The EU’s AI Act will face its final parliamentary hurdle at a plenary session in Brussels next month, with MEPs keen to prevent the use of AI technology for discriminatory purposes.

Relations between China and Italy soured almost as soon as the ink dried on the original 2019 agreement, with officials saying Italy’s exit from the initiative was essential for maintaining good relations with America.

Pundits have warned of a growing social crisis in Ireland caused by the asylum sector, now severely hampering the tourist industry.

Chancellor Scholz promised a set of financial aid packages for Kenya, underscoring Nairobi’s increasing importance for Western strategic interests in the region.

The bill, which now requires approval from member states, mandates that energy companies regularly monitor infrastructure to combat methane leakage.

MEPs voted 537 to 42 in favour of the extension, which will come into effect June 6th and extend the suspension of EU tariffs on Ukranian goods for another year.

The power struggle at the Italian state broadcaster typifies a wider power struggle in national institutions as the Fratelli government seeks to secure its long-term survival.

The EU is attempting to use sustainability funding to influence developing nations against new fishing regulations that challenge European dominance of the tuna sector.

Conservatives have long complained of the uselessness of the EPP. A potential break with the socialists would pose a massive hurdle for the European political centre ahead of the 2024 EU elections.

Germany returned the Benin Bronzes last year with plans for a permanent museum in Nigeria financed by the German taxpayers. The plan now seems unlikely after the Nigerian president handed ownership of the artefacts to a local chieftain.

EU plans to centralise the bloc’s cybersecurity response has met with near-universal hostility, with member states wishing to safeguard control over national security.

Sweden is doubling the minimum income level non-EU migrants need to obtain a permit, with Swedish officials warning that half of the country’s migrants are unable to survive without welfare.