Face-to-face interviews with 15,179 women reveal that beliefs in female subservience and marital obedience continue to persist in south-eastern and eastern Europe.

Debate about carbon-free Europe at Romania's Brussels office was sponsored by nuclear lobby and attended by diplomats, but with no green NGOs present.

Bavaria's Manfred Weber is running to take over the EU Commission presidency from fellow EPP member, Jean-Claude Juncker. His CSU party has lined up behind him, after last year's failed move to the right to compete with the populists.

With a record of 44 candidates running for president, it remains to be seen who will become Ukraine's next leader. But will Ukrainian politicians and their international partners be able to keep the country on the road to reform?

EU states have rejected a commission proposal to blacklist Saudi Arabia and four US territories on money laundering and terrorist financing grounds.

EU centre-right's figurehead, Manfred Weber, gave Hungary's controversial leader an ultimatum to curb anti-European behaviour or face expulsion from EPP club.