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The sudden toppling of the EU's main ally in the Sahel has punctured Western schadenfreude on Russia's Africa-summit flop.

The European Central Bank raised interest rates for the ninth consecutive time even as the risk of recession is growing.

July 2023 is expected to become the warmest month ever recorded, with global temperatures approximately 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels. And this is just a "foretaste of the future", the World Meteorological Organization warned.

To date, existing measures to give young people a say in the policies that affect them have either been limited to areas such as culture or education, or have been designed for young people rather than with or by them.

Alberto Núñez Feijóo made three big mistakes during the election campaign that led to the Popular Party's underperformance.

Just 17 African leaders are going to Putin's summit despite his food-deal games, in a sign of how the Ukraine war has harmed his standing.

The EU Ombudsman has launched an investigation into the role of the EU's border agency Frontex in the mid-June sinking of the Adriana trawler that led to hundreds of people drowning.

The best protection against poverty is employment. However, at the European level, this principle seems to be failing. It is not only the quantity of jobs that matter, but also fair wages.

Some EU countries offer 'digital nomad visas' to attract high-skilled workers and boost their economies, but there is no unified framework at EU level, resulting in pitfalls and legal uncertainties.

Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia called on the European Commission to extend their ban on Ukrainian grain imports until the end of 2023 in a bid to safeguard their farmers and agricultural sector.

Leading EU banks are still operating in Russia despite a growing risk of being plundered by the Kremlin, as well as dragging their brands through the mud.

According to the ECB lending survey, demand for corporate loans fell 42 percent in the second quarter of 2023, and 38 percent in the first quarter. "The decrease was again substantially stronger than expected by banks," the ECB reported.

France's extensive use of anti-terrorism legislation bears witness to the increasing authoritarianism that comes with the expansion of the security state, hitting several freedoms France would normally claim to uphold: freedom of thought, of speech, of travel, and of assembly.

We were left dazed and disoriented by the blazing spike which had punctured our tourist bubble. Last Monday we were in Lindos, marvelling at its panoramic acropolis and enjoying its beaches. Now it is the site of mass tourist evacuations.

Sunday's election in Spain has left a fragmented political landscape, where no party or potential coalition has achieved a clear working majority — raising concerns about a stalemate or even new elections.

Slowdown as the European institutions prepare to go into summer recess.

If we fail to seize momentum, a reform of the EU's asylum and migration system will disappear over the horizon, further condemning Europe to its current, dysfunctional system. The Spanish EU presidency has a huge responsibility on its shoulders.

European investors are sounding the alarm over sustainable reporting rules, which they say have been weakened by the European Commission. Many reporting requirements that were mandatory in an earlier draft have been made voluntary, including climate, biodiversity and transition-plan reporting.

Spanish voters will hit the polls on Sunday for a snap general election — with a huge fork in the road ahead, between a centre-right plus far-right Vox coalition, or a centre-left plus Sumar one.

The EU agreement with Tunisia on 16 July follows similar past efforts, dating back to 2014, to stem migration, shore up borders, and ease Tunisians into more lucrative jobs in Europe.