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Most Europeans continue to approve EU's support for Ukraine — Survey

Europeans' support for Ukraine after the Russian invasion is solid, with 74 per cent approving of the EU's backing of Kyiv.

Europe News

EU strikes deal to break free of its dependence on Russian fossil fuel

The proposal, aimed at strengthening the EU's independence and autonomy in the energy sector, will enter into force at the beginning of the year, pending approval from the EU Council and EU Parliament.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia-Herzegovina is a step closer to EU membership

EU foreign ministers agreed to recommend the country be granted candidate member status on Tuesday.

Belgium

Brussels to clamp down on imported polluting goods at EU borders

The EU have provisionally agreed on a scheme that will encourage the EU's trading partners to de-carbonise their industries and meet Brussels' industrial standards. The deal will generate billions of euros in taxes for Brussels' general budget.

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Green News

EU strikes deal to make ‘polluters pay’ for carbon heavy imports

Its meant to prevent companies from moving polluting activities to countries with weaker environmental rules.

Europe News

'Historic': Bosnia set to receive EU candidate status

Candidate status is a largely symbolic designation which recognises that the small Balkan country of 3.5 million is on track to begin the lengthy and complex accession process.

Europe News

EU makes breakthrough on climate-protection import tax

EU companies had complained they were at a disadvantage because their international competitors do not have to incur high costs to meet EU climate targets before importing their products into the bloc.

Europe News

Hungary agrees deal and lifts veto on €18bn EU aid package for Ukraine

Budapest had vetoed two key EU files that required unanimity, which other capitals had likened to blackmail.

Europe News

‘A disgrace' for Europe: Anger over MEPs-Qatar corruption scandal

An anti-corruption investigation involving a Gulf state, reportedly Qatar, and some European Parliament members has shocked the EU assembly, bringing calls for reform.

Belgium

EU to circumvent Hungary’s veto of €18 billion aid to Ukraine in 2023

The move comes after Hungary vetoed the aid package to blackmail Brussels after it attempted to freeze Budapest's recovery funds.

Health news

Where in Europe is assisted dying legal?

Portugal's parliament has again voted to decriminalise euthanasia, and France is debating it. How do laws on assisted suicide compare across Europe?

Brussels, My Love?

Brussels, my love? EU enlargement and the US Inflation Reduction

Tune in to understand the ins and outs of European politics.

Spain

New green hydrogen pipeline planned between Barcelona and Marseille

The aim of a new green pipeline between Barcelona and Marseille is to supply hydrogen which is generated from renewables, rather than fossil fuels, and help reduce Europe's reliance on Russia's gas and oil.

My Europe Series

State of the Union: Here are the top stories in EU politics this week

Hungary's illiberal PM Viktor Orban was in hot water again, while it was the first time an EU-Western Balkans summit was held in Albania.

World

The European Union: From a Nobel Peace Prize to war on the continent

Over the past decade, Europe has been gripped by economic crises, harsh austerity measures, social unrest, and a global pandemic that claimed the lives of more than 2 million people across the continent

Europe News

Romania blasts Austria for 'inexplicable, unjustified' Schengen veto

In a high-stakes meeting of interior ministers, Austria was the only country that opposed Romania's accession into Schengen.

Belgium

EU's defence suffering from 'years of under investment'

The EU has sent billions in arms and equipment to Ukraine. But this has also exposed shortfalls in supplies among the 27 member states according to the bloc's chief for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

Green News

Why the Cumbria coal mine ‘isn’t wanted’ by even the UK’s steelmakers

The mine will also produce an estimated 400,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.

World

EU Environment Commissioner urges more action to save biodiversity

There is "no vaccine or peace treaty" for the biodiversity crisis, says EU Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius

Business Planet

EU single market prepares to celebrate its 30th birthday

In partnership with The European Commission

An economic milestone, the single market changed lives for businesses and for people right across the continent and is continuing to do so today.