EU agriculture commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski has backed extending the temporary ban on Ukrainian grain imports in five frontline countries until the end of 2023 — and proposed providing subsidies for Ukrainian grain exporters.
The European Commission suggested it won't support a possible independent UN-backed inquiry into the alleged mass killings of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers by Saudi border guards.
The appointment of Dutch foreign minister Wopke Hoekstra as EU climate commissioner has raised eyebrows — given his little experience in green policies and background at Shell.
Bulgaria and Romania's accession to Schengen will again be put to a vote later this year. Another veto would not only represent a missed opportunity to strengthen the border-free zone, but one that could inflame inter-EU tensions.
Some EU and member states diplomats argue that they should give the Ethiopian government a chance to demonstrate its willingness to ensure justice. But they've also resigned themselves to a very low bar of domestic accountability.
The EU's expansive cooperation with Niger to stem migration may be in the balance following the 26 July military coup that ousted president Mohamed Bazoum.
Poland and Malta are the worst places in Europe for legal harassment of journalists, in what NGOs called a "worrying threat to democracy".Saudi border guards are said to have killed hundreds of largely Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers in the span of 15 months, according to Human Rights Watch.
If employment is not as strong as headline figures suggest, this has important implications for monetary policy, and raises questions over whether the ECB is tightening too aggressively
Ahead of the EU Commission's report on enlargement negotiations, the EU's top figures meet Balkan leaders in Athens — but without the Albanian PM and with Volodymyr Zelensky's presence still unconfirmed.
Global wealth had declined for the first time since the 2008 global financial crisis — but is expected to grow 38 per cent by 2027, according to a new report.
The congress presidency does not guarantee that Pedro Sánchez's investiture as prime minister will go ahead, although it brings it closer, if there is nationalist support.
Lithuania and Latvia have joined Poland in bolstering security on the Belarus border, amid concern on migrants and Russian mercenaries.
With its new floating barge to house asylum seekers, deal to deport people to Rwanda, and a government mulling leaving the European Convention on Human Rights, is the UK an outlier — or a trendsetter — for EU migration policy?
Climate change has increased the severity and frequency of heatwaves, droughts, floods, and wildfires. Yet despite this, the number of firefighters has been cut in 10 EU countries in recent years.