Ukraine has invited the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross to carry out humanitarian work in Russia’s Kursk region following a cross-border Ukrainian offensive that Kyiv says has resulted in the capture of about 100 settlements. Kreml…
Johnstown, Wilkes-Barre and Pittsburgh: A POLITICO analysis of campaign stops tells a story about how the vice president thinks she can win.
Europe should stop being “naive” and step up efforts to support its faltering industrial base to compete with China and the United States, the newly elected chairman of the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee told Euractiv in …
EU farmers must comply with strict production standards, and so should third-country producers if they want to export to the EU, according to the latest vote by the ENVI committee. Does this approach signal the start of a new, more protectionist agricu…
Beijing is recruiting agents among EU politicians who have demonstrated fealty to Moscow, underscoring their alignment, according to a senior European intelligence official.
Health policy is looking like the poor cousin and is likely to be downgraded this mandate.
The central bank has trimmed its growth forecasts owing mainly to weak domestic demand.
A review of her most memorable moments on the debate stage and the dais offer clues to how sheโll take on Trump.
Just when you thought you’d seen it all in Italian politics.
A top GOP lawmaker says the U.S. is ready to loosen restrictions. The Biden administration says no decision has been made.
The European Parliamentโs sub-committee on public health (SANT) discussed whether a new full committee dedicated to health should be created (9 September), raising tensions between MEPs over its future competences.ย
Rising temperatures causing largest glacier in Dolomites to lose 7-10cm of depth a day, according to scientistsThe Marmolada glacier, the largest and most symbolic of the Dolomites, could melt completely by 2040 owing to rising average temperatures, ex…
New Hampshire, Delaware and Rhode Island are all holding primary contests on Tuesday.
‘We don’t have time to waste on debates about gender theory,’ said right-wing MEP, Fabrice Leggeri.
Cohesion policy is essential for the competitiveness of the European Union and must not be seen as a “charity policy”, the president of the European Committee of the Regions, Portugal’s Vasco Cordeiro, warned on Monday.
Ryszard Czarnecki calls the allegations “lies and complete nonsense.”
Trump also said he supported reclassifying marijuana under federal law.
โMy vision is that we must have the smallest and most sustainable Olympics ever,โ a Copenhagen city official said.
Can the former chief Brexit negotiator, now France’s prime minister, grease the wheels on budget talks with Brussels?
Ursula von der Leyen is about to hand out key jobs in her team. Hereโs POLITICOโs version of the next Commission.
Normally a hotbed of business schmoozing, the Conservative conference is generating shrugs among industry chiefs.
Crypto industry players are at odds over how to influence races for the White House and Congress.
He has repeatedly accused Kamala Harris and Democrats of hiding the state of Bidenโs health.
According to eyewitness accounts, 26-year-old Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers during a protest against West Bank settlement expansion on Friday.
Proposal to leave iconic logo on Franceโs most famous monument sparks row.
As attempted foreign interference in elections continues to evolve, so does the response to it. Officials are grappling with questions of how to hold bad actors accountable while preserving trust in the system.
Sheโll campaign for the Democratic nominee in battleground states.
The new Chair of the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI), Antonio Decaro MEP (Italy, S&D), issued harsh criticism of the cuts to EU health funding agreed by the European Council in February.ย
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A post-election debate over U.S. missiles and military aid for Ukraine is hampering coalition building in Germany’s east.
The vice president made an unsuccessful push to have Donald Trumpโs microphone left on when it wasnโt the former presidentโs turn to speak.
It’s highly unlikely Ursula von der Leyen’s team will be able to start in November.
A parliamentary majority and martial law mean the Ukrainian president has the right to assemble his government as he sees fit, but the opposition is crying foul.
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The chamberโs new conflict-of-interest rules donโt apply to its most powerful member.
The beleaguered electricity system is braced for a catastrophic winter as a result of Russian attacks.
More people may be trapped under the rubble after ballistic missile attack, Ukrainian president added.
Holocaust survivors shocked at extent of support for far-right party while people of colour fear for their safetyAs the decades passed, the group โ made up of those who had survived the unthinkable horrors of the Holocaust โ had slowly begun to rebuild…
The race is not only tight nationally, but in a broader range of states than before.
The CEO of Europe’s leading automaker has informed his executives that the company’s situation could lead to the divestment of production sites, including in Germany. VW’s powerful employee committee called for a ‘fight.’
Are Labourโs ambitions for delivering clean energy an inspired example of ‘mission thinking’ โ or one more doomed big idea?
Groups seeking the former presidentโs favor have highlighted pro-Russian Hungarian leaders and talking points.
In response, Trumpโs campaign has re-upped criticism of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris over the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan and the resulting deaths of 13 service members.
Ukraine urges Mongolian government to execute warrant against Russian leader.
Fourteen-year-old girl among the dead with at least 77 injured; Zelenskiy fires head of Ukraineโs air force after fatal F-16 crash. What we know on day 920See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageA Russian bomb attack on Ukraineโs north-eastern city of K…
After 500 years of non-alliance, a bombshell report recommends closer cooperation with the EU and NATO.
In the wake of this summer’s riots, Keir Starmer’s new Labour government is seeking answers.
The Meta CEO earlier this week asserted that Biden administration tried to โpressureโ the company to downplay content about Covid.
Questions about USDAโs response remain as food aid shortages are still hitting tribal populations and low-income seniors across the country.
Former climate and energy minister nominated to join Ursula von der Leyen’s team of commissioners.
Nominee Apostolos Tzitzikostas wants to oversee “cohesion” policy.
Meta has largely won its legal battles over social media bias โ and now its CEO is hedging his bets against a potential Trump presidency.
