Ireland’s pharmaceutical innovators unveiled their European election manifesto in the Irish Midlands-Northwest constituency. With candidates present, the IPHA said they're ready to work with EU health leaders to enable faster and fairer access to life-enhancing medicines.

G7 leaders unanimously condemned Iran's unprecedented attack on Israel on Sunday (14 April), calling for "restraint" from all sides to prevent a regional war, as international concerns keep growing, pushing the issue to the top of the EU's agenda for next week.

The EU’s buildings directive has been adopted by EU countries, paving the way for national renovation plans amid cheer from the wider energy efficiency industry.

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Ukraine's army chief said on Saturday (13 April) the situation on the eastern front had worsened in recent days as Russia has intensified its armoured assaults and battles rage for control of a village west of the devastated city of Bakhmut.

Hundreds took to the streets of Niger's capital on Saturday (13 April) to demand the departure of US troops, after the ruling junta further shifted its strategy by ending a military accord with the United States and welcoming Russian military instructors.

Iran launched explosive drones and fired missiles at Israel late on Saturday (13 April) in its first direct attack on Israeli territory, a retaliatory strike that raised the threat of a wider regional conflict, as the US pledged "ironclad" backing for Israel.

An aborted 2022 peace deal between Russia and Ukraine could be the basis for new negotiations but there is no sign that Kyiv is ready for talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday (12 April).

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on Friday (12 April) for a "re-balancing" of trade relations between Europe and China on the eve of the German leader visiting Beijing.

The current chair of Europe's biggest security body pledged on Friday (12 April) to boost efforts to breathe new life into the process of resolving a three-decade-old dispute between Moldova and the ex-Soviet state's pro-Russian separatist Transnistria enclave.

The International Monetary Fund's executive board on Friday (12 April) selected Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva to serve as managing director for a second five-year term, starting on 1 October this year, the global lender said.

China is backing Russia's war effort in Ukraine by helping Moscow in its biggest military buildup since the Soviet era, providing drone and missile technology, satellite imagery and machine tools, senior US officials said on Friday (12 April).

Panama is increasingly becoming the hub of illicit tobacco trade, costing the country massive loss of public revenues and at the same time, raising questions over the policy response to this phenomenon.

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European finance ministers failed to make any breakthroughs on Friday (12 April) on whether to prolong the bloc's multibillion pandemic recovery fund beyond 2026 and on how the EIB's investment criteria could be modified to boost defence-related expenditure.

The Belgian EU Council Presidency's latest compromise text of the draft law on detecting and preventing online child sexual abuse material further clarifies risk categorisation thresholds and lays out service providers' obligation for data retention.

EU member states imposed on Friday (12 April) measures under the bloc's human rights sanctions regime on the armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad for 'widespread' sexual violence during the 7 October attacks on Israel.

A subtle but unmistakable change is rippling through tech policy in Brussels and the discussion is moving towards a place where tech is primarily a tool for sovereignty while competitiveness in global markets is the top priority. 

While the EU is moving to renew trade liberalisation with Ukraine, Budapest announced on Thursday (11 April) it would tighten controls on the import of the liberalised agricultural products regardless of their origin, for which it unilaterally banned imports from Ukraine in 2023.

One year on from French president Emmanuel Macron's infamous warning, is the EU still overly — and perhaps dangerously — subservient to the US?