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The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) is the EU’s central recruitment body. It administers exams that allow EU citizens to become permanent officials in institutions such as the European Commission, the Parliament, and the Council. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT A mix of legal challenges, technical failures, and a recruitment system overhaul caused a seven-year exam hiatus. During this period, thousands of candidates waited as EU institutions relied more on temporary or ageing staff. In 2026, EPSO is finally reopening its largest competition, with a fully redesigned, digital-first exam system that allows candidates to sit tests remotely in any of the EU’s 24…
As AI use by individuals surges, new data shows that more than one-third of individuals across the 38 countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) used generative AI tools in 2025. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In the European Union, Greeks, Danes, and Estonians were among the citizens using generative AI tools the most in the last three months of 2025 across 25 EU countries. Young people, on average, use generative AI tools by far the most across the EU, with Greece and Estonia showing the highest levels of people aged between 16 and 24 years using them. In contrast,…
The European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Šuica, is planning to travel to Washington later this week to attend the first formal gathering of US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, Euronews understands. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The move signals Brussels is not prepared to fully write off cooperation with the Trump-chaired board, even if most EU member states have rejected a formal membership and the European Commission’s legal concerns over its charter and governance. The EU has not accepted an invitation to sit officially on the Board but is expected to be granted “observer” status to collaborate with its efforts, Euronews…
Published on 16/02/2026 – 10:04 GMT+1 Just days ago, NATO chief Mark Rutte told Europe to “keep dreaming” if they think they can defend themselves without the US. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT But European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen fired back during the Munich Security Conference. “An independent Europe just means let’s develop our strengths without constantly leaning on someone else,” she said. And part of her plan involves a little-known rule: Article 42.7. It says that if an EU country is attacked, other members have an obligation to help. On paper, the wording seems to be stronger than NATO’s famous…
Published on 16/02/2026 – 7:30 GMT+1 The last time the EU held its general entry-level AD5 competition, as opposed to specialist ones, was in 2019. EPSO explained the repeated delays as part of the Commission’s work to update old IT systems and fix problems with the testing platform. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT With open eligibility and a monthly salary of nearly €6,000, about 50,000 people are expected to apply before the 10 March deadline for these entry-level civil service jobs. Candidates will take a four-part online test to determine if they are ready to become permanent EU officials and help with policy…
On today’s show: ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT EU editor Maria Tadeo fills us in on what happened this weekend at the Munich Security Conference We interview Fabrice Pothier, the CEO of Rasmussen Global – who previously served as Director of Policy Planning for the NATO Alliance. Jakub Janas explains what is this European mutual defence clause everyone is talking about. Our Alice Tidey reports on the debate on a common European nuclear umbrella. Our correspondent Laura Fleischmann in Berlin tells us more over the significant controversy over comments made by members of the jury at the Berlinale cinema festival. When and where…
Hungary’s main opposition leader Péter Magyar held a campaign event in Budapest on Sunday, calling on the government to respect people’s privacy after what he described as blackmail and a honeytrap set up by the government to discredit him. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to opinion polls, Magyar’s Tisza Party is leading Viktor Orbán’s ruling Fidesz party, ahead of the parliamentary elections on the 12th of April. Orbán, a far-right conservative politician, has been governing Hungary since 2010 with an absolute majority. Magyar said earlier this week that he was blackmailed by government figures with a sex tape showing him and his…
The annual gathering brought together American, Ukrainian and European top diplomatic delegations, with the transatlantic relation in focus. The three days of talks underscored two competing visions of the West, what it represents and its values. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Europe to help save the West as a common civilisation, while chief European diplomat Kaja Kallas pushed back saying the EU does not need saving. Meanwhile, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Europeans to agree to a date so that Ukraine is “technically ready” to join the bloc in 2027. Euronews listened to the speeches from…
At stake is prestige, hundreds of jobs and influence over how the European Union will protect its economic borders for decades to come. The new office is expected to be operational this year and will become fully operational two years later. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Who will Warsaw face? The list of candidates is long. In addition to Warsaw, the following are Liège (Belgium), Malaga (Spain), Lille (France), Zagreb (Croatia), Rome (Italy), The Hague (Netherlands), Porto (Portugal) and Bucharest (Romania). Each city plays its own card. The Hague is promoting closer ties with Europol. Belgium and France are betting on logistics. Poland…
“The 21st century will be the century of humiliation for Europe,” the Hungarian Prime Minister began his traditional annual assessment speech at Várkert Bazár, after his introduction. Orbán said that, for the first time since the invention of the steam engine, Europe is not part of the world’s transformation, but he believes Hungary has a chance to come out of it well. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “They have done ‘half a job’ in ousting Brussels agents” Referring back to his speech last year in which he predicted that the Hungarian government, as an ally of Donald Trump, would be on the “main…