The European Council has adopted a new regulation on the transparency and targeting of political advertising, aimed at countering information manipulation and foreign interference in elections. The regulation will make it easy for citizens to recognise political advertisements, understand who is behind them and know whether they have received a targeted...

Members of European Parliament have adopted a resolution stressing that the full criminal and political responsibility for Alexei Navalny’s death lies with the Russian state, and its president Vladimir Putin in particular, who they say, should be held accountable. MEPs have warned that the killing of Alexei Navalny is yet another sign of the increasing...

The European Ombudsman inquiry into Frontex’s role in search and rescue operations has shown that the current rules leave the EU’s Border and Coast Guard Agency unable fully to fulfil its fundamental rights and obligations, and too reliant on Member States to act when boats carrying migrants are in distress. The inquiry was launched by Ombudsman Emily...

Updated data from 2023 released by the WHO has highlighted the urgency of a swift and concerted response to measles outbreaks in the WHO European Region. Last year, more than 58,000 people in 41 of the 53 Member States in the WHO European Region – straddling Europe and central Asia – were infected with measles, resulting in thousands of hospitalizations...

The European Parliament Internal Market and Environment committees have reached agreement with the EU Commission on how companies can validate their environmental marketing claims. The so-called green claims directive complements the already-approved EU ban on greenwashing As part of the new rules, companies must submit environmental marketing claims...

The European Commission has reaffirmed its strong commitment to eradicate Female Genital Mutilation worldwide, ahead of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation on 6 February 2024. It is estimated that 190,000 girls in 17 European countries alone are at risk of being mutilated while 600,000 women are living with the consequences...