[Interview] France school protests go deeper than rioting or reactionism, says Sciences Po lecturer

Who really owns Czech Vanadium? Investigators trace possible sanctions-evasion links to Russian oligarch Abramovich’

Professor Jan Rovný argues French school protests could turn into a movment against spending cuts by a government with growing debt. He explains why private school pupils have joined publicly educated peers revolting on the streets, and how police violence will shape public mood.

Vanadium businesses owned by UAE-based entity appear to be linked with Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich. This has prompted complaints to police about the circumventing of sanctions.

EU trade chief hails ‘crucial first step’ as Beijing talks avoid trade war

‘When you laugh at a dictator, you take away his power’: Artist behind viral naked Trump statue speaks out

EU puts 46 more mines and recycling plants on ‘strategic’ list, without closing funding gap

Nato state Montenegro detains top Russian war-blogger Rybar, on suspicion of plotting hybrid tricks (Ukraine Battlefield update, day 1,688)

Agrochemical lobbyists are defending a toxic model of agriculture that is heading for collapse

Listen: What would a coalition of right and far-right in Spain mean for Europe?

Orbán channelled public money into propaganda through Hungarian billionaire Lőrinc Mészáros (Day 150 of the Tisza government)

Video game industry believes EU Kids Act will drive small creators and old games into extinction

French kitchenware Tefal faces legal ultimatum over harmful chemicals, as Europeans’ health at stake

Concessions on electric cars, rare earths and tariffs should be enough for EU and Chinese officials to be able to claim success from trade talks which ended on Friday.

Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale, a gold-covered statue of a naked Trump in the halls of European Parliament is meant to make politicians think about democracy, says 'Orange Plague' artist Jens Galschiøt.

The EU added 46 strategic minerals projects on Friday, saying progress so far has been ‘very tangible’, but its own figures show little fresh EU financing has materialised.

While Rybar’s pro-war editors complain of tightening fronts near Sloviansk, Komar and Dobropillia, independent maps and Ukrainian sources show Moscow’s forces clawing back exaggerated gains as Kyiv tests ambitious advances on the ground and in Russia’s digital backbone.

As pesticide lobbyists dominate a key hearing in Strasbourg, the EU risks locking farmers and citizens into a costly, chemical-dependent food system that poisons water, fuels disease and drains billions in EU subsidies away from real sustainable farming.

Spain is heading for early elections, after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called a snap vote last week. According to current polls, the conservative People's Party, or PP, is ahead of Sánchez's Socialists, while Vox is also making significant gains. What would happen if they governed together?

Internal documents show how a top Orbán-era rail contractor showered Megafon influencers with billions of forints.