Nearly 25% of EU households had at least 1 child in 2022
Brussels: In 2022, in the EU, there were nearly 200 million private households. Slightly less than a quarter of those...
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Britain still needs post-Brexit deals – but has the EU moved on?
London: The chances of the UK striking key deals with Brussels are looking up, with many seeing the new foreign...
EU chief discusses Gaza humanitarian crisis in Egypt
Cairo: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday said she was opposed to the “forced displacement of Palestinians”...
Hungary needs to change the EU, not leave it: PM Orban
Budapest: Hungary must say no to the current Europe model built in Brussels, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told a congress...
EU Commission to spend €186 million promoting agri-food products in and outside EU in 2024
Brussels: The European Commission will allocate €185.9 million in 2024 to fund promotion activities for sustainable and high-quality EU agri-food...
Council hails progress in 2023 conclusions on EU statistics
Brussels: The Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) approved the 2023 conclusions on EU statistics during its meeting on 9...
9% EU graduates engaged in mobility abroad
Brussels: Approximately 386 900 students who graduated in 2021 in EU countries had studied abroad during their degree for at...
EU approves Italy’s EUR 1.7 billion agrivoltaic state aid scheme
Brussels: The European Commission has approved Italy’s EUR 1.7 billion state aid mechanism for supporting agrivoltaic installations. The measure, under...
Ukraine war: Russian diamonds set for ban under new EU sanctions
Brussels: Diamonds may be forever, but not when it comes to imports from Russia into the European Union. Russia is...
EU agrees law to hit fossil fuel imports with methane emissions limit
Brussels: The European Union reached a deal early Wednesday on a law to place methane emissions limits on Europe’s oil...
EU provides €2 million in humanitarian aid for Nepal to help people affected by the earthquake
Brussels: Following the earthquake that struck Nepal earlier this month, the EU has approved a €2 million aid package to...
EU Commission proposes Russian diamond ban, tightening of oil price cap
Brussels: The European Commission proposed late on Tuesday to ban imports of diamonds and liquid petroleum gas from Russia and...
European Commission approves Italy incentive scheme for agrivoltaics
Brussels: The European Commission has approved Italy's €1.7 billion scheme for agrivoltaics. The program is designed to deploy 1.04 GW...
EU shifts to digital visas for Schengen area
Brussels: People applying for visas to visit Europe’s Schengen area will soon do so via an online platform, under a...
EU Defence Ministers agree to prioritise 22 military capabilities to bolster European armed forces
Brussels: At the Steering Board of the European Defence Agency (EDA), the 27 EU Ministers of Defence approved the 2023...
Europe’s problems are far bigger than a shallow recession
Frankfurt: The euro zone appears to be in the middle of another recession but worries about whether definitive growth figures...
EU plan for new Russia sanctions to go to members this week: Borrell
Brussels: European Union officials are finalising the “last details” of a proposed 12th package of sanctions on Russia that will...
EU shifts to digital visas for Schengen area
Brussels: People applying for visas to visit Europe’s Schengen area will soon do so via an online platform, under a...
EU ‘appalled’ by reports of 1,000 killed in Darfur
Brussels: The European Union (EU) said on Sunday it was “appalled” by reports of more than 1,000 people killed this...
Russia says EU won’t ‘push’ it out of Central Asia
Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the European Union of attempting to drive Russia out of Central Asia, and...
EU expresses doubts on long-term funding for Ukraine
Brussels: European Union countries are having reservations about committing a long-term fund of $21.4 billion of military aid for Ukraine...
Renew Europe secures key funding for citizens in EU’S 2024 budget
Brussels: Renew Europe played a key role in obtaining 800 million Euros of reinforcement to the 2024 Budget of the...
Meeting conditions for Georgia’s EU accession a tall order for Tbilisi
Brussels: Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, where their conversation “was focused on...
EU reaches deal on contested nature restoration bill
Brussels: The European Parliament and EU member states reached an agreement on Thursday on a key biodiversity bill aimed at...
Turkey says EU is ‘unjust and biased’ on membership bid
Ankara: The European Commission's annual report on Turkey's long-stalled EU membership bid is "unjust and biased", the Turkish foreign ministry...
European children’s rights group urges EU to take action in response to Israel’s war crimes
Brussels: A Brussels-based major children's right organization urged the European Union (EU) to condemn Israel for war crimes committed by...
Ukraine is ready to start process of joining European Union, Commission says
Brussels: Ukraine’s ambitions of joining the European Union received an important boost on Wednesday when the bloc’s executive body said...
Ukraine hails ‘historic step’ as EU takes Kyiv closer to membership amid war with Russia
Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praised as a “historic step” a recommendation by the European Union executive on Wednesday to...
EU condemns killing of Georgian civilian by Russian troops
Brussels: The European Union on Tuesday slammed the fatal shooting of a Georgian civilian by Russian troops near the breakaway...
EU asks for more information on Meloni’s move to send asylum seekers to Albania
Brussels: The EU got “practically zero notice” of Giorgia Meloni’s deal to send thousands of migrants to Albania for asylum...
