world news Six English Super League rebels accept collective €25M fine Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham, and Manchester clubs United and City launched an ill-fated bid to join the breakaway competition that would split from the existing Champions League. 09/06/2021
Belarus Belarusian airlines banned from flying over EU or using its airports It follows Minsk's move to divert a Ryanair passenger plane and arrest dissident journalist Roman Protasevich last month. 04/06/2021
Belarus EU vows support for 'democratic' Belarus The EU says it would extend economic support to a "democratic" Belarus as Russian President Vladimir Putin plays dow reaction to flight forced to land in Minsk 29/05/2021
state of the union Europe's week: EU-Swiss deal collapses and Belarus plane drama These were two of the stories dominating talk in Brussels this week. 28/05/2021
Belarus EU sanctions on Belarus hampered by Russia-influenced member states EU policy-making is requires all 27 member states to agree on every name, every person who's going to be sanctioned. 'That's where you run into trouble,' says Magnitsky campaigner Bill Browder. 25/05/2021
Europe News MEPs vote to freeze controversial EU-China investment deal MEPs deplore the sanctions that Beijing has imposed on five of their colleagues and refuse to open the debate for ratification as long as the punitive measures remain in place. 20/05/2021
Albania US sanctions Albanian ex-PM Sali Berisha over corruption The State Department barred former Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha from entering US territory over accusations of "significant corruption." 19/05/2021
world news MEPs set to call for EU's investment deal with China to be frozen The lawmakers want the European Commission to use any further discussions on the deal as leverage to improve China's human rights record. 19/05/2021
Poland Poland expels three Russian diplomats over 'hostile actions' The move comes after the White House announced the expulsion of 10 Russian diplomats over a massive cyberattack and election interference. 15/04/2021
Russia US to announce new sanctions on Russia over cyber attacks Washington says Russia was behind the so-called Solar Winds hack, which breached the networks of nine US agencies. 15/04/2021
Europe News EU-China: Sanctions, threats and boycotts see relations decline Relations between the bloc and Beijing have taken a sudden turn for the worse after Brussels coordinated sanctions with its Western allies. 31/03/2021
China China slaps sanctions on UK lawmakers and entities amid Xinjiang row They join the 10 Europeans and four entities slapped with Chinese sanctions earlier this week. 26/03/2021
world news North Korea slams EU sanctions as 'psychotic' North Korea denounced recent EU sanctions as a "sinister political tool" triggered by the EU's "inveterate repugnancy coupled with a psychotic way of thinking." 24/03/2021
Europe News EU to reset relations with Turkey by refinancing migration deal European leaders will meet next week in Brussels to discuss the state of EU-Turkey relations following a fractious 2020. 19/03/2021
China China warns EU against 'confrontational' human rights sanctions Brussels is set to debate sanctions on four Chinese officials and one entity over human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslim minority. 16/03/2021
USA Alexei Navalny: US sanctions Russian officials over nerve-agent attack Washington targeted seven mid-level and senior Russian officials along with more than a dozen government entities. 03/03/2021
state of the union Europe's week: Leaders meet virtually, as Russia sanctioned EU leaders met virtually this week to take stock of the epidemiological situation across the continent, as sanctions against Russia were agreed upon by foreign affairs ministers. 26/02/2021
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 'A very meaningless penalty': Polish MEP slams new Russia sanctions “These are not even symbolic sanctions, just a few people were asked not to travel to the European Union," said Polish MEP Witold Jan Waszczykowski. 23/02/2021
Europe News EU agrees human rights sanctions on Russia over Navalny's jailing EU foreign ministers agree more sanctions on Russia over the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny using a new human rights mechanism, chief diplomat Josep Borrell confirms. 22/02/2021
Europe News EU is 'ready to impose new sanctions' against Russia over Navalny Diplomatic sources have told Euronews they are hoping for a breakthrough next week. 18/02/2021
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
Europe News No EU agreement for sanctions on Russia over Alexei Navalny arrest Meeting in Brussels on Monday, EU foreign ministers could not agree to impose additional sanctions over the arrest of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and over 3,000 protesters 25/01/2021
The Cube Turkey bans advertising on Twitter, Pinterest under social media law NGOs have warned that social networks risk "becoming instruments of state censorship" in Turkey under the legislation. 19/01/2021
Russia Russia announces new retaliatory travel sanctions on UK nationals Russia says it has expanded the number of British nationals barred from entering the country in response to "unacceptable and unfounded'' UK sanctions over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. 30/12/2020
Russia Russia imposes retaliatory sanctions on senior German officials The move comes after the EU sanctioned Russian military intelligence officials in October, accusing them of hacking Chancellor Angela Merkel’s emails in 2015. 29/12/2020
