world news EU avoids pre-emptive sanctions on Russia despite Ukraine's pleas Ukraine's foreign affairs minister has urged Brussels to apply "some sanctions" on Russia before an invasion takes place. 21/02/2022
Europe News EU reaffirms unity in Ukraine-Russia crisis amid reports of division Josep Borrell said the bloc is "well advanced" in preparing sanctions in case Russia decides to invade Ukraine. 24/01/2022
state of the union Europe's week: Scholz inauguration and French EU presidency Germany's first socialist-led government in 16 years finally got to work on Wednesday. 10/12/2021
Europe News New US-Australia defence pact eclipses EU's Indo-Pacific pivot As the EU unveiled a new strategy to engage with the Indo-Pacific region, its top diplomat struggled over the timing of the announcement — which came just hours after the US and UK launched a new security pact with Australia. 17/09/2021
Europe News EU will talk to the Taliban but will not recognise government: Borrel EU cooperation with the Taliban is dependent on five conditions, including preventing the export of terrorism and respect for human rights. 03/09/2021
Europe News EU evacuates diplomatic staff and Afghan allies from Kabul The European Union has finalised the evacuation mission from Afghanistan, brining back its diplomatic service together with over 400 Afghan allies and family members. 26/08/2021
Iran Hardline judge becomes president of Iran amid rights controversy Conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi was sworn in as president of Iran at a ceremony on Thursday. 05/08/2021
Cyprus 'Unacceptable': Cyprus slams Turkish move to open up a part of Varosha Varosha, a fenced-off derelict area under Turkish control, has been left deserted since the 1974 invasion that split Cyprus. 20/07/2021
Syria Europe must act to stop Assad, Syrian opposition group tells Euronews The EU denied following "a policy of waiting" towards Damascus after a Syrian opposition group accused the bloc of not exerting sufficient pressure on the Assad regime. 12/07/2021
Europe News EU, US slap new sanctions on Belarus in response to Ryanair diversion Foreign affairs ministers from all EU countries met in Luxembourg and agreed to blacklist 78 individuals and 8 entities believed to be closely involved with President Lukashenko's regime. 21/06/2021
world news EU's handling of COVID dents confidence in European project - survey The slow vaccine roll-out and the extensive media coverage of it were seen as having had a particularly bad impact on citizens' perception of Brussels. 09/06/2021
Germany Germany calls for abolition of EU member states foreign policy veto Germany's top diplomat, Heiko Maas, told reporters on Monday that the bloc "can no longer be held hostage by those who paralyse European foreign policy with their vetoes." 08/06/2021
world news EU foreign ministers meet on Gaza as Israel-Hamas conflict rages on The European Union says it will redouble efforts to end the violence between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants during a special meeting of its foreign ministers on Tuesday. 17/05/2021
world news Can the EU play a role as Israeli-Palestinian violence escalates? Beyond issuing statements urging calm, can European diplomacy have an actual impact in defusing the recent surge in Israeli-Palestinian violence? 14/05/2021
Europe News EU agrees first sanctions on China in more than 30 years The new raft of measures is aimed at four Chinese officials and one entity believed to be involved in the alleged human rights violations of the Uyghur Muslim minority. 22/03/2021
Europe News New EU sanctions on Russia 'are a missed chance to fix relations' Vladimir Chizhov, Russia's long-time envoy to the EU, believes any sort of "unilateral restrictive measures are illegitimate by definition". 26/02/2021
Europe News EU's foreign affairs chief urged to quit after Moscow 'humiliation' "Russia showed everything possible to humiliate the EU’s highest diplomat," said Estonian MEP Riho Terras 08/02/2021
Green News How can the EU Green Deal avoid 'frictions’ with other countries? A new report has found that the deal is likely to have an adverse impact on the European Union’s trading partners. 03/02/2021
the global conversation EU will lose supremacy unless it invests more, diplomacy chief tells Euronews “If you intend to be autonomous, you have to pay your own expenses,” the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs told Euronews Brussels Correspondent Ana Lazaro Bosch in The Global Conversation. 03/12/2020
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
Europe News Reopening occupied Cypriot ghost town 'complicates reunification' Varosha, which used to be a tourist hotspot, has been fenced off and abandoned since Turkey invaded northern Cyprus after a Greek-inspired coup in 1974. 07/10/2020
Europe News EU diplomacy struggling for influence as future of Belarus uncertain "The EU influence in Belarus is very limited, contrary to that of Russia," explains Kristi Raik, International Centre for Defence and Security. 27/08/2020
Belarus Belarus: Lukashenko threatens renewed crackdown on election protesters Authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has threatened election protesters with tough new measures. It comes as the EU pledged its support for a peaceful transition of power in "Europe's last dictatorship." 19/08/2020
View The MENA countries are aligning to EU values. We shouldn’t waste this historic opportunity ǀ View If the EU fails to scale up its engagement with the Middle East soon, countries like China will fill the vacuum. This increases the imperative for the EU to ensure that it engages with the Arab world in a way that strengthens it economically. 20/12/2019
Europe News Foreign ministers discuss Turkey-Syria conflict Foreign ministers met to weigh options for how the EU should respond to Turkey's invasion of Syria. 15/10/2019
world news EU should 'chart its own course' in world affairs, Europeans say The EU should be "avoiding fights that are not of its making but standing up to other continent-sized powers and tackling crises that affect its interest," a ECFR poll of 40,000 Europeans has found. 10/09/2019
