The European Commission shared commitments by Apple to allow third-party payments on Friday (19 January) and invited comments on them due to competition concerns over restricted access to the technology used for contactless payments on mobile devices.

The European Commission will next week propose new rules requiring EU member states to screen foreign direct investments (FDIs) into the bloc's sensitive industries to determine if they pose a security risk, according to a draft regulation, seen by Euractiv.

Last week we reported on the EU bubble agri-food sector's long wait (and need) for the launch of a complex and overdue Strategic Dialogue with the EU institutions. The announcement came yesterday.

European Socialists' frequent bemoaning of the threats to Europe's democracy is depressingly undercut by their nomination of a bland lead candidate - an underwhelming challenger to the political right as the electoral campaigns ramp up.

Belgium stands ready to join the European Union's future maritime security mission in the Red Sea with the Louise-Marie frigate, the government announced on Friday (19 January).

France's draft energy sovereignty bill will not include any targets at all, at least for now, the office of French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire has confirmed, responding to criticism about the bill's lack of consideration for renewables and over-emphasis on nuclear.

Speculation is mounting that Ireland will head to the polls in the autumn, and healthcare is one of the leading issues, driven by medicines shortages, a staffing crisis, an ageing population, and a stalled modernisation agenda.

The European Commission is expected to table five new initiatives as part of its recent push towards a more comprehensive economic security strategy, according to a draft economic security package, obtained by Euractiv.

EU foreign ministers on Monday (22 January) will hold a series of meetings with counterparts from Israel, the Palestinian Authority and key Arab nations about Gaza and prospects for a future peace settlement.

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Vienna, Paris and Rome, along with nine other EU countries, are set to argue that meat grown in a laboratory is a threat to "genuine food production methods", a claim a diplomatic source told Euractiv is "exaggerated and premature".

The European Parliament voted on Thursday (18 January) in favour of two own-initiative reports on EU fisheries pushed by the conservative EPP, which drop some environmental bans and focus on fleet competitiveness, effectively calling for a reform of the bloc's Common Fisheries Policy.

After a process of almost 4 years, the negotiations on the reform of the EU’s fiscal rules have entered the very last phase: Trilogues ahead! Time is pressing, so let’s have a look at what is still open to change.

The United States believes Russia will conduct "information operations" aimed at turning opinion in Europe against Ukraine as countries across the continent go to the polls this year, the head of the State Department's office for disinformation said on Thursday (18 January).

The EU’s upcoming CO2 management strategy will propose sequestration of up to 650 million tonnes per annum by 2050 and kick off a controversial debate about the future of the bloc’s emissions trading scheme.

Health workers across the EU are burning out and leaving their professions following years of inaction to handle the dire situation. Following the Belgian presidency’s announcement of a potential EU health workforce strategy, two stakeholders and an analyst pinpoint what is most urgent at EU level.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about a new wave of farmers' protests looming in Germany, Czechia not being prepared to start ensuring compliance with the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), and so much more.

Turkey's first astronaut and three other crew members representing Europe were launched from Florida on Thursday (18 January) on a voyage to the International Space Station in the latest commercially arranged mission from Texas startup Axiom Space.

Serbia and other Western Balkan countries need a stronger Germany, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said at a World Economic Forum debate in Davos, where he said Serbia had doubled its GDP in the past 10 years.

In a letter sent to the heads of diplomacy of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Gordan Grlić Radman and Elmedin Konaković, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on them to influence the head of HDZ BiH, Dragan Čović, to urgently adopt the Law on the Southern Gas Interconnection, which would connect Bosnia and Croatia and reduce Bosnia’s dependence on Russian gas.