Russia's war on Ukraine has been a wake-up call for many EU Member States' defence budgets. Rising from €218 billion in 2021 to €326 billion in 2024, a further increase of at least €100 billion is ...

Aiming to secure peace in Europe after the horrors of the Second World War, the Schuman Declaration proposed cooperation among European countries in two key economic areas central to rearmament and ...

Robert Schuman (1886-1963) – a political figure emblematic not just of France but also and above all of Europe – was actively involved in founding what is now the European Union.

General Assembly declared 3 May World Press Freedom Day, acting on a recommendation adopted by UNESCO's General Conference in 1991. This year will mark the 32nd anniversary of the day, with UNESCO and ...

The general objective of the proposed regulation, which complements the ongoing revision of the EU pharmaceutical legislation, is to strengthen the security of supply and the availability of critical ...

Members are expected to focus on the European Union's budget this month, with their plenary agenda both looking back at spending in 2023 – and forward to the next long-term budget for the years from ...

Demographic changes are significantly affecting the lives of the European Union's (EU) citizens, allowing them to enjoy longer and healthier lives.

The European Peace Facility (EPF), operational since July 2021, finances activities with military implications, including the common costs of EU military missions and operations abroad, and supports ...

To train their models, general-purpose AI (GPAI) providers need large datasets, which may include copyrighted materials. Despite the EU Directive 2019/790 on Copyright and the EU Artificial ...

Since World War II, the political scene in Canada has been dominated by two parties: the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party ...

Enforcement of the Digital Markets Act is under way. The European Commission has launched formal proceedings against three major providers of core platform services.

Hosting a substantial portion of the world's poor and displaced populations, fragile countries and territories ('fragile contexts') are characterised by weak governance and vulnerability to crises, ...