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Palestine state a must, EU ministers say, in rebuke to Netanyahu

Foreign ministers of the European Union denounced on Monday morning the controversial remarks made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejecting Palestinian statehood.

22/01/2024

Europe News

Israel financed Hamas to weaken Palestinian Authority, Borrell claims

Josep Borrell, the European Union's foreign policy chief, has accused Israel of financing Hamas to "weaken the Palestinian Authority of Fatah."

19/01/2024

Europe News

Niger coup: Brussels threatens budget support suspension

The EU's top diplomat on Friday warned of "consequences" for the cooperation between the EU and Niger, including the suspension of budget support, after General Abdourahmane Tchiani declared himself leader of the African country.

28/07/2023

Europe News

EU looking into joint procurement to give Ukraine ammunitions

The collective acquisition of supplies would be similar to that of the European Commission's purchasing of COVID-19 vaccines.

20/02/2023

Europe News

Borrell apologises for controversial metaphor but defends speech

The EU's foreign policy chief has faced days of increasing backlash over his controversial remarks on geopolitics.

19/10/2022

Climate

European floods highlight 'gigantic task' in averting climate change

With over 180 people dead, what have the catastrophic floods in Germany and elsewhere in Europe showed us about climate change mitigation?

20/07/2021

Europe News

'A predictable mistake': MEPs slam Borrell over Moscow trip

MEPs dubbed the trip, which came days after the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, "a predictable mistake", "ill-advised", "ill-executed" and "a complete disaster".

09/02/2021

Europe News

Turkey's behaviour 'widening separation' with EU, says Borrell

Turkey must understand its behaviour is 'widening its separation' with the EU, the bloc's Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell said on Thursday.

19/11/2020

Belarus

'No democratic legitimacy': EU slams Lukashenko's 'inauguration'

"This ‘inauguration’ directly contradicts the will of large parts of the Belarusian population [...] and serves to only further deepen the political crisis in Belarus," said EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell

24/09/2020

Yemen

Euroviews. The EU must push for peace in Yemen to avoid a decade of humanitarian disaster ǀ View

As we enter 2020, if the openings for peace are to set Yemen on a path to stability, the EU must be at the forefront of efforts to make the next ten years the decade of delivery, not the decade of disaster. For Yemen, that will require peace.

12/12/2019

Europe News

The Brief: Day 5 hearings - the outspoken diplomat and digital defender

Commission hearings continue with Vera Jourova (Czech Republic) and Josep Borrell (Spain).

07/10/2019

USA

Tillerson raps Iran for "not meeting expectations" around nuclear deal

At a side meeting at the UN General Assembly the US has accused Iran of "not meeting expectations" around its nuclear deal with the international community.

21/09/2017

Kosovo

EULEX should 'stop intimidating whistleblowers' - campaigners

13/08/2015

My Europe Series

Federica Mogherini: New EU foreign policy chief

21/11/2014

Belgium

EU leaders name Donald Tusk European Council president

30/08/2014