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EU rich-poor divide widens but still a worldwide low
Although the rich-poor gap has widened over the past decades, the European Union is a world leader in fighting inequality, experts say.
Migration is burning issue in EU election campaign
Migration is resurfacing as a hot topic in the election campaign for the new European Parliament after sowing discord across the EU throughout the outgoing legislature's five-year term.
Spanish election: Five things to know
A third general election in less than four years, the emergence of the far-right, the Catalan crisis... Here are five things to know about Spain's early polls taking place on Sunday.
Air pollution hotspots in Europe
Tens of millions of people live and work in areas where average air pollution levels are well above the maximum limits, but where are Europe's air pollution hotspots?
Hungary PM’s Fidesz party suspended from European EPP group
The Fidesz party of firebrand Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been suspended from the European People's Party
What next for Brexit?
With Prime Minister Theresa May asking her MPs to give her more time for talks with Brussels to renegotiate her Brexit deal, it remains unclear how Britain will leave the European Union. What are the potential next steps in the Brexit negotiations?
EU elections must not ‘paralyse’ asylum reform: commissioner
The European election campaign must not "paralyse" EU efforts to reform asylum rules which have split the bloc since the 2015 migration surge, commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos says.
EU urges internet firms to intensify fake news fight
The European Union has urged US internet giants and advertising firms to intensify the fight against disinformation campaigns before EU elections in May, or risk regulation
EU adopts French-German compromise on Russia gas pipeline
European Union member states have adopted a Franco-German compromise allowing Berlin to remain the lead negotiator with Russia on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Europe.
HPV vaccine is safe, says cancer agency, slams ‘unfounded rumours’
"Unfounded rumours" causing people to spurn the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine are preventing the elimination of cervical cancer, health authorities say.