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'Uber-style' platforms offer carers what appear to be higher wages, flexibility, and locations close to home — but unions warn of the hidden risks and long-term consequences of these jobs.

The battle between the Global South and North is on. In one corner sits the transition to green economies and electric vehicles. In the other corner, development and basic human rights.

EU leaders are reluctant to issue more debt for climate investments — they shouldn't be.

Tunisian security forces have been committing serious abuses against black African migrants, says leading NGO Human Rights Watch. The findings comes against the backdrop of a EU-Tunisia deal to stem migration flows.

Unemployment levels remain at record lows, but household incomes and living conditions are deteriorating sharply in many European countries. Even holidays, or certain foods, have become a luxury.

MEPs in the budget committee have backed the decision to acquire yet another building in Strasbourg — a move dubbed "insane", expensive and unnecessary by other MEPs.

The EU's border agency Frontex may shift some of its resources in Greece towards other regions more in demand. Separately, it may also withdraw the use of EU-financed Frontex vessels by Greek authorities in response to alleged abuses.

Russia has become "totally unsafe" for foreign investors, the EU foreign service has warned in reaction to the daylight robbery of Carlsberg and Danone.

Many observers around the world are annoyed by Kyiv's intransigence vis-à-vis Moscow. For them, a bad-but-soon peace is preferable to a noble-but-long military confrontation. They are wrong.

Disagreement on Russia's war in Ukraine overshadowed the finale of a summit between EU and Latin American and Caribbean leaders on Tuesday.

Disagreement on Russia's war in Ukraine overshadowed the finale of a summit between EU and Latin American and Caribbean leaders on Tuesday.

Russia's raid on Carlsberg and Danone will likely see other foreign firms still there "stampede to the exit", the Yale School of Management says. "It's ridiculously risky and foolish for them to stay there."

Russia's raid on Carlsberg and Danone will likely see other foreign firms still there "stampede to the exit", the Yale School of Management says. "It's ridiculously risky and foolish for them to stay there."

An EU-Tunisia deal includes promoting legal migration to undermine smuggling — but also hinges on member states easing cumbersome Schengen visa applications.

In reality, the EU's Act in Support of Ammunition Production has little, if anything, to do with supporting Ukraine, and everything to do with guaranteeing the profit-driven interests of Europe's highly-lucrative arms industry.

The governments that spend all that money on the OSCE? They shrugged and sent congratulatory telegrams to Turkey's president Erdoğan regardless. Same in Poland: twice the OSCE found its elections violated international norms for democratic elections. Reaction? Zero.

The European Union is pushing to revive its relationship with Latin American and Caribbean countries, particularly highlighting the importance of trade deals and investments in the region in the current geopolitical context.

The EU Commission report analysed a series of hypothetical reforms to the tax systems of Austria, Hungary, Italy, Belgium and Spain, and found targeted measures have a greater impact on labour supply than across-the-board cuts in personal income tax.

Reacting to Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea grain deal, EU foreign relations chief Josep Borrell said the decision is "completely unjustified" — and that Russia is yet again "weaponising the hunger of the people".

The worthwhile objectives of a digital euro have increasingly baked the interests of the banks into the design, following the arguments of the banking lobby.