Europe News Serbia, Albania and North Macedonia row back on EU summit snub threat The trio are frustrated at the lack of progress in joining the EU. 22/06/2022
Europe News Czech Republic unveils priorities for its EU Council presidency Cutting Russian fossil fuels and funding Ukraine's post-war reconstruction will top the Czech agenda for the six-month presidency. 15/06/2022
Europe News Agreement on new EU minimum wage law reached in Brussels EU countries will have to determine their minimum wage based on a basket of household goods and services – taking into consideration the gross median wage. 07/06/2022
Europe News Roman Abramovich files lawsuit against EU Council The billionaire, who was sanctioned by the European Union in March, filed a lawsuit against the EU Council on Tuesday. 31/05/2022
Europe News Here's what EU leaders decided on energy, defence and the food crisis A two-day special summit of European Union leaders concluded on Tuesday afternoon with the ban on Russian oil remaining the big main takeaway. 31/05/2022
Europe News EU leaders hash out deal over Russian oil ban at special summit EU leaders will discuss food security and energy at a special summit on Monday. 30/05/2022
no comment Ukrainians urge EU to stop buying Russian oil, gas Ukrainian citizens demonstrated in front of the European Council building in Brussels on Friday to call on the European Union to stop buying Russian oil and gas. 29/04/2022
world news Armenia and Azerbaijan agree to start peace talks at EU meeting The agreement comes after a resurgence of tensions in the region and accusations of ceasefire violations. 07/04/2022
Europe News EU countries yet to reach agreement on fresh sanctions against Russia Ambassadors from across the bloc were meeting in Brussels on Wednesday to hammer out the final details of the new measures. 06/04/2022
Europe Decoded How COVID is still hitting Europe hard and what the EU can do next EU countries rushed to get their population vaccinated. Now, nearly three-quarters of the bloc's population is inoculated, yet the region remains at the epicentre of the pandemic. 29/03/2022
Europe News What is the European Council and why is it meeting in Brussels? The tete-a-tete brings 27 EU leaders together six times a year - and this year there is a special guest. 23/03/2022
Europe News France to take on EU's rotating presidency The six-month term will coincide with a presidential election in France. Macron is expected to run. 29/12/2021
Europe Decoded Six takeaways as Macron unveils priorities of French EU presidency From reforming Schengen to defending Europe's social model, here are six key takeaways from Macron's speech as he unveiled France's priorities for its upcoming EU presidency. 09/12/2021
Europe News EU countries dismiss Spain's calls for energy market intervention Spain has been pushing for a change in the current rules to decouple the prices of electricity and natural gas. 26/10/2021
Europe News EU agrees to rely on Afghanistan's neighbours to avoid migrant crisis The EU is keen to avoid a repeat of the 2015 migration crisis when more than one million migrants arrived at the bloc's external borders. 31/08/2021
Europe News Hungary left waiting as 12 EU states have COVID spending approved A dozen EU countries have had their COVID recovery spending plans approved, paving the way for funds to arrive later this month. 13/07/2021
View The Slovenian EU Presidency will be a search for Europe's heart | View A heavy workload awaits the six-month EU Council presidency, with pending files on climate action and enlargement, but also crucial discussions on EU values and the rule of law. 02/07/2021
View EU leaders need to take action against Hungary’s anti-LGBT law | View "EU leaders have to realise that once things turn nasty it is not enough to solely rely on a guardian of the treaties which they practically castrated over the past couple of years." 01/07/2021
Europe News Fourteen EU countries denounce Hungary's new anti-LGBT law Ministers from Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg gathered 13 like-minded countries in a critical statement that condemns Hungary for "stigmatising LGBTIQ persons". 22/06/2021
world news EU confirms COVID travel restrictions should be lifted on US visitors In addition to the US, EU representatives added five other countries -- North Macedonia, Albania, Serbia, Lebanon and Taiwan -- to the tourist travel list. 18/06/2021
Europe News EU pledges 100 million vaccine doses for low-income countries The European Union has committed to donate at least 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccines to middle- and low-income countries before the end of the year. 25/05/2021
Europe News EU launches digital platform to let citizens debate the bloc's future The multilingual platform is the starting point of a year-long exercise to reshape and reform the European Union. 19/04/2021
world news How successful was Germany's presidency of the European Union? The presidency is now handed over to Portugal for the next six months. 31/12/2020
Europe News EU leaders struggle to break budget deadlock amid Poland, Hungary veto As EU leaders met for a virtual summit, sources said that the videoconference was not the place to discuss such a complicated issue. 19/11/2020
world news MEPs set to win extra €16 billion for EU budget in compromise deal The compromise on the EU budget settles an internal spending row which threatened to hold up funding to fight the coronavirus pandemic. 10/11/2020
world news EU budget: Long-term funding row in COVID-19 spotlight as talks resume The dispute between countries and MEPs over the 2021-27 budget has threatened to hold up funding allocated for the fight against the pandemic. 09/11/2020
