There was little surprise when the Lobito Corridor project was the first example cited by EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen at the start of the Global Gateway Forum in Brussels on Thursday.

A plenary debate in Strasbourg on gender equality showed just how active and outspoken rightwing MEPs have become. Chair of the women's rights and gender equality committee, MEP Lina Gálvez Muñoz, is concerned about the power they now have.

Over the summer, a group of 24 European politicians, ministers, commissioners, senior officials, agreed to have their blood tested for toxic PFAS chemicals. The results that now came out showed that every single one of them tested positive. But will these results push Brussels to act or to water down its own rules again?

On the agenda in Copenhagen were plans for social media to have effective and privacy-preserving age-verification, and the need to regulate or ban harmful practises such as dark patterns, retention mechanisms, and so-called lootboxes.

The Chinese government has issued statements about the importance of peace and positioned itself as a broker between Russia and Ukraine, the Myanmar junta and armed groups, and Iran and Saudi Arabia. But at the same time, they have allowed the export of arms to Sudan and Myanmar and of censorship and surveillance technologies to Pakistan, Kazakhstan and the Solomon Islands.

There was little surprise when the Lobito Corridor project was the first example cited by EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen at the start of the Global Gateway Forum in Brussels on Thursday.

A plenary debate in Strasbourg on gender equality showed just how active and outspoken rightwing MEPs have become. Chair of the women's rights and gender equality committee, MEP Lina Gálvez Muñoz, is concerned about the power they now have.

The EU Council has cancelled its vote, due next week, on a controversial anti-child sexual abuse regulation, a law popularly dubbed "chat control."

On the agenda in Copenhagen were plans for social media to have effective and privacy-preserving age-verification, and the need to regulate or ban harmful practises such as dark patterns, retention mechanisms, and so-called lootboxes.

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The EU Council has cancelled its vote, due next week, on a controversial anti-child sexual abuse regulation, a law popularly dubbed "chat control."

Some EU firms in Russia are raking in money, others already lost billions, as CEOs hedge bets on whether the Ukraine war will end in a "grand bargain" — or an asset-grab.

“Perplexed and disappointed” is the verdict of Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, DR Congo’s foreign minister, on the EU’s tepid response to Rwanda’s war that continues to rage in eastern Congo.

The European Commission will look into allegations Hungary's intelligence service spied on the EU institutions and its staff.

The European Parliament wants to allow pregnant MEPs absent from the chamber to vote in plenary sessions. But it's expected that the European Council’s consent will be difficult.

This much-needed and welcomed ceasefire does not change the simple fact that Israel has just committed a genocide in Gaza. We got so much used to this term now, that the 'G' word became almost normal. Where do we go from here? asks Dr Yoav Shemer-Kunz of European Jews for Palestine.

Some EU firms in Russia are raking in money, others already lost billions, as CEOs hedge bets on whether the Ukraine war will end in a "grand bargain" — or an asset-grab.

“Perplexed and disappointed” is the verdict of Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, DR Congo’s foreign minister, on the EU’s tepid response to Rwanda’s war that continues to rage in eastern Congo.

The European Commission will look into allegations Hungary's intelligence service spied on the EU institutions and its staff.

The European Parliament wants to allow pregnant MEPs absent from the chamber to vote in plenary sessions. But it's expected that the European Council’s consent will be difficult.

Conservative lawmakers piled more pressure on the EU Commission to scrap a planned 2035 ban on combustion engine cars on Wednesday (8 October), warning that the car industry could be “lost forever”.

EU states have provisionally agreed to curb Russian diplomats' travel and ban imports of liquid gas, but Austria and Slovakia still have objections to the next round of sanctions.

This much-needed and welcomed ceasefire does not change the simple fact that Israel has just committed a genocide in Gaza. We got so much used to this term now, that the 'G' word became almost normal. Where do we go from here? asks Dr Yoav Shemer-Kunz of European Jews for Palestine.

Interest-rate repayments under the EU's current long-term budget are likely to surpass €30bn — or more than double the initial European Commission forecast, warn financial auditors.

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