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Differing opinions on what to do about China is becoming a key issue between the two allies.

The European Union and United States said Wednesday they expect to draft a voluntary code of conduct on artificial intelligence “within weeks” with the hope that fellow democracies will sign on.

NATO peacekeepers guarded town halls in ethnically divided northern Kosovo for a third day on Wednesday, as unrest prompted the alliance to send additional troops to the area and NATO and the West slammed Kosovo for not having done enough to stave off violence.

Aquaculture is seen as key to mitigating the challenges faced by the traditional fishing sector.

‘Green’ Azeri energy isn’t a magic bullet for EU dependence on Russia, experts say.

A lack of rainfall each year is starting to have a serious impact on the farming industry in some areas.

The special committee will investigate cases of “Russian influence” in Poland’s internal security between 2007 and 2022.

Spain is supposed to hold the rotating presidency of the EU Council between July and December.

It’s been a tumultuous bank holiday weekend for Europe. With snap elections Spain, disastrous floods in Italy and boats capsizing, and Hungary blocking funds to…

A Russia-launched attack struck Kyiv in the early hours of Tuesday, the third night running for an aerial attack on the Ukrainian capital, with “around 20” Iranian-made Shahed drones used, according to Ukrainian authorities, FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg reported from Kyiv. “I could certainly hear them; that’s actually the first time I’ve personally heard the sound of these drones, which are always described as ‘flying mopeds’ by the Ukrainians. […] What we could mainly hear was the sound of the explosions of the Ukrainian air defence systems shooting these drones,” Cragg explained.

Over 30 peacekeepers deployed in a NATO-led mission in Kosovo were injured Monday in clashes with Serb protesters who demanded the removal of recently elected ethnic Albanian mayors, as tensions flare in the Balkan nation.

The EU Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic says it is vital that the EU has more firefighting aircraft capacity in order to respond to another hot summer.

The spectacular transformation of a stretch of Venice’s Grand Canal to fluorescent green was due to fluorescein, a non-toxic substance used for testing wastewater networks, local authorities said on Monday.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday he would dissolve parliament and the country would hold an early general election on July 23 following the results of Sunday’s local elections.

With countries meeting this week to work on a global plastics treaty, debate was emerging between countries wanting to limit the production of more plastics and the petrochemical industry favoring recycling as the solution to plastic waste.

A tourist boat capsized in a storm on Italy’s Lago Maggiore in the northern Lombardy region on Sunday, with at least one person confirmed dead, Italian media reported.

Spain’s ruling Socialists suffered heavy losses to opposition conservatives in Sunday’s local election, with around 95% of the votes counted, showing their electoral vulnerabilityahead of an end-of-year general election.

The sixteen-metre boat collapsed on Lake Maggiore, on the Swiss-Italian border.

Huge crowds of anti-government protesters on Saturday encircled the Serbian state television building in downtown Belgrade to press their demand for autocratic President Aleksandar Vucic to ease his tight grip on the mainstream media and allow alternative voices. Report by FRANCE 24’s Emerald Maxwell.

More than 1,500 people were arrested during a protest by the Extinction Rebellion climate group in The Hague on Saturday, Dutch police said.

French police reject accusations of violence but protesters, journalists and experts decry the repeated use of weapons and restrictive preventative measures.

Paris Saint-Germain clinched a record 11th French league title after drawing 1-1 at Strasbourg on Saturday to move four points of second-place Lens with one game left.

Russia unleashed multiple waves of air strikes on Kyiv overnight in what officials said appeared to be the largest drone attack on the city since the start of the war, as the Ukrainian capital prepared to celebrate the anniversary of its founding on Sunday. Read our live blog for all the latest developments in the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

Serbian troops on the border with Kosovo were put on high alert Friday following clashes between ethnic Serbs and Kosovo police that left more than a dozen injured on both sides. FRANCE 24’s Carys Garland brings us more on the situation with this report.

Many Spanish women have had to go to private clinics to abort and pay upwards of hundreds of euros to do so.