Flags of the European Union flutter in front of the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on March 10, 2021. (ARMANDO BABANI / AFP) BRUSSELS – European leaders on Thursday gave their seal of approval to the ninth package of sanctions against Russia following a summit here. The European […]
This picture taken Jan 1, 2022 shows the European Union flag under the Arc de Triomphe, on the Place de l'Etoile in Paris.(ALAIN JOCARD / AFP) BRUSSELS – The Council of the European Union (EU) on Tuesday announced the launch of a special military mission to support Ukraine in the ongoing conflict with Russia. The […]
Pope Francis greets the journalists onboard the papal plane on the return flight at the end of a four-day pastoral visit to Bahrain, Nov 6, 2022. (MAURIZIO BRAMBATTI / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE – Pope Francis said on Sunday European Union member states should share responsibility for taking in migrants and […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a plenary session of the Russian Energy Week forum in Moscow on Oct 12, 2022. (ALEXEY MAISHEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) MOSCOW / PRAGUE – Russia is ready to deliver additional volumes of natural gas to the European Union in the autumn-winter period, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. One of […]
Gasoline and diesel prices are displayed near a gas station in Rome, Italy, June 23, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BRUSSELS – The question of how, when and whether to cap gas prices is set to dominate another meeting of European Union countries on Wednesday, as they pursue a joint plan to target high gas prices […]
Latvian Prime Minister and Head of board of leading political party Jauna Vienotiba (New Unity) Krisjanis Karins smiles as he speaks to the media while awaiting the results of parliament elections, in Riga, Latvia on Oct 1, 2022. (ROMAN KOKSAROV / AP) RIGA – Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins' center-right party New Unity on Saturday […]
In this file photo dated June 25, 2022, Josep Borell, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy speaks during a joint press conference with the Iranian Foreign Minister at the foreign ministry headquarters in Iran's capital Tehran. (ATTA KENARE / AFP) VIENNA – European Union foreign ministers meeting later […]
Flags of the European Union fly outside the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, May 21, 2021. (ZHENG HUANSONG / XINHUA) WELLINGTON – The European Union is working to boost its presence in the Pacific through economic ties and new security commitments as geostrategic competition in the region intensifies, the bloc's ambassador to Pacific Island nations […]
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North Macedonia's Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski (C) delivers a speech during a press conference in the Government building in Skopje, on July 16, 2022. North Macedonia's Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski announced on July 16, 2022 that Skopje had reached a compromise with Bulgaria in a long-running dispute, allowing them to start European Union membership talks. […]
People holds placards as they attend a RMT union train strike rally outside King's Cross railway station, in London, June 25, 2022. (MATT DUNHAM / AP) Britain's summer of strikes could be on the verge of becoming even bigger and harder-hitting after train drivers warned that the results of a ballot on possible industrial action […]