EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski told Euractiv he is grateful for the recent wave of farmers' protests, which helped ensure a swift response to their problems with the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), a system that should be based on incentives, not obligations.

China and Hungary will embark on a "golden voyage" in bilateral relations, Chinese President Xi Jinping said after meeting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on the third and final stop of his first European tour in five years.

The Czech Health Ministry has introduced amendments to the public insurance law to enhance healthcare accessibility and ensure sustainable medical treatment costs – a move welcomed by Czech pharmaceutical companies.

Understaffing is keeping hospital doctors far from the EU’s 11-hour rest period. In Greece, hospital administrations are breaching the 48-hour work-week rule, while in Sweden, doctors can be ordered to be on-call at home to get their regulated rest. 

Voters deeply concerned with living costs and climate change are being offered a voice by the European Biodiesel Board, it's calling for a balanced, inclusive, and affordable climate policy in line with the EU’s net zero by 2050 goal.

Spain is neither confirming nor denying reports that it will join Ireland and "other EU partners" in recognising Palestine as a state on 21 May - a move that would see Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's PSOE follow the demand of coalition partner Sumar.

The revealing of June’s EU elections lists in the last weeks has showcased a sad truth: politics can be very unfair and Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are constantly walking on thin ice. Here’s a step-by-step guide to avoid being dumped from a party’s electoral lists. 

The EU's current programme, Horizon Europe – one of the strongest and largest research and Innovation frameworks in the world – will end in 2027. The ground is now being set for its successor, one that needs to match the caliber of Europe’s knowledge base with the creativity and precision needed to drive the bloc's competitiveness for the next decade.

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.