Italy’s national healthcare system faces intense scrutiny from regional authorities, scientists, and a Nobel laureate, who challenge the government’s handling of the system in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.

Right-wing populist parties would “destroy” the EU’s prosperity and values, warned German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD, S&D), seemingly switching to campaign mode at a European Socialists event in Bucharest this weekend.

Conservative opposition PiS party leads in Sunday’s local elections in Poland, according to exit polls, but Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s Civic Coalition took most of the big cities in the first test of public support after the hotly contested national elections last October.

Rwanda's president led commemorations to mark 30 years since the 1994 genocide that killed more than 1 million people and said the conditions that led to the slaughter would never be allowed to exist again in his country's politics.

The implementation of the EU’s carbon pricing scheme for road transport is crucial to drive the business case for electric and hydrogen trucks, Martin Lundstedt, CEO of the Volvo Group, told Euractiv in an interview.

On the latest episode of our daily podcast Today in the EU, we take a look at political polarization in Poland.

Economy, finance and business ministers from France, Germany, and Italy are set to sketch out plans for a sweeping “omnibus” law to cut requirements for businesses on Monday (8 April), turbo-charging industrialists’ demand for a European Industrial deal.

A future Israel-Palestine peace deal can only come as part of concerted international efforts, which is why the EU should not aim to act as a 'neutral actor', the bloc's Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process, Sven Koopmans told Euractiv.

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In this week's edition: EU's envoy on diplomatic efforts for Middle East peace, Western Balkans funding coming soon and NATO's Ukraine plan.

Poland's ruling pro-European coalition parties are hoping Sunday's (7 September) local election will put an end to an "age of populism" represented by the previous nationalist government.

Latin American governments, including regional heavyweight Brazil, rallied around Mexico on Saturday (6 April) after its embassy in Ecuador was raided to arrest a controversial politician who had been granted asylum by Mexican authorities.

Tens of thousands protested against the government of Viktor Orbán in downtown Budapest on Saturday (6 April), led by a lawyer who recently launched a political movement that aims to challenge the prime minister.

Ukraine-sceptic government ally Peter Pellegrini won Slovakia's presidential election Saturday (6 April) against pro-Western diplomat Ivan Korčok.

Fighting raged on Friday (5 April) between Ukrainian and Russian forces near the town of Chasiv Yar, a Ukrainian stronghold in the east, but Kyiv denied that Moscow's troops had reached the suburbs.

Bulgaria's Ministry of Health has announced boys will be included in the state's human papillomavirus (HPV) prevention program from 2025, to combat the high incidence of cancer caused by the virus.

Greece’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday (5 April) that people under surveillance by secret services should be informed about the reasons their privacy is breached, a development hailed by the opposition as a victory for the rule of law.

Why are the EU and the US condemning China's "non-market" policies whilst proposing non-market policies themselves? (Also: Why is China doing exactly the same thing?)

As the clock ticks down to the last plenary session of the European Parliament (EP) in April and the EU elections in June, it is becoming increasingly clear which laws will not see the light of day before the end of the legislative term.

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