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The EU-Mexico trade agreements

The EU and Mexico share a strong, stable and dynamic partnership, with annual trade in goods and services amounting to more than €100 billion. In May 2026, they further deepened their partnership by signing the Modernised Global Agreement and an Interim Trade Agreement. These

Ten years of the GDPR: Your data, your rights

On 24 May 2026, it was ten years since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entered into force. This landmark law gave Europeans real control over their personal data for the first time, and changed life online forever. A landmark for citizens' rights Before the

Decoding the nuclear interplay between India and Pakistan

India made a giant leap in its nuclear energy programme as its Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) attained first criticality on April 6. Located in Kalpakkam in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, the indigenously developed nuclear reactor can generate 500 MWe of electricity

New head for BusinessEurope

The body representing Europe’s business community has elected a new head. This came during a meeting of BusinessEurope in Dublin on Friday (22 May). The organization represents the business world at EU level. The Council of Presidents of BusinessEurope unanimously elected

Royal British Legion Brussels: 'Come and join our ranks'

An appeal has been launched by the Royal British Legion to recruit new members for its Brussels branch. Globally, the RBL, the UK’s largest armed forces charity, has a 180,000-strong membership and Brussels has just over 100 members. It is a well-established and friendly branch

Hantavirus confirmed in crew member

A new hantavirus case linked to the outbreak aboard the MV Hondius has been confirmed in the Netherlands, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The patient is a crew member who disembarked in Tenerife and was repatriated to the Netherlands and had already been in

Sexually transmitted diseases are rising sharply

New figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) show sexually transmitted infections are rising sharply across Europe, with gonorrhoea and syphilis reaching their highest recorded levels in more than a decade. Health officials are particularly

WHO risk assessment raises DRC to ‘very high’

HO has raised its risk assessment for the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to ‘very high’, warning that the situation is deteriorating rapidly amid insecurity, displacement and strained health systems. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said

Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy pill recommended for EU Approval

EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended approval for the Wegovy pill. Already approved in the US, the pill has seen huge uptake, with more than 1 million people using it within the first 4 months of its launch. Developed by Novo Nordisk, it

Turkish police storm main opposition headquarters with tear gas

Officers used tear gas inside the CHP building in Ankara to enforce a controversial judicial decision reinstating former leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. The intrusion has sparked fierce resistance from current party officials, who accuse Kılıçdaroğlu of deploying "mafia thugs" to

What is Russia’s Oreshnik missile?

Russia’s Oreshnik missile is a nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic missile that Moscow says can evade air defences and strike targets across Europe at hypersonic speeds.