In the run-up to this year's COP29 World Climate Change Conference in Baku, host Azerbaijan had several journalists and activists arrested last year, as Human Rights Watch has reported. Some of them are still in custody.
By Lukas Bayer
The Council has agreed on its common position on the retail investor strategy. It does not include a ban on commission – and is therefore probably off the table for good.
By Redaktion Table
The asylum and migration pact has long been the subject of debate. Now the Commission has presented an implementation plan. And emphasizes that all ten points must be implemented together.
By Alina Leimbach
Several member states are still struggling to do without Russian gas by 2027. Germany had therefore called for a High-Level Group. This is now to agree a precise timetable for the phase-out.
By Manuel Berkel
French President Emmanuel Macron has presented his strategy for the parliamentary election campaign. His party is ready to take on social democrats, representatives of the "Gaullist right" and environmentalists. Gabriel Attal is leading the campaign.
By Claire Stam
The Conservative Group (ECR) can report its first gains shortly after the European elections. Four MEPs applied for membership at the group's first meeting. The group now has a total of 77 members.
By Markus Grabitz
China's weather agency is warning of an extreme drought with negative impacts on the harvest in Henan, the country's key wheat-growing province. The local government has been urged to take emergency measures.
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Xiaomi plans to invest more in its driver assistance technologies and double its number of developers by 2025.
By Fabian Peltsch
Hong Kong is stripping six exiled activists of their passports, accusing them of endangering national security.
By Fabian Peltsch
The heads of state and government will meet on Monday. Chancellor Scholz wants to put together a package for the personnel restructuring of the EU at the meeting. Negotiations between the EPP, S D and Renew on the content of a political agreement could then begin.
By Markus Grabitz
