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Brussels Zaventem Airport closed after drone spotted in airspace
The sighting diverted incoming fights to Liège and halted all departing flights.
France opens criminal probe into TikTok over kids’ mental health effects
EU may have to fund Ukraine until frozen assets plan approved, says economy czar
EU Commission to tackle street drug crisis with new package
German center-right chief in European Parliament investigated for fraud
UN: Nations well off-track of Paris climate agreement goals
Czech prosecutor to be EU’s new anti-fraud chief
EU Parliament lawmakers vote to sue Commission over withdrawn patent bill
The patents are at the center of a battle between the companies that own them and those that use them.
EU warns Ukraine over corruption as Brussels unveils enlargement reports
The bloc’s top diplomat said that 2030 was a “realistic deadline” for bringing in new members.
Anger and grief after worker killed in Rome tower collapse
Octav Stroici, 66, was working on an EU-funded project to restore the Torre dei Conti when it collapsed.
Former US Vice President Dick Cheney dead at 84
He was one of the most influential and most polarizing figures ever to hold the office.
Putin wants Russia to muscle in on rare earths race
Moscow is getting into the fight for mineral supremacy.
Ban the vin? French lawmaker wants to outlaw booze in parliament bar
The sale of alcohol “in a workplace raises many questions among the French,” says MP.
EU officials’ location data is for sale, report says
The European Commission recognizes the “worrying conclusions” of the media outlets’ investigation.
Lawmakers bash EU recruitment office over online exams for Brussels jobs
EPSO is “working tirelessly” to “deliver a better candidate experience,” its director Olivier Salles told POLITICO
The EU’s global health test: Invest or retreat
Continuing to support the Global Fund is not just a matter of affordability and morality, but also about protecting decades of hard-won progress that has saved and protected countless lives.
Farage’s deputy calls for fresh debate over Bank of England remit
Deputy leader of poll-leading populist party wants debate over the make-up and role of the Monetary Policy Committee.
Yes, Brussels really wants Google to be broken up
The U.S. tech giant is on a collision course with EU trustbusters over its digital ad dominance.
Zack Polanski wants to be the British left’s Nigel Farage
The eco-populist aims to beat Reform UK’s charismatic leader at his own game.
What if Trump’s tariffs are illegal? It’s everybody’s problem.
Even if the Supreme Court strikes down Donald Trump’s tariffs on countries, he has other legal options to impose similar duties.
EU lawmakers want to put the ‘party’ back in Parliament. Here’s how.
Political groups want to put controversial topics first, shake up the debate format — and actually grill commissioners.
Reform UK’s DOGE chief takes aim at ‘pathetic’ questions on council savings drive
Richard Tice advised POLITICO to “grow up” when asked if he had given up on seeking a data-sharing agreement with Kent County Council
UK government defends hiring Mandelson despite Epstein links
Britain’s top civil servant says information that ultimately saw Peter Mandelson ousted from his U.S. ambassador role was “not available to us at the time that the due diligence was done.”
Medieval tower in Rome being restored using EU cash collapses
Torre dei Conti partly collapsed twice, injuring a worker and leaving another trapped inside.
Don’t weaken new climate goal, EU’s top green official warns on eve of crunch vote
Teresa Ribera told ministers reducing the EU’s 2040 target would be an “invitation to waste money.”
Czech populist Babiš sets sights on EU green rules
Government coalition program says EU Green Deal “is unsustainable in its current form.”
Czech billionaire Babiš clinches coalition deal with the far right
The agriculture tycoon inches closer to becoming the new PM in Prague.
Dutch left-wing alliance elects successor to defeated Frans Timmermans
Former No. 2 Jesse Klaver steps up to take the top job.
Zohran Mamdani gets help from Britain’s Jeremy Corbyn — and riles up Andrew Cuomo
The former Labour leader’s get-out-the-vote operation triggers the ire of Mamdani’s opponents.
French parliament likely to miss key budget deadline
Lawmakers unlikely to have enough time to work through more than 2,400 amendments that still need to be discussed and voted on.