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The Spanish parliament approved a new committee of inquiry to investigate alleged cases of corruption in the purchase of masks and medical supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 on Thursday, starting with the so-called "Koldo case" involving a former minister of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez (PSOE/S&D).

Journalists from Italian news agency AGI are striking on Thursday and Friday against the possible sale of the agency to Lega MP Antonio Angelucci, arguing that selling to a right-wing senator who already owns several newspapers would risk media pluralism and be a blow to press freedom.

Denmark continues to face a serious terror threat, namely from militants of Islamist movements, according to the Danish Security and Intelligence Service's annual security assessment published on Thursday.

Sweden's climate policies are leading to a short-term increase in emissions and putting the country on a path to miss its 2030 reduction target, according to a report published on Thursday by a government policy review board.

Belgium’s labour costs rose by almost double the average EU increase, resulting from the combination of inflation, wage indexation, and labour shortages, according to Eurostat studies published in recent years that were confirmed in a new report published on Tuesday.

With the first round of Slovakia's presidential election on Saturday, all eyes will be on two main candidates, Ivan Korčok, a pro-Western former foreign minister, and former prime minister Peter Pellegrini, Prime Minister Robert Fico's coalition partner.

The European Union and its allies are considering steps to address the export from China of goods that could help Russia's military, including by imposing further sanctions, the bloc's sanctions coordinator said on Thursday (21 March).

Let’s be clear – the value and benefits of healthy natural ecosystems are priceless. From businesses large and small, to landowners and farmers, innovators, public sector authorities and citizens of every EU Member State, all our different ways of life – and ultimately our collective survival – depends on the stability of the natural, life-sustaining systems all around us.

This week, together with Pavlina Pavlova, Public Policy Advisor at the CyberPeace Institute, we look at cybersecurity issues, the phone hacking of the European Parliament's defence committee, predictions for the upcoming European Parliament elections, and the United Nations Cybercrime Convention.

While other political forces have already launched their campaigns for June's EU elections, the hard-right conservative faction has just started and is eyeing collaboration with the centre-right European People’s Party.

Moldova's Parliament on Thursday (21 March) endorsed an appeal to press on with a drive to join the European Union, but the opposition walked out of the vote and separatists in the Transnistria region urged authorities to drop their claim to the enclave.

NATO Military Committee Chief Rob Bauer said during a visit to Kyiv on Thursday (21 March) that Ukraine's allies should not be too pessimistic about its ability to repel Russian troops and called for important aid to be delivered quickly.

Two thirds of the German electorate have a high or very high interest in the European elections, according to a new survey conducted three months before the vote.

On this episode our daily podcast Today in the EU we are taking a deep dive into the upcoming presidential elections in Slovakia.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, ramping up EU defence industry production has been on the agenda of member states' leaders, but it is only slowly beginning to gain traction.

Slovakia needs investment in a comprehensive oncological care network aligned with the Europe Beating Cancer Plan and the National Oncology Programme, according to the head of Slovakia's National Oncology Institute.

Pharmacy owners would be able to register vending machines for over-the-counter medicines to be placed in towns and villages in Bulgaria where no pharmacies are available, the Ministry of Health told Euractiv.

As businesses and investors digest the volumes of climate legislation adopted in the 2019-2024 term, can they bank on predictability, or are there more changes to come?

Europe’s wind power installations must produce 37 gigawatts annually to keep the EU on track towards its 2030 renewables goal. Build-out rates are far lower than needed, coming in at 17 GW total for 2023. Can the industry catch up?

In a breakthrough, EU leaders called on Thursday (21 March) for an “immediate humanitarian pause leading to a sustainable ceasefire” in Gaza and urged Israel not to launch a major ground offensive in the southernmost city of Rafah. “The European...