Warsaw is on track to win the budget portfolio in the new European Commission that many member states crave, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday, confirming earlier press reports.

After reports from Brussels suggested that Italy’s commissioner pick was in the running for the vice presidency, with a portfolio covering the economy and the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the majority in the European Parliament began to show growing opposition.

Former TAP privatization deal is under investigation by the Portuguese Public Prosecutor’s office. Deal was sealed under watch of then Finance Minister Maria Luis Albuquerque, appointed as Portugal’s future European Commissioner.

Germany will consider new measures to turn away irregular migrants arriving from other EU countries, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Thursday (5 September), as pressure on the government to tackle irregular migration continues to mount.

News over the European Commission looking for a lead scientific adviser for the AI internally was met with consternation across the political spectrum this week, but the Commission denies ever having promised otherwise.

After months of political deadlock, President Emmanuel Macron has appointed former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as France’s new prime minister.

Increasing demand for green steel through minimum quotas for carmakers is not the right way to decarbonise steel production, carmakers said, while environmentalists consider the car industry to be “uniquely placed” to work as a lead market for green steel.

The election of former European Commissioner and Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has caused a stir in France, but has been met with more measured reactions abroad, where he is no stranger - even if this means overlooking his more recent Eurosceptic stances.

Greek health economists support the creation of a €1,4 billion National Cancer Fund, a strategy for financing oncology care that leverages existing revenues, such as excise duties.

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has committed to a 2025 Biotech Act. Now, Belgium's Flanders Institute of Biotechnology is calling for a biotech coalition of member states to steer the Act to success.

The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for Chinese cooperation with its efforts to establish the origins of COVID-19, after unveilng a new guide on the investigation of novel pathogens.

A nationwide referendum on the construction of a nuclear power plant, and nine key tasks to enhance Kazakhstan’s future were laid out in President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s state-of-the-nation address.

As most of Europe headed to their favourite holiday destinations, European agriculture grappled with the challenges of record-breaking temperatures and prolonged droughts, impacting critical food-producing regions. Elisabeth looks at climate impact on EU agriculture.

As Italy goes through an epidemic of African swine fever (ASF) that is putting the production of ham under stress, the Commission warns that the bloc is not close to finding a vaccine against the disease.

Journalists and citizens are left in the dark as the halls of the Berlaymont whisper little about the EU’s next collective leadership. But could this secrecy be more of a deliberate design than a flaw in the European system?

The EU’s biggest islands, according to geography, are Ireland, with 84 thousand square kilometres, Sicily (25,000 sq. km), and Sardinia (24,000 sq. km). But it can be argued that the EU’s biggest islands are three other, much bigger territories.

Despite coming third in the snap legislative elections on 7 July, the far-right Rassemblement national (RN) holds new French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's fate in its hands and could decide at any moment to bring down the future government.

Russia would be rooting for US Democratic candidate Kamala Harris over Republican candidate Donald Trump to win the November presidential election for her "infectious laugh," President Vladimir Putin joked on Thursday (5 September) as worries over Moscow's US election interference grow.

The new European Commission must set a bold EU emissions reduction target for 2040 to ensure climate neutrality by 2050, a 90% reduction target is essential to keep the EU on track for a fossil-free future, write researchers at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI).

Ukrainian lawmakers on Thursday (5 September) voted to appoint a new foreign minister, and two new deputy prime ministers as part of a major government overhaul.