ADVERTISEMENTFrench lawmakers have revived one of the country’s most polarising debates on assisted suicide.MPs began examining two bills on Monday, focusing on boosting palliative care and legalising assisted dying for adults over 18 years old with incurable, advanced, or terminal illnesses.This would allow patients to receive or administer a lethal…

ADVERTISEMENTSerbian students partaking in the massive – almost 2,000 kilometre – ultramarathon from Novi Sad, Serbia, have arrived in Brussels on Monday.The run titled “From my village to Brussels” saw almost two dozen Serbian students make the trek to the European capital where they will be meeting MEPs from several…

ADVERTISEMENTThere’s only a handful of situations where journalists, usually guided by strict rules of the trade, act like everyone else. Meeting the new pope for the first time at the Vatican City’s modernist Paul VI Audience Hall became one of those events.Prior to Pope Leo XIV’s entrance on Monday morning,…

ADVERTISEMENT”Europe must become a refuge,” French President Emmanuel Macron said last week, as he pledged to invest an “additional” €100 million to help his country attract foreign scientists — in particular from the US.The “Choose France for Science” scheme came in response to the Trump administration’s slashing of research funding…

ADVERTISEMENTGermany told Russia to respond to the ceasefire proposal by midnight on Monday or face new sanctions, government spokesperson Stefan Kornelius said during a briefing earlier in the day.Berlin warned Moscow that if the Kremlin doesn’t agree to the proposal from Ukraine and its European allies, new, tougher sanctions will…

ADVERTISEMENTThe EU is feeling the bite of energy prices going up again. Gas reached its highest cost on record in the second half of 2024, Eurostat reports.The average rate is now €12.33 per 100 kWh, up from €11.04 in the first half of last year.It is also the first time…

ADVERTISEMENTUrsula von der Leyen, António Costa and Roberta Metsola flew together on a private plane from Brussels to attend an event in Luxembourg last week, an extraordinary, high-cost decision made due to scheduling constraints between the three presidents, a spokesperson for the Commission said today.The trio were expected to appear…

ADVERTISEMENTRussia was behind the fire that completely destroyed a shopping centre in Warsaw last May, Poland has suggested. Moscow has in the past denied involvement in alleged arson and sabotage operations across Europe. “We now know for sure that the great fire of the Marywilska shopping centre in Warsaw was…

ADVERTISEMENTPresident of the European Council António Costa has sought to reassure EU candidate countries in the Western Balkans by saying that the continent’s future stability and prosperity depends on the enlargement of the bloc.Speaking ahead of a tour of the region, Costa promised them that the EU was dedicated to…

ADVERTISEMENTMore than 333,000 registered voters in Portugal will be able to vote this Sunday in advance for the legislative elections on 18 May. This is a record number since mobile voting was implemented in Portugal, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Mobile voting allows voters to cast their ballot in…