries improving safety while focusing on sustainability?

Over 2.5 million young people, aged between 15 and 24, are unemployed in the European Union. The EU youth unemployment rate is more than double the overall unemployment rate. So, how can Europe get its youth into work?