How Harris and Trump choose to connect with young voters online could make or break their 2024 presidential campaigns.
The request comes from Kyiv; many EU countries are wary of the risks.
Metaโs CEO tells the House Judiciary Committee that he wishes he had been more outspoken against the Biden administration during the pandemic.
The approach is supported by top National Guard leaders, lawmakers and top leaders in both parties from states with space missions.
Sahra Wagenknechtโs brand of โleft conservatismโ is upending German politics ahead of critical elections in the east.
As the Democratic nominee, the California tech world is returning to Kamala Harrisโ side โ if she can form a strong enough platform that speaks to their main concerns.
The partyโs leaders may soon have to decide whether to preserve at least parts of the Democratsโ climate law.
Trumpโs prospects of winning in November are nowhere near as bright as they once were.
Indian PM comes to Kyiv to demonstrate he stands for peace, while signing pharma and agri deals.
Criticism mounts in Brussels as capitals nominate man after man after man for commissioner roles.
MEP Lina Gรกlvez (Spain/Socialists and Democrats), the new chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM), addressed the main challenges and priorities for the next two and a half years of legislative work.
The Czech Senate Committee on Security has called on the government to investigate the possible misuse of Orthodox churches in the Czech Republic for Russian influence operations and recommends deregistration if any legal violations are found.
Burned by numbers that were too rosy in 2016 and 2020, Democrats are holding their breath as Harris surges against Donald Trump.
Farmer’s son has been floated as a potential candidate for the agriculture portfolio.
The state, which Trump won in both 2016 and 2020, had for months looked like an easy win.
PM’s choice of Apostolos Tzitzikostas could raise the temperature of simmering resentments between Greece and North Macedonia.
EUโs top diplomat says long-range weapons would boost Ukrainian self defence; Scholz says Kursk operation was secretive by necessity. What we know on day 911See all our Ukraine war coverageWestern suppliers should let Ukraine fire their powerful long-r…
The former presidentโs campaign infrastructure is smaller than Harrisโ โ and his own from 2020.
Democrats have made restoring abortion access a cornerstone of their campaign for the White House and Congress, but there area divisions over what, exactly, that means.
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DNC organizers are scrambling to put the vice presidentโs stamp on it.
The virus is fast-spreading in Africa, where it has claimed more than 500 lives this year.
“Ukrainians know best how to defend their homeland,” says Canadian defense department.
The U.K. government has appointed Alan Taylor to succeed Jonathan Haskel as an external member of the Bank of Englandโs Monetary Policy Committee. Wakefield-born Taylor is currently Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in New York, but has had stints in the private sector with investment bank Morgan Stanley and asset management [โฆ]
Ukraine sets up military commandantโs office in Kursk; Russians grind on towards strategic Pokrovsk in Donbas. What we know on day 905See all our Ukraine war coverageRussia is urgently advertising for trench diggers to build defences in the Kursk regio…
Russian dissident’s wife calls the letter a โmockery.โ
The emergency committee of World Health Organisation (WHO) convened in Geneva yesterday (15 August) agreed that the latest outbreak of Mpox did constitute a public health emergency of international concern PHEIC).
Lawmakers argue buying aging atomic energy equipment from Bulgaria wonโt help keep the lights on and could fuel corruption.
Ukraine promises humanitarian corridors and access for international aid to Kursk; two medics die in Russian attack in Kharkiv region. What we know on day 904See all our Ukraine war coverageA wave of Ukrainian drone strikes targeted Russiaโs Voronezh, …
Khelif hit back against high-profile personalities over gender claims.
Defacing of Rome artwork celebrating Olympic champion Paola Egonu widely condemned across political spectrumA mural celebrating the Italian Olympic volleyball champion Paola Egonu has become the target of โvulgar racismโ after the athleteโs skin in the…
A crypto super PAC will also go on the air backing the Democratic Senate candidates Ruben Gallego in Arizona and Elisa Slotkin in Michigan.
Primaries are taking place in Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont and Wisconsin.
Trumpโs recent change in tone reflects a softening in rhetoric about EVs on the campaign trail.
The British Virgin Islands mix fun in the sun with dark money. Will the UK’s new Labour government act?
Deficit hawks, tax wonks blanch at the unintended consequences of the politically popular idea.
The billionaire Tesla CEO has Trumpโs ear. Hereโs what he might tell the former president about rising temperatures, clean energy and making money.
Concern is growing over the spread of a more deadly strain of the virus.
Experts and cyber professionals also worry that recent hack of Trump presidential campaign has echoes of the Russian attacks on Hillary Clintonโs 2016 presidential campaign.
From energy to reused infrastructure to vegetable-friendly menus, the 2024 Paris Olympics organising committee orchestrated this year’s event with their own flavour.
Proposal, which would force public sector workers to report undocumented people, decried as โutterly inhumaneโDoctors, social workers and librarians are among those in Sweden who have sounded the alarm over a proposal being explored by a government-app…
Moscow’s โcounterterrorism measuresโ follow Kyiv’s biggest cross-border ground offensive since Russia’s invasion.
Russia on Saturday launched what the national anti-terrorism committee called “counter-terror operations”ย in three border regionsย โ Belgorod, Bryansk and Kurskย โ adjoining Ukraine to halt Kyiv’s biggest cross-border offensive in the two-and-a-half yea…
The federal election case has returned to the trial court. Now comes the hard part.
Germany and other Ukraine allies have been reluctant to allow Ukraine to hit Russia, but the latest offensive may be shifting policy.
New data showed potentially harmful bacteria levels during the recent triathlon relay.
An investigation by Belarusian journalists has identified a Cypriot company as being at the center of a contract markup scheme.
