Seasonal influenza has a significant global impact on the health of our communities and our economies. Here, Professor Peter Openshaw, outlines why prioritising childhood vaccination programmes can help mitigate this burden.

Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, a high-level ministerial meeting co-hosted by the EU on Thursday (26 September) is expected to push for renewed peace efforts and a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine.

As the EU’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act comes into force, early indications suggest that the UK could miss out on a golden opportunity to follow suit, write Steven Farmer, Scott Morton, and Mark Booth.

One of Bulgaria's main employers' organisations said it opposes government plans to raise the minimum wage in one of the EU's poorest countries, arguing that it is already too high.

Experts, officials and diplomats struggle to pinpoint the cost of EU defence reform as both industry and national governments seek clarity ahead of fraught budget negotiations in the coming months.

The United States and Romania signed a $920 million direct Foreign Military Financing (FMF) loan agreement on Wednesday, with Romania to use the funds to modernise its armed forces and boost ammunition production.

Instead of reinventing the wheel on automated vehicle data sharing, the EU should build on existing rules while ensuring a coherent legal framework for sharing data generated by vehicles.

Adam Niedzielski, the health minister in the previous conservative PiS (ECR) government, has been charged with abuse of office for publishing a patient's private medical information.

The deputy speaker of the ruling SNS party, Andrej Danko, expelled opposition MP Lucia Plaváková (PS/RE) from a parliamentary session for promoting the LGBTI issue, while another SNS MP, Rudolf Huliak, added to the outrage by verbally attacking her.

The Leaders' Conference on Wednesday looked at a proposed timetable for the general debate on the 2025 budget, to be held on 30 and 31 October, with the final overall vote scheduled for 28 November. 

Italy’s Minister for Enterprises Adolfo Urso will seek a broad alliance with other industry ministers on Thursday (26 September) to move the review of EU’s Co2 reduction targets for cars forward but shield the bloc’s 2035 zero-Co2 emissions goal - as long as three key conditions are met.

Ahead of a meeting of industry ministers in Brussels on Thursday (26 September), twenty EU countries signed an initiative to remove single market barriers, an effort they feel has received too little attention by the recent reports by Enrico Letta and Mario Draghi.

As Europe continues its defence budget ramp up, it will soon be time to round out a number. How expensive will the financing of the EU defence program be?

France's new government, led by Prime Minister Michel Barnier, is divided over the end-of-life bill, which was abruptly stalled by the dissolution of the National Assembly in June, but MPs from across the political spectrum are now calling for its adoption.

Albania and the European Economic and Social Committee will set up a Joint Consultative Committee as Albania moves forward on its European Union integration path.

With new product approvals in place and fierce competition from foreign markets, the European algae market is hotting up, driven by its climate-cooling potential. The global algae products market size is estimated to surpass €8.2 billion by 2033.

Driven by its potential to help cool the climate crisis, the algae biomass sector is accelerating across the EU. With new product approvals in place, and fierce competition from foreign markets, the algae market is hotting up.

Animal testing is still being used for cosmetic products in the EU. The ban on animal testing for cosmetic products is not holding; chemicals used in cosmetics must be tested under REACH regulations, to protect workers.

"The ETD should be split to finalize parts of the negotiation and focus on updating the existing ETD without including more sectors", EU e-fuels lobbyists said on a letter from the E-fuel lobbying seen by Euractiv on Wednesday 25 September.

If the EU gives in to calls from carmakers to delay its 2025 CO2 emissions limits, because of the poor state of the automotive industry, it will risk setting a precedent that could undermine the heart of its climate policy.