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

World News

Euroviews. 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

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: EU expansion plans stall for the Balkans

France, the Netherlands and Denmark have gone cold on expanding the EU into the Western Balkans, despite EU recommendations to start the process for Albania and North Macedonia.

08/08/2019

Kyrgyzstan

Euroviews. The EU must press for an end to repression in Central Asia at its Kyrgyzstan summit ǀ View

On her potentially last foreign trip, Federica Mogherini will present the EU’s new Central Asia strategy at a summit with Central Asia leaders in Kyrgyzstan. But she should convey several things in Bishkek, most notably the abuse and repression of citizens that is ongoing in the region.

05/07/2019

Libya

EU Foreign Ministers seek unity on Libya crisis

France under pressure to condemn Haftar's assault on Tripoli as EU seeks unity on Libya crisis.

08/04/2019

Syria

EU's Mogherini: Bloc won't recognize Israeli sovereignty on Golan

EU's Mogherini: Bloc won't recognize Israeli sovereignty on Golan

31/03/2019

World

Raw Politics: EU discusses economic sanctions against Venezuela

The EU joins the ranks of other countries that have added economic sanctions against Venezuela. On Thursday, the EU recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as the country's legitimate interim president.

31/01/2019

Niger

EU policy failure & people trafficking in Niger

Europe's attempts to buy off smugglers to prevent migrants crossing the Sahara isn't working, as Niger cracks down on the business of human smuggling reports euronews' Valerie Gauriat.

26/10/2018

World

Raw Politics: Italy defends its budget brussing off EU criticism

Italy defended its budget plan on Thursday as the EU stepped up pressure for the country to make changes. Raw Politics discusses if it is a power play.

18/10/2018

Europe News

Brief from Brussels: Italy renews EU migrant plea

30/08/2018

Europe News

EU offers to mediate in Nicaraguan crisis

As demonstrations against the Nicaraguan government continue, the EU has offered to act as a mediator in the crisis.

17/07/2018

Europe News

Nicaraguan Government: 'President Ortega will not resign'

In an interview with Euronews, Paul Oquist, a minister in Nicaragua's government and a key ally of Daniel Ortega, insists that the President will not be pressured by the protesters to resign. He accuses them of attempting a coup.

17/07/2018

Europe News

US and EU: Friends or Foes?

As Trump's whirlwind European tour draws to a close with a meeting with Putin, European leaders are asking whether the US and EU are friends or, as Trump recently quipped, foes?

16/07/2018

USA

French President Emmanuel Macron kicks off U.S. state visit

Macron is expected to try to convince President Donald Trump to keep the U.S. in the Iran nuclear deal

23/04/2018

Russia

Euroviews. Is the West too soft on Putin? | View

A gloves-off approach to the Russian leader might be what Europe and its allies need to defend Western values and interests, writes the Centre for European Reform's Ian Bond.

21/03/2018