The government of Kosovo plans to introduce same-sex unions in May, Prime Minister Albin Kurti announced on Thursday (25 April), with the measure being part of his country’s efforts to join the Council of Europe.

European Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency Věra Jourová called for the respect of media freedom in Slovakia during her meeting with Culture Minister Martina Šimkovičová and other Slovak government officials on Thursday, a day after the government approved the new draft law to overhaul public broadcaster RTVS.

India began voting on Friday (26 April) in the second phase of the world's biggest election, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his rivals raise the pitch of the campaign by focusing on hot-button issues such as religious discrimination, affirmative action and taxes.

Bulgaria risks losing €4.4 billion in EU funding under its Energy Recovery and Sustainability Plan as its parliament delays key legislative decisions due to a backlash from coal miners, which is likely to result in the European Commission withholding money from Bulgaria’s Recovery and Resilience Fund.

The Czech economy has benefited from joining the European Union 20 years ago, as accessing the European market boosted Czech exports and helped the country’s GDP, Marek Rojicek, chairman of the Czech Statistical Office (CSU), said on Thursday.

Poland must maintain close ties with the US, and the Franco-German-Polish Weimar Triangle must be urgently revived, Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski told parliament on Thursday, noting that NATO as a defensive mechanism would withstand a Russian attack on its members and result in defeat.

The Swedish government will send a small battalion to the NATO Multinational Force in Latvia as part of the country’s contribution to the transatlantic alliance, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced on Thursday.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz‘s ailing SPD bets on fears of a looming far-right shift to turn around underwhelming ratings and deliver a much-needed boost to Europe’s socialists, even though polls suggest otherwise and analysts remain unconvinced.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s recent announcement that he is considering stepping down has resulted in a flurry of speculations, with analysts and media suggesting there could either be an imminent resignation, a call for snap elections, or a vote of no confidence.

The United States hopes its new deliveries of weaponry will help Ukraine rebuild defenses and refit its forces as it recovers from a gap in US assistance, but it does not expect Kyiv to launch large-scale offensive operations against Russian forces in the near term.

Following espionage and foreign influence scandals involving Germany’s far-right party AfD, Marine Le Pen’s party said on Thursday (25 April) they would be "vigilant" and reassess ties with the party after the June elections.

Romania's Orthodox Church says it will keep welcoming priests bolting from Moldova's Russian-linked Orthodox Church to join a growing rival body subordinate to Bucharest as it believes the ex-Soviet state's future lies with Europe.

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A Palestinian civil defence team on Thursday (25 April) called on the United Nations to investigate what it said were war crimes at a Gaza hospital, saying nearly 400 bodies were recovered from mass graves after Israeli soldiers departed the complex.

Italy, with backing from European leaders, needs to secure a robust commitment from the G7 to raise its collective target to a tripling of renewables capacity by 2030.

In this episode of our daily podcast ‘Today in the EU’, we talk about espionage in Europe as more and more politicians have been accused of having ties with foreign governments in the past month.

After being neglected for years in the public debate, agriculture has become a hot topic at the EU level in recent years.

After delays, the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) party approved their manifesto for June's EU elections on Tuesday (23 April), but failed to agree on a Spitzenkandidat amid emerging internal splits.

A European space law would bring benefits that would ripple outside EU borders, Rodrigo da Costa, executive director at the EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) said in an interview with Euractiv.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's recent visit to China is an example of a “do-it-alone” foreign policy approach which can only benefit the Middle Kingdom.