Brussels set to escalate mackarel wars

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has threatened to wreck the upcoming EU summit by blocking Ukraine accession talks — but a veto-fiasco might be exactly what some leaders want.

Six months ahead of the EU elections, knocking an 'elitist' climate agenda is looking like a vote-winner to some. Saving the Green Deal and the EU's climate ambitions starts with listening to Europeans who are struggling to make ends meet.

The European Employment and Social Rights Forum brought together business leaders, academics, trade union leaders, and policymakers to discuss how AI is changing the world of work.

In chess, if you touch a piece with the intent to move it, you are obliged to move that piece. That also applies to the West's defence of Ukraine.

Afghanistan is a "forever emergency" rendered worse by an isolated country intent on dismantling human rights, says UN refugee agency (UNHCR) representative for the country, Leonard Zulu.

The EU Commission reformed procurement directives to make bids more attractive (and competitive), but the reform has failed, say auditors. Procedures now take longer, and the number of direct awards and individual tenders has increased over the past decade.