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🟨 Monday

Ending the ‘Cage Age’ in Europe, feathers to fly in court battle [Advocacy Lab Content]
Long road ahead for EU Pharma Package says Polish pharmaceutical sector [Advocacy Lab Content]
Slovakia’s major hospital reforms plagued by delays and controversies [Advocacy Lab Content]
Treatment of rare diseases in Bulgaria will be free but conditional and limited [Advocacy Lab Content]
Budapest changing hospital medicine procurement, stakeholders alarmed [Advocacy Lab Content]
WHO’s ambitious plans to tackle Greek health quality [Advocacy Lab Content]
Swedish-led team discovers potential new class of antibiotics, hope for AMR fight [Advocacy Lab Content]
EU ‘should not rush to roll back’ pandemic recovery fund, IMF chief warns
EU rules on deforestation and carbon tax pave way for new “mirror clauses”
Europe ministers say more resources needed to combat Russian disinformation online
Ursula von der Leyen is her own worst political enemy
The Brief – 1968, 2024: Students continuing the fight?
Nuclear: €300 million state aid for French small modular reactors
Polish farmers lift blockades at all Ukraine crossings
EU Commission named Apple gatekeeper for iPadOS under digital market regulation
EU needs ‘Marshall Plan’ for Moldova and Ukraine, Sandu says
Ribera: Spain has ‘enormous difficulties with France‘ on cross-border energy links
What is Your Vision for Europe in 2050? [Promoted content]
Schrems NGO files GDPR complaint against OpenAI over AI ‘hallucinations’
Paris leads coalition of EU states to demand actions against UK ban on bottom fishing
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will not resign, stays to fight ‘mud’ in politics
EU report: 91% of cities look to nature-based solutions in face of climate change
Sánchez urged by party colleagues not to resign
Germany’s ‘Reichsbuerger’ coup suspects go on trial
China firms go ‘underground’ on Russia payments as banks pull back
Joining Forces to Eliminate Inequalities in Organ Transplantation across Europe [Promoted content]
EU liberals’ lead candidate slams von der Leyen’s ‘extremely poor’ performance
Ukraine pulls back from three villages in east, Zelenskyy pleads for weapons
EU’s ‘Big Bang’ enlargement: How 10 countries transformed the EU
20,000 Georgians march ‘for Europe’, protest controversial bill

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🟦 Tuesday

G7 ministers agree 2035 coal exit, sextupled energy storage and ‘water coalition’
French Greens’ top candidate not for ‘giving up hope’ in EU elections race
Commission mulls weakening peatland protection requirement for farmers
Eurozone emerges from recession but France, Germany stay weak
Showing courageous responsibility for our Europe
The shadow play of legitimacy in Sudan’s civil war
The Brief – Europe’s diplomatic crisis over bottom fishing
A New Path Forward: Moldova’s Journey to European Integration [Promoted content]
Spain, Portugal take home most of €720m EU hydrogen award
Commissioner Hahn: EU should expand budget, link payments to structural reforms
EU ministers, candidate countries kickstart rule of law reform talks
Meta faces EU investigation for potential digital rulebook violations and disinformation risks
The EUDR deadline is approaching – how can companies meet the requirements? [Promoted content]
European Commission ‘prepared’ in the face of US bird flu outbreak
European bridges secure against ship collisions, port authorities say
Austria’s farming, economy ministers urge von der Leyen to delay EU anti-deforestation law
Russian missile hits educational institution, kills five in Ukraine’s Odesa
Paris police clear Gaza protesters at Sorbonne university
UN experts say North Korea missile landed in Ukraine’s Kharkiv
European Commission sells off 23 Brussels buildings
Investigations into Russian agents behind strikes on EU soil reach dead end
European, Arab ministers meet in Riyadh to jump-start two-state solution
Single market is our path for Europe’s prosperity, security
Burkina Faso suspends foreign news media over massacre reports
When the dust settles: Remaining Questions of Privacy vs Utility under the DMA [Promoted content]
EU election projection: German SPD, far-right AfD battle for second place
EU election debate exposes weakness of lead candidate system
Socialists clash with EPP as von der Leyen leaves door open to cooperation with hard right
Moody’s to reassess EIB credit rating in case of larger defence investment
Finnair pauses some Estonia flights due to GPS interference

