Listen: why are European students falling behind?
The 2025 PISA results were published a few days ago. And they’re quite a bad surprise for most European countries. Educational performance is declining almost everywhere on the continent.
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Chinese Mission to the EU holds China-EU table tennis friendship tournament
Last weekend, the Mission of China to the EU and the Euroclub jointly hosted the China-EU Table Tennis Friendship Tournament in Brussels. More than 100 table tennis enthusiasts from China, the European institutions and the European Parliament participated in the event.
EU moves to curb Airbnb‑style rentals in bid to ease housing stress
The EU's Affordable housing act lays out a comprehensive plan to curb tourist rentals, while giving power back to local regions. But is it doing enough?
Ceuta’s migration crisis is becoming a gift to Spain’s (and Europe’s) far-right
Ceuta’s migration crisis is putting Spain and the EU under growing pressure. With little concrete support from Brussels and conditions still tough on the ground, frustrations are rising — and Spain’s far-right Vox is making the most of it ahead of the 2027 elections.
Top Russian oligarch Abramovich loses third EU lawsuit, as Brussels plans tougher blacklist
If the EU wanted some red meat in its next sanctions, there were plenty of billionaires left to bite who, like Abramovich, "generate significant revenues for the Russian government".
EU promises to look beyond ‘price alone’ in reform of public procurement rules
The European Commission says that new public procurement rules would allow more flexibility in choosing the best offer, stopping the "race to the bottom" for the lowest bid.
€10.9bn in free EU carbon permits for airlines fuels row over emissions trading reform
Six European airlines received €10.9bn in free emissions allowances under the EU's emissions trading scheme, according to new research, as aviation is set to be one of the main battlegrounds in a proposed reform to the system.
Russia claims to have encircled Ukraine troops in Kharkiv, but no one else can see it (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,658)
Russia insists it has trapped Ukrainian forces in a vast pocket near Kharkiv. Yet on the ground, drones, front-line videos and independent maps trace a murkier story of invented victories and very real bloodshed.
‘I’m not interested’: Czech PM Babiš on EU conflict of interest probe over Agrofert company
The EU’s decision to freeze part of Agrofert’s subsidies instantly turns Babiš’s personal fortune and political future into a test of whether Czech leaders will choose between public office and private business.
Why is the Berlaymont trying to strangle the European External Action Service?
It is reasonable to suspect that there has been a deliberate strategy to financially strangle the European External Action Service, in order for the EU Commission to de facto gain ground on EU foreign policy, writes the S&D's coordinator on foreign affairs Spanish MEP Nacho Sánchez Amor.
Listen: Can the EU really make housing more affordable?
Europe’s housing crisis is deepening as rents rise and homelessness grows. As the EU unveils its Affordable Housing Act, can curbing short-term rentals, boosting social housing and energy renovation make a real difference — and why is Brussels staying away from rent controls?