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🟨 Wednesday

Wimbledon aims to serve environmental ace [Advocacy Lab Content]
Investing in Europe’s future – how private equity and venture capital is building European resilience [Advocacy Lab Content]
German Chancellor Scholz, unions hit back at calls for longer working hours, pension reform
Health inequalities persist 20 years after the 2004 enlargement
UN warns Israel assault on Gaza’s Rafah on ‘immediate horizon’
Police arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters in Columbia University raid
Palestinians throw stones at EU diplomats’ car in West Bank protest over war
Azerbaijan puts activist in pre-trial custody on smuggling charge he denies
Poland probing alleged links between Orlen unit’s ex-CEO and Hezbollah
Spain’s Ribera urges voters to stop possible von der Leyen-far-right deal
Europe still debating its Green Industrial Strategy
Ethiopia ‘dismayed’ at tougher EU visa regime
Georgian police crack down on ‘foreign agent’ bill protesters
Europe’s amputation crisis, diabetes experts call for urgent new screening programs [Advocacy Lab Content]

🟦 Thursday

European Commission extends state aid emergency rules for farmers
France: Europe’s highest tax burden for pharma industry, lobby warns
The Brief – Imagine there’s no enlargement
Higher consumption fails to improve well being, says Happy Planet Index
Southern liberals on edge
A robust EU cohesion policy – a cure to counteract depopulation [Promoted content]
The next European Commission needs to address information power
EU pledges €1 billion for Lebanon to curb migration, support economy
EU countries call for derogations on rules on small by-catches in Baltic Sea
Raphaël Glucksmann expelled from a demonstration, the left is torn apart over May 1st
Russia breached global chemical weapons ban in Ukraine war, US says
US issues hundreds of sanctions targeting Russia, takes aim at Chinese companies
Solomon Islands picks China-friendly Manele as new prime minister
EU urges Georgia to ‘stay on European course’ as protesters rally against ‘foreign agents’ bill
US official urges China, Russia to declare only humans, not AI, control nuclear weapons
Slovakia gives protection to man accused of running pro-Russian influence campaign
Czechia’s ANO launches EU campaign, distances itself further from EU liberals
US, allies press UAE over Russia trade, sanctions
Thousands protest over salaries, Gaza at France May Day marches
Malta’s energy minister warns: The energy crisis isn’t over
Why engagement with Indo-Pacific region is important for OECD, Europe’s future
Contrails – Plane to see
Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, ALDE’s unconventional candidate
Possible to enlarge and deepen EU at the same time, Barroso says

🟨 Friday

Slovakia’s new fiscal deficit measures hit health coverage, staff levels [Advocacy Lab Content]
Sweden eyes broader use of precision cancer medicine [Advocacy Lab Content]
Hungary launches new national nutritional safety vigilance website [Advocacy Lab Content]
AfD MEP Krah: Cleared from espionage case but other preliminary investigations ongoing
Azerbaijan and Armenia to negotiate peace in symbolic return to Kazakh capital Almaty [Advocacy Lab Content]
France to present a pesticide reduction plan closer to EU standards
Tech-driven REPowerEU needs a boost says McKinsey [Advocacy Lab Content]
The Brief – The EU has a media freedom problem
Europe’s average life expectancy reaches 81.5 years
Xi’s Europe visit shows the EU needs an economic intelligence service
This World Press Freedom Day, everyone must commit to preserving and strengthening media freedom [Promoted content]
EU struggles to secure another New Zealand-style trade deal
Should the regular EU budget be more like the RRF?
EU, NATO condemn cyberattacks against Germany, Czechia, blame Russia as perpetrator
EU Commission investigates Meta, Noyb files complaint against OpenAI
De-risking must be Team Europe’s strategy on China
Offshore wind: France aims for 45 GW by 2050 with 50% European production
Bitter necessity: Health Union and a healthy Union
Air France, Lufthansa Group airlines part of EU greenwashing probe
It’s up to the EU to hold back the great tech decoupling
Serbian parliament approves cabinet including politicians under US sanctions
Germany’s CDU favours left over right in post-EU election alliance
Does the AI liability directive provide enough harmonisation?
Greek left boss ‘grateful’ for EU prosecutor seeking justice at home
Biden breaks silence on college protests over Gaza conflict
European rail alliance focuses on skills, people shortages
Russia repeats genocide on Crimean Tatars [Promoted content]
Russian troops enter base housing US military in Niger
Ukraine war not likely to end anytime soon, says top US spy
France, Japan to start talks on reciprocal troops pact

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